Category Archives: Local News
Ottawa County Community Health Assessment Underway
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 15, 2023) - With the backdrop of apparently concentrated efforts by the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners to bring the county's Department of Public Health under more ...
Jun 15, 2023 Healthy Ottawa Advisory Council member Mikaela Andrea (photo courtesy Ottawa County Department of Public Health)
Holland City Council Slated to Get Update on BPW Fiberoptic Plan Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 14, 2023) - Ten months after Holland voters said yes by around 200 votes to a $30 million dollar ballot proposal for establishing a municipal fiber optic Internet network...
Jun 14, 2023 Holland BPW logo
Five Non-Profits Awarded HYP Grants
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 14, 2023) - Five local non-profit organizations are sharing $2,600 in grant money from Holland/Zeeland Young Professionals. The annual HYP Grant program, administered by ...
Jun 14, 2023 Holland/Zeeland Young Professionals (image courtesy HYP)
Truck Carrying Hi-Lo's Flies Off of I-196 and Onto 32nd Avenue; Driver Hospitalized
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 13, 2023) - A 58-year-old Ravenna man was hospitalized after a single vehicle crash on Tuesday morning in Hudsonville. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant J...
Jun 13, 2023 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Holland Native Serves Under The Sea
KINGS BAY, GA (WHTC-AM/FM, June 13, 2023) - Submariners make up only 10 percent of the U.S. Navy's personnel, but they play a critical role in carrying out one of the Defense Department's most importa...
Jun 13, 2023
Holland American Legion Band Summer Concert Series Begins on Tuesday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 13, 2023) - A Holland tradition returns on Tuesday night. It's the first of nine scheduled weekly concert performances through August by the Holland American Legion Band ...
Jun 13, 2023 May 29, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; The Holland American Legion Band, under the direction of Scott Vanden Berg, performs during the annual Memorial Day Observance Program at Pilgrim Home Cemetery. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Holland Native Graduates from Elite FBI Academy
PAW PAW, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 13, 2023) - A Holland native is back in Michigan after spending some time at the elite FBI National Academy. Inspector Ryan Schoonveld, a 21-year veteran of the Michigan ...
Jun 13, 2023 Michigan State Police Inspector Ryan Schoonveld (FBI National Academy photo courtesy Michigan State Police)
Saugatuck City Council Meets on Budget, Mt. Baldhead Tower & More Tonight
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 12, 2023) - What may have been initially a setback for re-purposing a former radio tower into boosting cell service along the Lake Michigan shoreline in the Saugatuck a...
Jun 12, 2023 Mt. Baldhead in the Saugatuck area
Holland Woman Hospitalized After Sunday Crash on M-121
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 11, 2023) - An 18-year-old Holland woman was hospitalized after a single vehicle rollover crash east of Zeeland on Sunday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheri...
Jun 11, 2023 Oct. 7, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; An AMR Ambulance awaits participation in the 2022 Holland Fire Truck Parade. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Deputy on Leave as Jenison Incident Involving Fatal Shooting of Man is Probed
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 11, 2023) - An Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputy is on administrative leave following a shooting in which a 28-year-old man lost his life late on Saturday night. Det...
Jun 11, 2023 Ottawa County Sheriff's Department Seal (image courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
