Category Archives: Local News
Unemployment Down Along Lakeshore in November
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 29, 2022) - Jobless rates slid along the Lakeshore last month. In numbers released on Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, unemploym...
Dec 29, 2022 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Kalamazoo Man Arrested After Attempted Shoplifting & Police Chase on Holland's North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 29, 2022) - A 51-year-old Kalamazoo man spent the night in the Ottawa County Jail, awaiting an arraignment on charges stemming from a Wednesday evening robbery of a ...
Dec 29, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Saugatuck Releases Results of Citizen Survey
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 28, 2022) - A Lakeshore community has taken the pulse of its constituents. The City of Saugatuck on Tuesday disclosed results of a Strategic Planning Survey. Of 629 que...
Dec 28, 2022 City of Saugatuck, Michigan (image courtesy City of Saugatuck)
Hope Hit with $5M Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 28, 2022) - An apparently unreported data breach at Hope College has led to a lawsuit. The Holland Sentinel is reporting in Wednesday's editions that class-action status ...
Dec 28, 2022 Aug. 31, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; The iconic Anchor sculpture on the Hope College campus. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Father of Congressman Upton Passes Away
ST. JOSEPH, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 28, 2022) - For the second time this month, a parent of a local lawmaker has passed away after an illness. On Tuesday, the office of US House Representative Fred Upton...
Dec 28, 2022
Lingering Lake Effect Snow Expected After Blizzard Blast Upon Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 25, 2022) - Could there be a break in the blizzard conditions that have hit the Lakeshore as Christmas approaches? The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids on ...
Dec 25, 2022 Dec. 24, 2022; Casco Twp., MI, USA; A South Haven Area Emergency Services truck plows a road during a blizzard. Mandatory Credit: Tom Renner-South Haven Area Emergency Services
Two Critically Hurt in Robinson Twp. Crash
ROBINSON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 25, 2022) - Two persons were critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday morning between Allendale and Grand Haven. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Ser...
Dec 25, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Winter Storm Wallops Lakeshore
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 23, 2022) - It has been a tough Friday on area roads for all involved, but as for the first few hours of a winter storm with blizzard conditions along the Lakeshore, w...
Dec 23, 2022 Mar. 2, 2014; Holland, MI, USA; A look along Central Avenue at West 4th Street during a winter storm. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Drivers Escaped Injury but Passenger Hospitalized in Head-On Crash on North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2022) - A 36-year-old Holland woman was hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon on Holland's North Side. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant ...
Dec 22, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland Roofer Wins Mackinac Bridge Towers Tour Tickets
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2022) - Art Tolsma of Holland has been climbing ladders and fixing roofs for more than 30 years, so he's right at home in high places. But 552 feet above the St...
Dec 22, 2022 Art Tolsma, left, accepts the winning certificate on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, for a trip for two to the top of a Mackinac Bridge tower. Presenting the certificate is Felt Estate Operations Director Patty Meyer at the mansion, 6597 138th Ave.
