Category Archives: Local News
Suspect Arrested After Police Standoff at Grand Haven Area Motel
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 16, 2022) - One of the most distressing calls for law enforcement is when the men and women in blue or brown are asked to attend to a domestic situation. On Frid...
Dec 16, 2022 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
Jamestown Twp. Library Remains in Center of Book Controversy
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2022) - Controversy over a public library in the southeast corner of Ottawa County continues. Voters in Jamestown Township twice rejected millage renewal propo...
Dec 14, 2022 Steve Bowbrick / CC
Lakeshore Habitat to Blitz Build Three Homes in One Week!
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2022) - Although winter officially begins next Wednesday, work on building three homes on Holland's west side through Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity began in earnest ...
Dec 14, 2022 A photo taken from an airborne drone of homes being built at the Vista Green development in Holland by Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity. (photo courtesy Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity)
Wayland Woman Critically Hurt in Fillmore Street Crash
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2022) - Three persons were injured, one critically, in a two-vehicle collision between Hudsonville and Allendale on Monday night. According to Ottawa County S...
Dec 13, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Resident, Two Pets Rescued from Holland House Fire
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2022) - Working smoke alarms was credited with no human injuries and two rescued pets after a Monday night house fire on Holland's south side. According to Captain Ch...
Dec 13, 2022 Dec. 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations crews attend to a house fire at a residence off of East 37th Street. (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations)
Local Road Commissions Ready for Snow Storms
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2022) - Road crews have already had two winter storm situations along the Lakeshore ... and the winter season doesn't officially start on the calendar until next W...
Dec 13, 2022 An Ottawa County Road Commission Snowplow at work. (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Road Commission)
Grand Haven Woman Hospitalized in Allendale Crash
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2022) - A 53-year-old Grand Haven woman was hospitalized in a two-vehicle crash south of Allendale on Monday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Se...
Dec 12, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
WHTC Pioneer Bill Gargano Passes Away
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2022) - The founder of a staple on WHTC radio, as well as one on WYVN radio, is gone. A Thursday memorial service at Dykstra Funeral Homes' Mulder Chapel (188 W. 32nd...
Dec 12, 2022 Bill Gargano (L) and Juke Van Oss (R) share a story during a "Talk of the Town" anniversary program in this file photo.
Saugatuck Council to Meet Tonight ... and Tomorrow Morning as Well
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2022) - Although the Saugatuck City Council holds its biweekly business meeting on Monday evening, the governing panel of that Lakeshore community has some more wor...
Dec 12, 2022 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
"Soup-Tober" Success is Paying Off Now in Allegan Co.
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2022) - An effort made in October is paying off now. The annual "Soup-Tober" collection drive by the Allegan County Food Pantry Collaborative reached its goal of over...
Dec 12, 2022 The Allegan County Food Pantry Collaborative Soup-Tober. (image courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
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