Category Archives: Local News
Non-Profits Preparing to Help Needy in Storm Conditions
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2022) - As a winter storm that is being predicted to have blizzard-like properties to it approaches, those who help the needy are getting just as ready as those who h...
Dec 22, 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
Battle Creek Man Killed in Plainwell Multi-Vehicle Collision
GUN PLAIN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2022) - A 72-year-old Battle Creek man lost his life on Tuesday evening after being struck by a minivan near Plainwell. According to the Michigan State Police,...
Dec 21, 2022 Dec. 20, 2022; Gun Plain Twp., MI, USA; A Michigan State Police trooper attends to a fatal crash scene on M-89 near 6th Street. (photo courtesy Michigan State Police)
Increases in Fees & Charges for 2023 Expected From Tonight's Holland City Council Meeting
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2022) - It may not be the proverbial "coal in the stocking" for Holland residents this Christmas season, but the Holland City Council may feel compelled to raise fees...
Dec 21, 2022 Holland City Hall, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Teen Hurt in North Side Crash Into Building
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 20, 2022) - A 19-year-old Zeeland man was critically hurt in a single-vehicle crash into a building on Holland's North Side late on Monday night. According to Ottawa...
Dec 20, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Police Investigating Fatal Allendale Fire as Suicide
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 19, 2022) - We are learning more about a "suspicious" fire on Saturday night that has claimed the lives of a 28-year-old Allendale woman and, apparently, her six-y...
Dec 19, 2022 Fire Investigation (file photo Peg McNichol, Midwest Communications)
Laketown Township Looking For State Help
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 19, 2022) - Laketown Township is turning to the state with two grant proposals to improve recreational and transportation opportunities for residents. The board on ...
Dec 19, 2022 Laketown Township Hall Park, 4338 Beeline Road. Note the pickleballl courts in the back.
Two Persons Dead After "Suspicious" House Fire in Allendale
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - What is being called a "suspicious" fire claimed the lives of two persons in an Allendale residence on Saturday night. According to Ottawa County Sheri...
Dec 17, 2022 Fire Investigation (file photo Peg McNichol, Midwest Communications)
Teen Arrested After Gun Fire from Parking Lot Skirmish
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - An altercation among teens at a roller skating rink on Holland's North Side on Friday evening ended in gunfire and an arrest. According to Ottawa County ...
Dec 17, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Stolen Fire Truck Recovered; Suspect Arrested
WRIGHT TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - On a snowy Saturday morning in northeast Ottawa County, a truly unusual occurrence took place. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Matthew Wildf...
Dec 17, 2022 A Wright Tallmadge Fire Department truck (photo courtesy Wright-Tallmadge Firefighters Association)
Two Persons Hospitalized After Crash with Rapid Bus on M-45
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 17, 2022) - A Friday evening crash between a sedan and a Rapid mass transit bus between Allendale and Standale landed a Walker couple on hospital beds overnight. A...
Dec 17, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
