Category Archives: Local News
Zeeland Council Meets Tonight; Downtown Parking Report on Agenda
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 20, 2023) - The Zeeland City Council has a few things to hear and decide upon on Monday evening. Council will receive a downtown parking study report and recommendations ...
Mar 20, 2023 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Spring Begins ... and So Too Does Road Construction Season
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 20, 2023) - Spring may officially begin this evening on the calendar, but the road construction season is already underway. Crews are already out along US-31 in Grand Hav...
Mar 20, 2023 Road construction update (image © Midwest Communications0
A "Neighborhood Workshop" is Thursday for Washington Square
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 19, 2023) - What should one of Holland's anchor neighborhoods look like in the future? That's the focus of Thursday's workshop in which the staffers from the city's Commu...
Mar 19, 2023 Washington Square in Holland (photo courtesy City of Holland, Michigan)
Mediation Services Leader Steps Down for County Prosecutor's Office Post
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 17, 2023) - A local non-profit has lost its leader. Mediation Services officials announced on Friday that Executive Director Elizabeth Giddings has stepped down afte...
Mar 17, 2023 Mediation Services (photo courtesy Mediation Services)
Laketown Township Puts Fate of 84-year-old House On Timeline
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 17, 2023) - The fate of an aging house in a Laketown Township park will be decided in six months after a controversial decision on Wednesday, March 15. The Laketown ...
Mar 17, 2023
Ottawa Co. Joins Allegan Co. in Contracting with 123NET for Broadband Expansion Effort
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 17, 2023) - Ottawa County is apparently following the lead of Allegan County in expanding broadband access. On Thursday, the Ottawa County Department of Strategic Impa...
Mar 17, 2023 Pat Guiney / CC
Joblessness Rose Along Lakeshore in January, 2023
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 17, 2023) - Unemployment rose along the Lakeshore in the opening month of 2023. That's according to numbers released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology,...
Mar 17, 2023 Dr. Brian Long, director of Supply Management Research at Grand Valley State University (photo courtesy Grand Valley State University)
Nunica Man Appointed to State Panel
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 17, 2023) - A Nunica man has been appointed to a statewide panel. Governor Whitmer's office announced on Thursday that Kenneth Harker, a respiratory care supervisor for C...
Mar 17, 2023 Kenneth Harker (photo courtesy American Association for Respiratory Care)
Folk Art Currently Spotlighted at Holland Museum
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 16, 2023) - A chance to see some artifacts not displayed that often at the Holland Museum winds down. Stored Objects: Folk Art from the Holland Museum Collection is spotl...
Mar 16, 2023 Sept. 9, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; The Holland Museum building. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Stray Dog Found with Bullet Wounds Recovering
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 16, 2023) - There may be a happy ending to the story of a dog that was found with a bullet in his muzzle. Earlier this month, an animal control deputy was dispatched t...
Mar 16, 2023 The Harbor Humane Society (photo courtesy Harbor Humane Society)
