Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Child Porn Suspect Remains Held in Allegan Co. Jail
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 7, 2023) - A 28-year-old suburban Grand Rapids man remains in the Allegan County Jail on child porn charges. A preliminary hearing was scheduled on Thursday in Allegan Di...
Jul 07, 2023 Gary Christopher Carlson (photo courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Dept.)
UPDATE: Holland Man Identified in Lake Macatawa Drowning Incident
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 7, 2023) - The identity of a 63-year-old Holland man who had lost his life in a boating incident on Lake Macatawa on Wednesday afternoon has been disclosed. According to ...
Jul 06, 2023 Drowning reported (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
North Beach Off Limits Due to E. Coli Outbreak
FERRYSBURG, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 6, 2023) - An alternative to the popular Lake Michigan public beaches in Ottawa County is off limits for the time being. The county's Department of Public Health annou...
Jul 06, 2023 North Beach County Park in Ferrysburg, MI (photo courtesy Ottawa County Parks)
Children's Advocacy Center Leader Fluharty to Retire
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 6, 2023) - The long-rime leader of the Children's Advocacy Center of Ottawa County is stepping down. On Thursday, the non-profit agency that works with those who hav...
Jul 06, 2023 Ottawa Co. Children's Advocacy Center logo
Holland City Council Briefed on Early Voting Plans
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 6, 2023) - Early voting in Holland is coming. During Wednesday night's scheduled biweekly business meeting, the Holland City Council was briefed on a pending two-year con...
Jul 06, 2023 July 5, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck testifies before the Holland City Council during a council business meeting. (YouTube image courtesy City of Holland, Michigan)
UPDATE: Man Missing from North Side Group Home Again Found Safely Again
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 5, 2023) - For the second time in about a month, a 20-year-old Holland man who apparently walked away from an adult foster home north of the Tulip City was foun...
Jul 05, 2023 Terry Sims (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
UPDATE: Woman Identified, Further Details Surface in Fatal Monday Night Explosion
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 5, 2023) - Authorities on Wednesday identified a 41-year-old Holland woman who had lost her life on Monday night in what they are continuing to call an "accidental deat...
Jul 05, 2023 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Lakeshore Non-Profit to Participate in Housing Crisis Program
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 5, 2023) - The Lakeshore's Good Samaritan Ministries is in line for half a million dollars from Lansing. That's the amount of a grant from the Michigan State Housing Deve...
Jul 05, 2023 Good Samaritan Ministries (image courtesy Good Samaritan Ministries)
Fireworks Explosion on Holland's North Side Kills One, Injures Nine Others
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 4, 2023) - A 43-year-old Holland woman lost her life on Monday night in what authorities are initially calling an "accidental death" during a fireworks explosion at a r...
Jul 04, 2023 Andrew Malone / CC
County Fair Season Begins in Marne on Monday
MARNE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 3, 2023) - The county fair season begins this week. The first of four such festivities along the Lakeshore got underway on Monday with the Berlin Fair in Marne. State Minor...
Jul 04, 2023 Berlin Fair (image courtesy Berlin Fair)
