Category Archives: Local News
Body Cams Come Too Late in Allegan County Deputy's Shooting of Motorist
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 20, 2022) - No charges are expected against the Allegan County Sheriff's Deputy involved in the shooting death of a motorist in Salem Township this past June 16th. After...
Sep 20, 2022 Allegan County Sheriff's Dept. prowl car. (file photo)
Zeeland City Council Looking Ahead to 175th Anniversary, Planned Main Avenue Renovation Tonight
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 19, 2022) - The Zeeland City Council doesn't have much on its agenda for Monday night's business meeting, but the work-study session beforehand looks at a couple of upco...
Sep 19, 2022 Zeeland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez, Midwest Communications)
Two Teens Hurt in Single-Vehicle Crash Near Holland State Park
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 18, 2022) - Two teenagers from eastern Ottawa County were injured in a single-vehicle crash north of Holland before dawn on Sunday morning. According to Ottawa County ...
Sep 18, 2022 Sept. 18, 2022; Park Twp., MI; First responders at the scene of a single vehicle crash off of Lakeshore Drive. Mandatory credit: Brent Alan-Midwest Communications
Candidate Forum for Ottawa County Circuit Court Hopefuls Set for Monday Night
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 18, 2022) - The third "candidate forum" of the 2022 General Election season held by the League of Women Voters of the Holland Area is set for Monday evening. From 6:30 P...
Sep 18, 2022 League of Women Voters (image courtesy League of Women Voters of the Holland Area)
Investigation Into Drowning at a Private Pond near Standale Continues
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 16, 2022) - A 29-year-old man lost his life in an apparent drowning incident at a private pond near Standale on Friday evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff...
Sep 16, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Two Hurt in Wild Lake Michigan Drive Motoring Situation
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 16, 2022) - Two persons were hurt in a wild motoring situation between Allendale and Standale on Friday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant C...
Sep 16, 2022 Andrew Malone / CC
The 13th Annual Civil War Muster Is This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 15, 2022) - Time travel back to 1862 and walk among more than a hundred of Civil War military, cavalry, and civilian re-enactors. Visit acres of camps where the re-enact...
Sep 16, 2022
Volunteers Keep Laketown Township Looking Great
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 16, 2022) -Volunteers put their hands and backs to work to help out Laketown Township on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, as part of the annual United Way of Ottawa and Al...
Sep 16, 2022
Charges Filed Against Suspect in Sept. 9 Police Chase Into Jenison
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 15, 2022) - A 36-year-old Kentwood man is in the Kent County Jail after a violent police chase that crossed the Kent-Ottawa county line last Friday. Robert Gallup h...
Sep 15, 2022 Robert Gallup (photo courtesy Kent Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Water Main Break Leads to Boil Water Advisory for Some Holland BPW Customers
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 15, 2022) - Three water customers of the Holland Board of Public Works will need to go through the inconvenience of boiling their water for a little while. That was beca...
Sep 15, 2022 Sept. 15, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Aerial view of the Holland BPW customers affected by an East 32nd Street water main break. (image courtesy Holland Board of Public Works)
