Category Archives: Local News
Laketown Township Looking For State Help
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 19, 2022) - Laketown Township is turning to the state with two grant proposals to improve recreational and transportation opportunities for residents. The board on ...
Dec 19, 2022 Laketown Township Hall Park, 4338 Beeline Road. Note the pickleballl courts in the back.
Two Persons Dead After "Suspicious" House Fire in Allendale
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - What is being called a "suspicious" fire claimed the lives of two persons in an Allendale residence on Saturday night. According to Ottawa County Sheri...
Dec 17, 2022 Fire Investigation (file photo Peg McNichol, Midwest Communications)
Teen Arrested After Gun Fire from Parking Lot Skirmish
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - An altercation among teens at a roller skating rink on Holland's North Side on Friday evening ended in gunfire and an arrest. According to Ottawa County ...
Dec 17, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Stolen Fire Truck Recovered; Suspect Arrested
WRIGHT TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - On a snowy Saturday morning in northeast Ottawa County, a truly unusual occurrence took place. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Matthew Wildf...
Dec 17, 2022 A Wright Tallmadge Fire Department truck (photo courtesy Wright-Tallmadge Firefighters Association)
Two Persons Hospitalized After Crash with Rapid Bus on M-45
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - A Friday evening crash between a sedan and a Rapid mass transit bus between Allendale and Standale landed a Walker couple on hospital beds overnight. A...
Dec 17, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Suspect Arrested After Police Standoff at Grand Haven Area Motel
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 16, 2022) - One of the most distressing calls for law enforcement is when the men and women in blue or brown are asked to attend to a domestic situation. On Frid...
Dec 16, 2022 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
Jamestown Twp. Library Remains in Center of Book Controversy
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2022) - Controversy over a public library in the southeast corner of Ottawa County continues. Voters in Jamestown Township twice rejected millage renewal propo...
Dec 14, 2022 Steve Bowbrick / CC
Lakeshore Habitat to Blitz Build Three Homes in One Week!
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2022) - Although winter officially begins next Wednesday, work on building three homes on Holland's west side through Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity began in earnest ...
Dec 14, 2022 A photo taken from an airborne drone of homes being built at the Vista Green development in Holland by Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity. (photo courtesy Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity)
Wayland Woman Critically Hurt in Fillmore Street Crash
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2022) - Three persons were injured, one critically, in a two-vehicle collision between Hudsonville and Allendale on Monday night. According to Ottawa County S...
Dec 13, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Resident, Two Pets Rescued from Holland House Fire
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2022) - Working smoke alarms was credited with no human injuries and two rescued pets after a Monday night house fire on Holland's south side. According to Captain Ch...
Dec 13, 2022 Dec. 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations crews attend to a house fire at a residence off of East 37th Street. (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations)
