Category Archives: Local News
Local State House Candidate Downplays Report on His Past
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 10, 2022) - A Holland man who would like to break the Republican stronghold on the Lakeshore's state legislative delegation has downplayed a report about his past. Lansin...
Oct 10, 2022 A campaign sign for state House candidate Larry Jackson (D-Holland) as seen at a West 9th Street residence. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Laketown Township Interviewing Residents To Save Local History
LAKESTOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 7, 2022) - Who was the first female Laketown Township board member? How did a disc golf course end up across the road from a restored mansion and chapel? Laketown T...
Oct 07, 2022
Holland Police Announce Reserve Officer of the Year
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 7, 2022) - The Holland Department of Public Safety is pleased to announce Reserve Officer Jason Bannatyne as our Reserve Officer of the Year. Chief Matt Messer made the a...
Oct 07, 2022
Initial Student Count Numbers Disclosed by Lakeshore Districts
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 7, 2022) - It was a mixed bag of initial results for local public school districts on the first Count Day of Academic 2023. This past Wednesday was the first of two such days...
Oct 07, 2022 Wen Shi / CC
Festival Weekend Ahead for Zeeland, Holland & Douglas
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 6, 2022) - It's a festival weekend throughout the Lakeshore this weekend. Zeeland's week-long 175th Anniversary Celebration climaxes with the annual Pumpkinfest, which includ...
Oct 06, 2022
Woman Critically Hurt in 48th Avenue Crash
BLENDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 6, 2022) - A 32-year-old woman was hurt in a two-vehicle crash west of Hudsonville on Wednesday evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant James Douglas,...
Oct 06, 2022 Paul Long / CC
Four Hurt, Two Hospitalized in Hudsonville Area Crash
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 6, 2022) - Two persons were hospitalized and two others were also hurt in a two-vehicle crash south of Hudsonville on Wednesday evening. According to Ottawa County...
Oct 06, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Bicycling Child Critically Hurt When Hit by Vehicle in Jenison
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 6, 2022) - A 10-year-old girl suffered critical injuries when a vehicle struck her as she was pedaling her bicycle across a road west of Jenison on Wednesday even...
Oct 06, 2022 An ambulance arrived at the scene (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Defenders Office Holding Expungement Clinic
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 5, 2022) - The Ottawa County Public Defender Office is hosting a second expungement clinic for those wishing to have a criminal conviction set aside. The first clinic in ...
Oct 05, 2022 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
'Coffee & Conversation' Events Planned In Laketown Township
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 5, 2022) - Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commission members are hosting three "Coffee & Conversation" events about the parks proposal on the Nov. 8 ...
Oct 05, 2022
