Category Archives: Local News
Picnic/Fundraiser/Recruiting Event Set for Saturday at VFW Post
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 9, 2022) - Some big doings are set for the Holland VFW Post on Saturday. According to Post Commander Garrett Dickey, the annual post picnic is expanding. Lunch will be s...
Sep 09, 2022 Sept. 15, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Holland VFW Post #2144 on West 8th Street near Maple Avenue. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Trethewey Bids Farewell Before City Council
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 9, 2022) - A moment during this past Wednesday's Holland City Council meeting shouldn't pass by without notice. During the public comment session, a former First Ward Co...
Sep 09, 2022 Sept. 7, 2022, Holland, MI, USA; Former First Ward Councilman Mike Trethewey comments during the biweekly Holland City Council business meeting in Chambers at Holland City Hall. (YouTube image courtesy City of Holland)
Children Get A Taste, Touch And Smell Of Shore Acres Park
LAKESTOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 8, 2022) - Children and their parents got a chance to use all their senses to explore the trails at the 40-acre Shore Acres Township Park, 6602 138 th Ave., Laketo...
Sep 08, 2022 Analiese Schmitt of the Outdoor Discovery Center asks participants in the Sept. 6, 2022, program “Explore with Your Senses” to smell a sassafras leaf at Shore Acres Township Park, 6602 138th Ave. in Laketown Township.
UPDATE: Holland Council Approved Bond and Grant Proposals During Wednesday Meeting
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 8, 2022) - Some structural upgrades for the Fire Services division of the Holland Department of Public Safety are coming. City Council members unanimously approved, duri...
Sep 08, 2022 Aug. 29, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland City Hall. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Body Found in Grand Haven Area May be of Missing Man
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 8, 2022) - For the second time in as many weeks, the discovery of a body in northern Ottawa County may be of a missing man. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's...
Sep 08, 2022 James Alan McKinnon (photo courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
Former Judge, State Transporation Commissioner Hannes Meyers Passes Away
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 7, 2022) - One of this area's long time legal minds has passed away. Hannes Meyers Jr. died on Sunday at the age of 89. A former Holland District Court Judge for 10 year...
Sep 07, 2022 Hannes Meyers Jr. (photo courtesy Dykstra Funeral Homes)
Good Things Along The Lakeshore
Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with morning news host Dan Evans about people and organizations making a positive difference along the Lakeshore. Listen to the ful...
Sep 07, 2022
Teen Critically Hurt in North Side Crash
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 7, 2022) - A 16-year-old Holland boy was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash north of the Tulip City on Tuesday evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
Sep 07, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
LWV to Hold "Meet & Greet" for County Board Candidates in Holland on Wednesday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 6, 2022) - The second "Candidate Meet & Greet" session of the 2022 General Election season by the League of Women Voters of the Holland Area is set for Wednesday eve...
Sep 06, 2022 Aug. 29, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Herrick District Library. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Zeeland Man Wins $25,000 A Year For Life
LANSING, Mich., Sept. 6, 2022 - A special set of numbers paid off within months for a Zeeland man who won $25,000 a year for life playing the Michigan Lottery's Lucky for Life game. 55-year-old Scott ...
Sep 06, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
