Category Archives: Local News
Regional Planners Unveil Four-Year Transportation Blueprint
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 19, 2022) - The future of transportation along the Lakeshore was on display yesterday. The Macatawa Area Coordinating Council held a pair of open house sessions at it...
May 19, 2022 May 18, 2022; Holland Twp., MI, USA; A map of planned projects from 2023 through 2026, displayed during a Transporation Improvement Program open house at the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council offices. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Ottawa County Woman Hits Jackpot
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 18, 2022) - An Ottawa County woman is packing her bags for a dream vacation after winning the largest-ever online Monthly Jackpot progressive prize from the Michigan Lotte...
May 18, 2022 Purple Slog / CC
City Councils in Holland & Saugatuck to Meet on Wednesday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, May 18, 2022) - Two local governing entities are slated to meet on this Wednesday. It's the biweekly regular business meeting for the Holland City Council at 6 PM in Chambers at H...
May 18, 2022 A Police Command Vehicle. (LDV Custom Speciality Vehicles photo courtesy City of Holland)
Holland Farmers Market Opens for Season Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 18, 2022) - A tradition dating back to the earliest days in Holland resumes today. The regular season for the Holland Farmers Market begins at 8 AM. On Wednesdays and Satu...
May 18, 2022 Sept. 15, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; The Holland Farmers Market in the 8th Street Marketplace as viewed eastward from West 8th Street near Maple Avenue. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Three Hurt in Three-Vehicle Pileup North of Unity Bridge
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 17, 2022) - Three persons were injured in a three-vehicle pileup on Holland's North Side on Tuesday evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Nicholas Kn...
May 18, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Substitute Teacher Sentenced on Sexual Assault Charge
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 17, 2022) - A former West Ottawa Public Schools substitute teacher will spend at least 18 months and perhaps as much as 15 years in a state prison. Jill Edstrom was se...
May 17, 2022 PRSA-NY / CC
Holland Woman Hurt in I-196 Crash
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 16, 2022) - A 27-year-old Holland woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash near Hudsonville on Monday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant M...
May 16, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Tulip Time Concludes
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 16, 2022) - Holland's annual signature event isn't all the way back from its pre-COVID levels, but it came very close in 2022. The 93rd Tulip Time Festival concluded its n...
May 16, 2022 May 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Dutch Dancers perform in the background of white tulips on West 8th Street ahead of the 2022 Tulip Time Festival Kinderparade. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications.
School Board Meeting Night Tonight; Hamilton Expected to Approve Contract for New Chief
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, May 16, 2022) - As the 2022 Academic Year winds down, the local public school boards have meetings planned for this evening. While some may call the sessions involving the governi...
May 16, 2022 Hamilton Community Schools (image courtesy Hamilton Community Schools)
Zeeland Council to Consider Union Deal, Proposed Redevelopment Tonight
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 16, 2022) - The Zeeland City Council meets this evening. After a 5:45 study session in which the governing panel will look over the business meeting agenda and discuss a r...
May 16, 2022 Zeeland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez, Midwest Communications)
