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Contract Worker at Holland High Arrested on Vice Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 11, 2023) - A 47-year-old Walker man assigned to work at Holland High School is behind bars. Jeremy Jonathan Byl was ordered held on $10,000 bond after a Monday arra...
Jul 11, 2023 Jeremy Jonathan Byl (photo courtesy Kent County Sheriff's Office)
Motorist Hospitalized After Rollover Crash on US-31
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 11, 2023) - A 27-year-old Holland man was injured on Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Holland's North Side. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant...
Jul 11, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Gateway Mission Leader Questions Grand Rapids' Handling of Homeless Issues
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 11, 2023) - There apparently is a right way and a wrong way to address homelessness. On Tuesday afternoon, the Grand Rapids City Commission holds the second of two schedu...
Jul 11, 2023 Mar. 7, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; The Gateway Mission Men's Mission building off of River Ave. & W. 7th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
A Tulip Time Board Member & Local Volunteer Leader Passes Away
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 11, 2023) - One of the leaders of Holland's annual signature event has passed away. Tulip Time Festival officials on Monday announced the death of Anne Porter, who succum...
Jul 11, 2023 Anne Porter (photo courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Another Road Construction Headache Begins in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 10, 2023) - Just what the Holland area needs is another road construction headache for motorists. Beginning on Monday, the junction of East 8th Street and Chicago Drive o...
Jul 10, 2023 The planned reconfiguration of the East 8th Street-Chicago Drive junction. (image courtesy Ottawa County Road Commission)
Education Emphasized Over Enforcement as New Cell Phone Ban on Drivers Begins in Michigan
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 10, 2023) - As the second full week of the state's new no-nonsense ban on holding electronic devices while driving begins, the stance of law enforcement entities is that ...
Jul 10, 2023 Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest communications)
City Councils Meet Tonight in Zeeland & Saugatuck
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, July 10, 2023) - Two municipal governing bodies along the Lakeshore have business meetings slated for 7 PM on Monday night. Normally, the city councils of Zeeland and Saugatuck ha...
Jul 10, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Holland Tourism Leader Sees "Normal" Season Thus Far
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 9, 2023) - Tulip Time may be two months in the past, but the tourism season in and along the Lakeshore is in full swing. Linda Hart, executive director of the Holland Are...
Jul 09, 2023 Sept. 22, 2022, Holland, MI, USA; The Holland Visitors Bureau office off of East 8th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
One Killed, One Hospitalized After Head-On Crash SE of Hamilton
HEATH TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 8, 2023) - One man was killed and another was hospitalized after a two-vehicle, head-on crash southeast of Hamilton on Saturday afternoon. Allegan County Sheriff's Ser...
Jul 08, 2023 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Waters Off of North Beach County Park Declared Safe for Contact
FERRYSBURG, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 8, 2023) - It may not be an "all clear," but the waters of Lake Michigan off of North Beach Park near Ferrysburg are once again safe to get back into. So says the Otta...
Jul 08, 2023 North Beach County Park in Ferrysburg, MI (photo courtesy Ottawa County Parks)
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