Category Archives: Local News
Lingering Lake Effect Snow Expected After Blizzard Blast Upon Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 25, 2022) - Could there be a break in the blizzard conditions that have hit the Lakeshore as Christmas approaches? The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids on ...
Dec 25, 2022 Dec. 24, 2022; Casco Twp., MI, USA; A South Haven Area Emergency Services truck plows a road during a blizzard. Mandatory Credit: Tom Renner-South Haven Area Emergency Services
Two Critically Hurt in Robinson Twp. Crash
ROBINSON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 25, 2022) - Two persons were critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday morning between Allendale and Grand Haven. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Ser...
Dec 25, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Winter Storm Wallops Lakeshore
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 23, 2022) - It has been a tough Friday on area roads for all involved, but as for the first few hours of a winter storm with blizzard conditions along the Lakeshore, w...
Dec 23, 2022 Mar. 2, 2014; Holland, MI, USA; A look along Central Avenue at West 4th Street during a winter storm. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Drivers Escaped Injury but Passenger Hospitalized in Head-On Crash on North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2022) - A 36-year-old Holland woman was hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon on Holland's North Side. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant ...
Dec 22, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland Roofer Wins Mackinac Bridge Towers Tour Tickets
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2022) - Art Tolsma of Holland has been climbing ladders and fixing roofs for more than 30 years, so he's right at home in high places. But 552 feet above the St...
Dec 22, 2022 Art Tolsma, left, accepts the winning certificate on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, for a trip for two to the top of a Mackinac Bridge tower. Presenting the certificate is Felt Estate Operations Director Patty Meyer at the mansion, 6597 138th Ave.
Non-Profits Preparing to Help Needy in Storm Conditions
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2022) - As a winter storm that is being predicted to have blizzard-like properties to it approaches, those who help the needy are getting just as ready as those who h...
Dec 22, 2022 Mar. 2, 2014; Holland, MI, USA; A look along Central Avenue at West 4th Street during a winter storm. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Battle Creek Man Killed in Plainwell Multi-Vehicle Collision
GUN PLAIN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2022) - A 72-year-old Battle Creek man lost his life on Tuesday evening after being struck by a minivan near Plainwell. According to the Michigan State Police,...
Dec 21, 2022 Dec. 20, 2022; Gun Plain Twp., MI, USA; A Michigan State Police trooper attends to a fatal crash scene on M-89 near 6th Street. (photo courtesy Michigan State Police)
Increases in Fees & Charges for 2023 Expected From Tonight's Holland City Council Meeting
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2022) - It may not be the proverbial "coal in the stocking" for Holland residents this Christmas season, but the Holland City Council may feel compelled to raise fees...
Dec 21, 2022 Holland City Hall, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Teen Hurt in North Side Crash Into Building
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 20, 2022) - A 19-year-old Zeeland man was critically hurt in a single-vehicle crash into a building on Holland's North Side late on Monday night. According to Ottawa...
Dec 20, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Allendale Fire as Suicide
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 19, 2022) - We are learning more about a "suspicious" fire on Saturday night that has claimed the lives of a 28-year-old Allendale woman and, apparently, her six-y...
Dec 19, 2022 Fire Investigation (file photo Peg McNichol, Midwest Communications)
