Category Archives: Local News
Man Arrested After Nine-Hour Police Standoff at North Side Home
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 22, 2023) - A 33-year-old Holland man is in the Ottawa County Jail, awaiting arraignment on charges stemming from storming into a North Side residence and apparently th...
Jun 22, 2023 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Unemployment Up Along Lakeshore in May
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 22, 2023) - May is the time for tulips to bloom and for unemployment to rise. Those trends continued last month, as numbers disclosed on Thursday by the Michigan Departme...
Jun 22, 2023 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Community Impact Day Up for MML Honor
ANN ARBOR, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 22, 2023) - Holland is up for a statewide honor, and it has nothing to do with tulips or being "in bloom." The Michigan Municipal League announced on Thursday that the ...
Jun 22, 2023 Sept. 20, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; The Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce building on East 8th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Rezoing Request for Proposed M-40/US-31 Fueling Station Fails to Clear Holland City Council
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 22, 2023) - For the second time in three months, Kum and Go has been stymied by a local municipality in efforts to create a bigger footprint on the Lakeshore. The conveni...
Jun 22, 2023 Kum and Go stores (image courtesy City of Holland)
Ottawa Co. GOP Censures Bonnema; County Commissioner Responds
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 22, 2023) - The political rift between a first-term Ottawa County Commissioner and the local Republican Party is apparently widening. On Tuesday night, the Ottawa County ...
Jun 22, 2023 Ottawa Co. Commissioner Jacob Bonnema (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Free Felt Mansion Summer concert Series Begins July 6
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 21, 2023) - The Thursdays at the Felt Summer Concert Series opens July 6 with the Kevin McDaniel House Band at the Carriage House Stage, 6595 138 th Ave. in Laketow...
Jun 21, 2023
Another Kum & Go Proposed for Holland as City Council Meets Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 21, 2023) - Two items of interest are among the topics set to be discussed by the Holland City Council during its biweekly business meeting on Wednesday evening. One is a...
Jun 21, 2023 Aug. 29, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland City Hall. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Fire Strikes Padnos Operations in Holland Again
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 21, 2023) - For the second time in 17 days, Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations crews and Police Services officers were dispatched to combat a blaze invol...
Jun 21, 2023 Holland Fire Department responded (file photo)
State Awards Broadband Expansion Grant to Allegan Co. Proposal, but Says No to Ottawa Co.
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 21, 2023) - Score one for Allegan County, while Ottawa County will have to wait. On Tuesday, the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office announced that 24 projects from 11 ap...
Jun 21, 2023 Fiber Optics (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Holland School Board Approves Deal with Teachers' Union
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 20, 2023) - It's a tale of two cities ... or better yet, two school boards along the Lakeshore. On Monday night, the Holland Board of Education approved a two-year contra...
Jun 20, 2023 Holland Public Schools (image courtesy Holland Public Schools)
