Category Archives: Local News
Two Hurt in North Side Crash
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 15, 2023) - Two women from Holland were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Holland's North Side on Wednesday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant ...
Mar 15, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Hoekstra to Not Seek Another Term on Holland City Council
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 15, 2023) - There will be at least one new face on the Holland City Council at year's end. On Wednesday, Sixth Ward Councilman Dave Hoekstra announced that he would not s...
Mar 15, 2023 Holland Sixth Ward Councilman Dave Hoekstra (contributed)
Tulip Time Announces Additions Ahead of May 6th Festival Opening
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 15, 2023) - With just over seven weeks before the 94th renewal of Holland's annual signature event, the Tulip Time Festival will be a little bigger this year. When visito...
Mar 15, 2023 May 10, 2022; Holland Twp., MI, USA; The Tulip Time Festival Quilt Show at Beechwood Church. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Third Ottawa Co. Commissioner to Sever Ties with PAC
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 14, 2023) - Another chapter in the ongoing daytime drama at the Fillmore Street Complex in West Olive may be unfolding. On Monday, first-term Ottawa County Commissioner J...
Mar 14, 2023 Ottawa Co. Commissioner Jacob Bonnema (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Three Allegan County Elected Officials File Suit Over Office Plans
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 14, 2023) - It seems as if the Fillmore Street Complex in West Olive doesn't have a monopoly on county government drama along the Lakeshore. On Monday, three elected Alle...
Mar 14, 2023 Allegan County Courthouse (image courtesy County of Allegan)
UPDATE: Wife of Nunica Man Killed in Home Shooting Arraigned
CROCKERY TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - A 41-year-old woman has been arraigned in a January 23rd shooting at a Nunica home that took the life of her 41-year-old husband. On Monday, Aaron Eliza...
Mar 13, 2023 Aaron Elizabeth Gardner (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Ottawa Co. Board to Hold Tuesday Morning Meeting
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - It's an early start for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. A 9 AM start is slated for the biweekly business meeting in which the panel wi...
Mar 13, 2023 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Laketown Township Approves Road Work For This Year
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) -The Laketown Township board on Wednesday, March 8, approved $594,155 to repave almost four miles of roads in the township this year. The board unanimously...
Mar 13, 2023 Snow at the Laketown Township Hall Park, 4338 Beeline Road, on Friday, March 10, 2023.
Saugatuck Council Meets Tonight; Planners to Discuss Short-Term Rental Pause
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - One of the Lakeshore's top communities for short-term rentals may want to hit the pause button. This coming Thursday, the City of Saugatuck Planning Commiss...
Mar 13, 2023 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Graafschap Fire Department holding Free Blood Pressure Checks
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - Members of the Graafschap Fire Department are putting their skills to work to possibly recognize issues before they could become an emergency. The fire d...
Mar 13, 2023 Graafschap Fire Department is holding blood pressure clinics from 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at the fire station, 4534 60th St.
