Category Archives: Local News
Hope, GVSU Begin Classes Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 30, 2022) - Ottawa County's two four-year institutions of higher education begin classes on Tuesday. For the start of Academic Year 161, Hope College is expecting over 3,...
Aug 30, 2022 Aug. 31, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Banners on the Hope College campus. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Community Meeting on Future of Calkins Dam Set
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The future of the remaining dam along the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County will be considered on Wednesday night. Officials of Consumers Energy will be on hand at 6 PM in A...
Aug 30, 2022 The Calkins Street Dam (image courtesy Consumers Energy)
Spring Lake Earns MEDC Honor
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 30, 2022) - Spring Lake has earned a state honor. The northwest Ottawa County village was designated on Monday as an Essential Redevelopment Ready Community by the Michig...
Aug 30, 2022 Spring Lake (image courtesy Village of Spring Lake)
Suspect in June Shooting at Lincoln Ave. Apartment Unit Apprended in Illinois
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2022) - More than two months after a 36-year-old man was gunned down at a Lincoln Avenue apartment complex in Holland, a suspect has been apprehended. According to Ho...
Aug 29, 2022 Thaddeus Cortez Wilson (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Consumers Energy Preparing for Potentially Hazardous Thunderstorms
JACKSON, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2022) - Consumers Energy is preparing for damaging winds and severe thunderstorms that are expected to impact the lakeshore, Grand Rapids, and the areas south of I-96...
Aug 29, 2022
Hamilton Native Serves With Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
NORFOLK, Va. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Klein, a native of Hamilton, Michigan, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Underwater Construction Team One in support of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. K...
Aug 29, 2022
South Haven A.E.S. To Host Pancake Breakfast
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2022) - South Haven Area Emergency Services is hosting a sit down and drive thru Pancake Breakfast coming up this Sunday, September 4th from 7:30-11:30am. The bre...
Aug 29, 2022
UPDATE: Identity of Holland Man Struck & Killed by Vehicle While Crossing US-31 Disclosed
HOLLAND TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2022) - The identity of a 39-year-old Holland man who lost his life after being struck while attempting to cross US-31 on Holland's North Side on Saturday evening...
Aug 29, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's Department Seal (image courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
Teen Driver Loses Control on Rainy Road, Crashes Into Tree
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 28, 2022) - A 17-year-old Hudsonville man was injured in a single-vehicle crash north of Holland on Sunday evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Jon Sm...
Aug 28, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Hope Holds Opening Convocation Ahead of Tuesday's Start of Classes
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 28, 2022) - As Hope College students get embedded into the Holland campus for the start of classes, the newest members of the Orange and Blue received words of encouragem...
Aug 28, 2022 Aug. 28, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Hope College President Matthew Scogin addresses the Opening Concovation for the 2023 Academic Year at DeVos Fieldhouse. (youtube image courtesy Hope College)
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