Category Archives: Local News
Three Allegan County Elected Officials File Suit Over Office Plans
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 14, 2023) - It seems as if the Fillmore Street Complex in West Olive doesn't have a monopoly on county government drama along the Lakeshore. On Monday, three elected Alle...
Mar 14, 2023 Allegan County Courthouse (image courtesy County of Allegan)
UPDATE: Wife of Nunica Man Killed in Home Shooting Arraigned
CROCKERY TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - A 41-year-old woman has been arraigned in a January 23rd shooting at a Nunica home that took the life of her 41-year-old husband. On Monday, Aaron Eliza...
Mar 13, 2023 Aaron Elizabeth Gardner (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Ottawa Co. Board to Hold Tuesday Morning Meeting
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - It's an early start for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday. A 9 AM start is slated for the biweekly business meeting in which the panel wi...
Mar 13, 2023 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Laketown Township Approves Road Work For This Year
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) -The Laketown Township board on Wednesday, March 8, approved $594,155 to repave almost four miles of roads in the township this year. The board unanimously...
Mar 13, 2023 Snow at the Laketown Township Hall Park, 4338 Beeline Road, on Friday, March 10, 2023.
Saugatuck Council Meets Tonight; Planners to Discuss Short-Term Rental Pause
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - One of the Lakeshore's top communities for short-term rentals may want to hit the pause button. This coming Thursday, the City of Saugatuck Planning Commiss...
Mar 13, 2023 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Graafschap Fire Department holding Free Blood Pressure Checks
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2023) - Members of the Graafschap Fire Department are putting their skills to work to possibly recognize issues before they could become an emergency. The fire d...
Mar 13, 2023 Graafschap Fire Department is holding blood pressure clinics from 10 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at the fire station, 4534 60th St.
US-31 Shut Down Overnight After Semi Crash
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2023) - It took several hours for motorists to be able to travel unimpeded from Grand Haven to Holland overnight on Saturday due to a Friday evening crash involvin...
Mar 11, 2023 Jason Rojas / CC
Two Hospitalized in Late-Night Pileup on US-31
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 11, 2023) - A four-vehicle pileup on Holland's North Side snarled traffic late on Friday night and hospitalized two persons. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Ser...
Mar 11, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Upton Recalls Change in DST as We "Spring Forward" at 2 AM on Sunday
ST. JOSEPH, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 10, 2023) - This Sunday we'll spring forward and change to Daylight Saving Time. This week, a bipartisan group of US Senators reintroduced legislation that would keep ...
Mar 10, 2023 Sept. 15, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; A clock structure outside of the Louis Padnos facility on River Avenue. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Ottawa Co. in Line for State Farmland Preservation Funds
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 10, 2023) - Ottawa County's ongoing effort to preserve farmland is getting a financial boost from Lansing. The Michigan Agricultural Preservation Farm Board on Thursday a...
Mar 10, 2023 Farmland (photo courtesy Ottawa County Department of Strategic Impact)
