Category Archives: Local News
Laketown Twp. Names New Treasurer, Opens Board Vacancy Application Process After Dewey Retirement
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 13, 2023) - A Lakeshore community has a governing vacancy to fill. The search is on to replace Laketown Township Trustee Gary Dewey, who announced last week that he...
Jul 13, 2023 Laketown Township Treasurer Gary Dewey talks at his final township board meeting on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at the township hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, MIchigan)
Zeeland Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Federal Prison on Child Porn Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 13, 2023) - A 34-year-old Zeeland man could spend up to nearly four decades in federal prison on child pornography distribution charges. Judge Paul Maloney handed do...
Jul 13, 2023 PRSA-NY / CC
Laketown Twp. Holds Survey, Meetings on Parks Planning
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 13, 2023) - A Lakeshore community is looking for public input as to its parks system. On Thursday evening, the first of two public meetings in Laketown Township thi...
Jul 13, 2023 Farview Park in Laketown Twp., MI (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Crash South of Lake Macatawa Damages Building, Hospitalizes Holland Woman
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 12, 2023) - A 63-year-old Holland woman was hospitalized on Tuesday night after her vehicle sent a boulder into a building south of Lake Macatawa. According to Ottawa C...
Jul 12, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
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)
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