Category Archives: Local News
Allegan Dam's Future a Concern for County Board
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 11, 2022) - The future of the Calkins Street dam is on the proverbial front burner at Dumont Lake. On Thursday, the Allegan County Board of Commissioners should consider ...
Oct 11, 2022 The Calkins Street Dam (image courtesy Consumers Energy)
Local Prosecutor Campaigns for Domestic Violence Prevention Awareness
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 10, 2022) - October is a time to address health and wellbeing needs. National Mental Health Awareness Week ended this past Saturday, while the entire month is devoted not...
Oct 10, 2022 Allegan County Prosecuting Attorney Myrene Koch in a 2020 ZOOM conversation on "WHTC Talk of the Town" program.
Bannatyne Named Holland Police Reserve Officer of Year
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 10, 2022) - A 13-year veteran of the Holland Department of Public Safety's Police Services has received an honor from his peers. Last week in a special ceremony, Chief Ma...
Oct 10, 2022 Holland Police Reserve Officer Jason Bannatyne (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
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.)
