Category Archives: Local News
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)
Holland Native Continues Tradition Of Service Under The Sea
GROTON, CONN. (WHTC-AM/FM, July 3, 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 importan...
Jul 03, 2023
How & When to Shoot Off Fireworks
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 3, 2023) - With an extended fireworks holiday weekend, experts have tips for those who shoot off these explosives to stay safe. Grand Rapids Fire Department Battalion Chi...
Jul 03, 2023 2018 fireworks at Kollen Park. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Biker Hospitalized After SUV Causes Crash in Allendale
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 2, 2023) - A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a collision with a SUV north of Allendale on Saturday night. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Jon Smo...
Jul 02, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Motorist Hospitalized After Crash in Wooded Area South of Zeeland
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 30, 2023) - A 23-year-old Cedar Springs man was injured in a single-vehicle crash south of Zeeland on Friday morning. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant B...
Jun 30, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Medical Condition Believed to be Factor in a Now Fatal M-45 Crash
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 30, 2023) - A 49-year-old Grandville man has lost his life following a single vehicle crash on Thursday morning in Allendale. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
Jun 30, 2023 Daytime crash scene (photo Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
Month-Long "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" Enforcement Initiative to Begin Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, June 30, 2023) - What normally would be a holiday weekend road enforcement effort is being extended. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning is funneling state and fede...
Jun 30, 2023 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement initiative (image courtesy National Highway Safety Traffic Administration)
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