Category Archives: Local News
Labor Day Bridge Walk
SAUGATUCK/DOUGLAS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2022) - You do not have to travel all the way to Mackinac this year to join the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk because the Blue Star Bridge Walk will be held ...
Aug 23, 2022 njenney / CC
Story of Vets Scam in Arizona an Alert as Local VFW Holds Fundraiser
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2022) - Word of an arrest in a veterans fundraising scam has raised the flag of awareness for organizations who help those who served this country. Police in Scottsda...
Aug 23, 2022 A Buddy Poppy (image courtesy Veterans of Foreign Wars)
School Bus Drivers Still Needed
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2022) - A new school year dawns this week, and while things are pretty much back to normal in classrooms after COVID-related disruptions and adjustments in Academic 2...
Aug 23, 2022 West Ottawa Public Schools' bus. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Mail Theft Ring Involving Thousands of Dollars Investigated
OLIVE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2022) - Even in these days of electronic mail, paying invoices online and electronic transfers, the seemingly old-fashioned crime of mail theft has reared its head ...
Aug 22, 2022 Aug. 22, 2022; West Olive, MI, USA; A photo supplied by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department of a woman wanted for questioning in a string of mail theft larcenies that has led to a number of checks cashed.
Disc Golf Tournament Returns To Laketown Township
LAKETOWN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2022) - Disc golfers from around West Michigan competed in the Shore Acres Open disc golf tournament on Saturday, Aug.20, and Sunday, Aug. 21, at Laketown Townsh...
Aug 22, 2022 A participant in the Shore Acres Open finishes the first hole on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at Laketown Township’s Shore Acres Township Park, 6602 138th Ave. The Felt Estate is in the background.
Holland Redevelopment Ready Community Certification
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2022) - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has formally presented the city of Holland with Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) certification for its effo...
Aug 22, 2022
Hudsonville Fair Week Begins on Monday
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2022) - A tradition for nearly nine decades continues this week. The Hudsonville Community Fair begins its six-day slate on Monday with dog and sheep shows, and a...
Aug 22, 2022 Aug. 18, 2014; A teen puts her pig through its paces during competition at the Hudsonville Community Fair. Mandatory Credit-Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications
Three-Vehicle I-96 Pileup Hospitalizes One
WRIGHT TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 20, 2022) - A 53-year-old Grand Haven man was injured in a three-vehicle pileup near Marne on Saturday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Chris K...
Aug 20, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Grand Rapids Man Loses Life in Waters Near Spring Lake
SPRING LAKE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 20, 2022) - A 72-year-old Grand Rapids man lost his life in the waters of a marina off of a Spring Lake motel on Friday evening. According to Ottawa County Sherif...
Aug 20, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff Marine Division. File photo
Grand Haven Couple Hurt in Allendale Crash
ALLENDALE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 19, 2022) - An elderly couple from Grand Haven were injured in a two-vehicle crash south of Allendale on Friday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Serg...
Aug 19, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
