Category Archives: Local News
South Haven Area Receives Improved Fire Protection Insurance Rating
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 1, 2022) - A benefit for doing a job well by the South Haven Area Emergency Services unit will be enjoyed by those that its staffers serve. The agency that responds t...
Dec 01, 2022 Firefighters from South Haven Area Emergency Services respond to a wintertime call in Geneva Township. (Tom Renner photo courtesy SHAES)
Holland Man Sentenced to 30 Years on Child Porn Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2022) - A 37-year-old Holland man faces three decades in a federal prison. US District Court Judge Jane Beckering handed down such a sentence to Jonathon Thomas ...
Dec 01, 2022 PRSA-NY / CC
Gentex, Outdoor Discovery Center Partner in New Preschool Initiative
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 1, 2022) - One of Zeeland's leading employers is offering a new perk to its employees. Officials of Gentex announced on Wednesday a partnership with the Outdoor Discovery...
Dec 01, 2022 An artist's conception of the proposed Gentex Discovery Preschool (image courtesy Gentex Corp.)
Jobless Rates Stayed Stable Along Lakeshore
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 1, 2022) - Joblessness stayed steady along the Lakeshore in October. In numbers released on Wednesday by the state Department of Technology, Management and Budget, unempl...
Dec 01, 2022 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
It's the One-Year Anniversary of Cassidy Appointment in Holland Schools & the Oxford High Shooting
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 30, 2022) - While much of the state will spend this Wednesday remembering the events of November 30, 2021, when four persons were killed in a mass shooting at Oxford High...
Nov 30, 2022 Holland School Superintendent Nick Cassidy (photo courtesy Holland Public Schools)
UPDATE: Body of Missing Wayland Area Man Found on North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2022) - The search for a missing 42-year-old Wayland area man has ended tragically. On Tuesday, the Allegan County Sheriff's Department reported that members of ...
Nov 29, 2022 Avel Martinez (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Giving Tuesday is Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2022) - Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday have all come and gone over the past four days, but don't forget about Giving Tuesday. Now in its tenth ye...
Nov 29, 2022 Community Action House's Food Club/Opportunity Hub (photo courtesy Community Action House)
Holland Woman Sentenced in June Burglary, Awaits Hearing on November Crime
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2022) - A 25-year-old Holland woman was sentenced on charges stemming from a summer incident in which a home on Holland's North Side was burgled in broad daylight...
Nov 29, 2022 Alyssa Aplin (photo courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
Beloved Police K9 Officer Passes
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 28, 2022) - The Holland Department of Public Safety is heartbroken to have to announce the unexpected passing of K9 Saro. Saro was with his handler, Officer Jeremy Schoen...
Nov 28, 2022 Holland Department of Public Safety policeman Jeremy Schoen and his K-9 partner Saro (Junebug Photography photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Week of Holiday Festivities Begins Tonight in Zeeland
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 28, 2022) - Now that Thanksgiving is in the rear view mirror, it's full steam ahead this week with Christmas less than four weeks away. The holiday festival spotlight shi...
Nov 28, 2022 The city of Zeeland's Christmas advertisement (image courtesy City of Zeeland)
