Category Archives: Local News
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After M-45 Crash
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) - A 67-year-old Grand Rapids man was injured after crashing his motorcycle between Allendale and Standale on Wednesday night. According to Ottawa County ...
Aug 17, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Jenison Man to Serve 30 Years in Prison on Child Porn Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) - A 36-year-old Jenison man could spend the next three decades in a federal prison. Michael Jon Batt was sentenced on Wednesday at US District Court in Gra...
Aug 17, 2023 Seal of the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan (image courtesy US Dept. of Justice)
Holland Women Charged With Attempted Contraband Smuggling Into County Jail
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) - Two Holland women are awaiting sentencing on various charges stemming from allegedly attempting to smuggle contraband into the Ottawa County Jail this spr...
Aug 17, 2023 PRSA-NY / CC
Allegan County Sheriff's Office K9 To Get Donation Of Body Armor
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 16, 2023) - Allegan County Sheriff's Office K9 Knox will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Int...
Aug 16, 2023
Emergency Incident Training Set for This Evening on Windmill Island
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 16, 2023) - Ottawa County emergency management officials on Wednesday evening are hoping not to duplicate what happened in Newaygo County on Tuesday. Around 10 AM, media ...
Aug 16, 2023 Aug. 31, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; The DeZwaan Windmill at Windmill Island Gardens Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications
Public Comment Period Ends on Possible Allegan County Air Quality Restrictions
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 15, 2023) - Could tailpipe emission testing, road funding reductions and other air pollution restrictions be coming to Allegan County in 2024? It could if proposed sancti...
Aug 15, 2023 The Allegan County Air Quality Monitoring Station in Laketown Twp. (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Board Chairman Jim Storey)
Huffman's Lake Michigan Swim Attempt Fails
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 14, 2023) - For the second time this month, an attempt to swim across Lake Michigan from Wisconsin to Michigan has failed. On Saturday, Bryan Huffman's effort to duplicat...
Aug 14, 2023 Bryan Huffman's attempted Lake Michigan swim attempt Aug. 12, 2023. (Thomas Seiff Facebook photo)
Denison Property Dispute Continues in Saugatuck
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 14, 2023) - The lengthy squabble over the future of the Denison property at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River isn't over yet ... not by a long shot. That's the sentiment...
Aug 14, 2023 The Future Land Use map for Saugatuck Twp., MI (image courtesy City of Saugatuck, Michigan)
Pedestrian Killed South of Allegan
TROWBRIDGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 14, 2023) - A 23-year-old man lost his life when he was struck on Sunday night by a SUV south of Allegan. According to County Sheriff's Sergeant Bernard Austhof, ...
Aug 14, 2023 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Update on Body Found North of Holland
PORT SHELDON, TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 11, 2023) - More information has been disclosed concerning the discovery of the body of a man north of Holland on Thursday evening. A deputy located the body i...
Aug 11, 2023 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
