Category Archives: Local News
CHFZ Scholarship Application Window Now Open
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 7, 2024) - A door for financial help among those along the Lakeshore looking to take that next step in their educational walk is open right now, but it won't stay open fo...
Feb 7, 2024 Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Nelson, Dils Earn Holland Public Safety Annual Honors
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 5, 2024) - The Holland Department of Public Safety has honored two of its own with its highest annual accolade. On Monday, the department announced that Officer Joy Nelso...
Feb 5, 2024 Holland Police Services Officer Joy Nelson (L) and Fire Operations Firefighter/EMT Taylor Dils. (photos courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Tulip Time Festival is Less Than 90 Days Away
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 5, 2024) - Before you know it, Holland annual event that draws in over 500 thousand people over a 10-day period will make a return. The Tulip Time Festival 2024 is slated...
Feb 5, 2024 May 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Dutch Dancers perform on West 8th Street ahead of the 2022 Tulip Time Festival Kinderparade. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications.
Holland Man Sentenced in "Salute Cannon" Death
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 5, 2024) - A year behind bars, four years probation, and 100 hours of community service. That was the sentence handed down by 20th Circuit Court Judge Jon Hulsing on ...
Feb 5, 2024 Anthony Jon Meyer (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Zeeland City Council Talks Parking & More During Tonight's Meeting
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 5, 2024) - Downtown parking will be among the topics before Zeeland City Council members during their biweekly business meeting on Monday evening. An ordinance proposal f...
Feb 5, 2024 Zeeland City Hall file photo
"Road Rage" Incident Leads to Sunday Crash on US-31
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 4, 2024) - A driver and three passengers were injured in a two-vehicle crash south of Grand Haven on Sunday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Serge...
Feb 4, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Local Educator Concerned but Prepared for Effects of COVID 19 on Students
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 4, 2024) - The rate of students chronically missing school got so bad during the pandemic that it will likely be 2030 before classrooms return to pre-COVID norms. That's ...
Feb 4, 2024 Dr. Kyle Mayer, Superintendent of Ottawa Area Intermediate School District (photo courtesy Ottawa Area Intermediate School District)
DeBoer Seeks Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Post as Candidates Emerge for Upcoming Elections
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 2, 2024) - The election year fever is already here, as candidates for local positions are declaring their intentions. On Thursday, Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Eric DeBoe...
Feb 2, 2024 Ottawa Co. Undersheriff Eric DeBoer (photo courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
Holland on Ice Returns This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 1, 2024) - The timing for the annual festival celebrating the winter season in Holland could have been a little bit better. Forecasters are predicting sunny skies and tem...
Feb 1, 2024 Feb. 4, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; Scene from Holland on Ice festivities in downtown Holland. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Lawsuit Over Allegan Co. Office Relocation Goes to Mediation on Friday
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 1, 2024) - As renovation of the Allegan County Services Building off of Dumont Lake continues, the purpose of having such a renovation is still being contested in the cou...
Feb 1, 2024 Renovation efforts at the Allegan County Services Building. (Jim Storey photo courtesy Allegan County, Michigan)
