Category Archives: Local News

Murder Case Headed to Trial After Plea Deal Collapses
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 19, 2022) - A 33-year-old man from Holland will stand trial on charges stemming from the stabbing death of his mother-in-law nearly two years ago. A scheduled hearing...
Gary Stevens Apr 19, 2022 Ottawa County Courthouse in Grand Haven, MI (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)

70x7 Life Recovery Announces New Leadership Structure
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 18, 2022) - A Holland-based organization that has been restoring lives and families and building community for over 25 years has announced a new leadership structure. 70X...
Dan Evans Apr 18, 2022

The Year's First Adopt-A-Highway Pickup Starts Saturday
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 18, 2022) - Volunteers will fan out across lower Michigan to give state highway roadsides their annual spring cleaning beginning this Saturday as groups in the Michigan D...
Dan Evans Apr 18, 2022

Ottawa County Expungement Clinic Scheduled
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 18, 2022) - Criminal records can many times put obstacles for those residents and their families. The Ottawa County Public Defender Office says they want to ease that...
Dan Evans Apr 18, 2022 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)

Fire Strikes Home on Holland's South Side
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 18, 2022) - A reported garage fire turned out to be a residential blaze that kept Holland Public Safety crews busy on the south side on Sunday evening. According to Fire ...
Gary Stevens Apr 18, 2022 Apr. 17, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; A Holland FIre Department truck at the scene of a house blaze in the 700 block of Crestview Street. (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations)

I-196 Rebuild from Zeeland to Hudsonville Begins on Monday
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 17, 2022) - A two-year-long, $66 million project to rebuild the main route between Zeeland and Hudsonville gets underway on Monday. Crews will begin putting barricad...
Gary Stevens Apr 17, 2022 Mar. 16, 2021; Laketown Twp., MI, USA; A "Road Work Begins" sign alerts motorists on southbound I-196 between Holland and Saugatuck. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications

Head-On Crash Near Fennville Kills Motorist
MANILUS TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 16, 2022) - An early Saturday morning head-on crash north of Fennville led to the death of a 26-year-old man. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Sergeant Mike Mar...
Gary Stevens Apr 16, 2022 Suspected drunken driving crash investigated (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Tulips Should Bloom Right on Schedule, According to CVB Leader
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 15, 2022) - With Holland's annual signature event set to begin three weeks from Saturday, the "million-dollar" question around the Tulip City is involving the state of th...
Gary Stevens Apr 15, 2022 Tulips seen in Holland, MI (file photo Midwest Communications)

Huizenga: Russia Ban a "Badge of Honor"
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 15, 2022) - Zeeland's Congressman is not welcome in Red Square right now. The Russian government this week placed six-term Republican Bill Huizenga among 398 US House memb...
Gary Stevens Apr 15, 2022 US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) (WHTC file photo)

Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day Scheduled
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 14, 2022) - The City of Saugatuck, the City of Douglas, and Saugatuck Township will be holding their Annual Household Hazardous Waste collection event coming up on May ...
Dan Evans Apr 14, 2022
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