Category Archives: Local News
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
It's Student Count Day for Public School Districts Along Lakeshore, Across Michigan
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 5, 2022) - Wednesday is a red letter day for public schools across Michigan. This is the first of two Count Days that determines how much per pupil money districts woul...
Oct 05, 2022 Wen Shi / CC
Lakeshore Local Utilities Celebrating Public Power Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 5, 2022) - Municipal electricity is in the spotlight this week. The American Public Power Association has designated October 2nd through the 8th as Public Power Week. And...
Oct 05, 2022 Public Power Week 2022 (image courtesy Holland BPW)
Increased Patrols Around GVSU Campus Nets Two Arrests on Weapons Charges
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 4, 2022) - A 19-year-old Grand Rapids man is in the Ottawa County Jail on charges stemming from increased police surveillance of the off-campus area near Grand Val...
Oct 04, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Grand Haven Man Critically Hurt in Fiery US-31 Car-Semi-Tree Collision
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 3, 2022) - A Monday evening crash south of Grand Haven hospitalized a 25-year-old Grand Haven man. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Jon Smoes, deput...
Oct 03, 2022 Andrew Malone / CC
