Category Archives: Local News
Saugatuck Public Schools asking voters to renew three millage proposals in November
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - Voters in the Saugatuck Public Schools district will be asked in November to approve three millage renewals. The district's school board Monday approved ballot language fo...
Jul 21, 2022 Saugatuck Public Schools (image courtesy Saugatuck Public Schools)
Holland man gets 21 to 60 years in prison for 2020 murder
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - A 21-year-old Holland man has been to a minimum of 21 years and a maximum of 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to a second- degree murder charge. In June, Jose Pe...
Jul 20, 2022 PRSA-NY / CC
Holland Fire Department to hold emergency response exercises Thursday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - The Holland Fire Department and other agencies will be participating in emergency response exercises again this Thursday, July 21. They began their exercises Tuesday. The dr...
Jul 20, 2022 Holland fire truck. FIle photo
Holland man sues to have Michigan dump voting machines in favor of paper ballots in August
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - A Holland man has filed a lawsuit, claiming the all voting machines in the state should be replaced with paper ballots for the upcoming August 2, 2022 primary election. Acco...
Jul 19, 2022 Vote here sign in Holland. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Hope names sophomore Janie DeGroot a Beckman Scholar to assist with research
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - Hope College has named sophomore Janie DeGroot of Northville a 2022-23 Beckman Scholar through the college's Beckman Scholars Program award from The Arnold and Mabel Beckman...
Jul 18, 2022 Beckman Scholar Program logo (courtesy of Hope College)
Planning Open House for South Shore Village Neighborhood set for Thursday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - The City of Holland will be holding a second South Shore Village Neighborhood Planning Open House this Thursday from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers. City o...
Jul 18, 2022 Holland's South Shore Village Neighborhood (photo courtesy of City of Holland)
Two injured in rollover accident on I-96 Sunday morning
POLKTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - An elderly couple was injured in a one vehicle rollover accident on I-96 in Ottawa County's Polkton Township. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says a KIA Tellurid...
Jul 18, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Road rage incident and fight shuts down 136th Avenue for a short time Sunday
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - A road rage incident boiled over into a full fledged fight with a gun involved in Holland Township Sunday afternoon. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office was dispatch...
Jul 18, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's Department Seal (image courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
More seal coat work to get underway Monday in Ottawa County
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - The Ottawa County Road Commission will begin its second phase of the 2022 seal coat (chip seal) program beginning Monday, July 18, with the fog seal application on the chip ...
Jul 16, 2022 (courtesy of the Ottawa County Road Commission)
Chambers compile information on Ottawa County Board of Commissioners candidates
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) - While not endorsing an candidates, the West Coast Chamber of Commerce has collaborated with the Chamber of Commerce of Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg to share informat...
Jul 15, 2022 Michigan west Coast Chamber logo
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