Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Holland City Council Approves Social District Expansion, Sidewalk Construction
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 18, 2022) - Holland's downtown Social District is expanding. During Wednesday night's biweekly business meeting, the Holland City Council unanimously concurred with the D...
Aug 18, 2022 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
Passenger in Jeep Filled with Teens Loses Life in Collision with Gravel Truck
GEORGETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2022) - A teen riding in a Jeep driven by a 17-year-old Kentwood man passed away at the scene after a two-vehicle crash east of Hudsonville on Wednesday aftern...
Aug 17, 2022
Motorcyclist Hurt in Ottawa Beach Road Crash with Transit Van
PARK TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 16, 2022) - A Tuesday afternoon collision between a motorcycle and a transit van on Holland's North Side resulted in a 64-year-old Hudsonville man being hospitalized. Ac...
Aug 16, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Temporary Traffic Control Order for Hope College Move in Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 16, 2022) - To accommodate Hope College as they move in students for the 2022-23 school year, the following road closures, traffic changes and no parking orders will be i...
Aug 16, 2022 Aug. 31, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Banners on the Hope College campus. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Tulip Time Opens Up "First Bloem" Poster Art Contest
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 16, 2022) - Even though Holland's annual signature event ended just three months ago, the call has gone out for a staple of next year's Tulip Time Festival. On Monday, fe...
Aug 16, 2022 The 2023 Tulip Time Festival First Bloem competition. (image courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Hope College Football Claims Top Spot in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) -The Hope College football team is projected to contend for a third consecutive MIAA title this fall. The Flying Dutchmen topped the 2022 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll with 10 p...
Aug 15, 2022
"Battle of the Badges" Charity Softball Game this Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - The Holland Department of Public Safety will be hosting their "Battle of the Badges" Charity Softball Game this Saturday. This event is free to the public, and will feature ...
Aug 12, 2022 A Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Rescue Truck (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study rip tides at Holland State Park
PARK TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - Two underwater devices have been placed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the north pier at Holland State Park to study rip currents. Resident engineer Liz Wilkin...
Aug 12, 2022 Holland State Park with red flags and safety equipment. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
The Ottawa County Department of Public Health says local E. coli cases are on the rise
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - The Ottawa County Department of Public Health is alerting the public to increasing cases of shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) infections in the community. The Department ...
Aug 11, 2022 Ottawa County Department of Public Health logo
Sall steps down as Laketown Township Clerk to take new position of Community Development Director for the township
LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - The Laketown Township clerk has stepped down from her position, but is taking a newly created position for the township. Board of Trustees accepted the resignation...
Aug 11, 2022 Laketown Township Clerk Michelle Sall is taking the new position of Community Development Director for the township (courtesy of Laketown Township)
