Category Archives: Local News
"Open Call" Issued for This Summer's Downtown Street Performer Series
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2022) - It's full speed ahead for a summer tradition in downtown Holland. The Downtown Holland agency announced on Monday an Open Call for performing artists and grou...
Apr 25, 2022 Scene from the 2021 Holland Street Performer Series (photo Peg McNichol, Midwest Communications)
Windmill Island Gardens To Offer Gardening Classes
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2022) - Spring is the air and soon pollinators will be buzzing at a newly refurbished garden in the heart of downtown Holland. Known as the 'Vlinder Veld' (butterfly ...
Apr 25, 2022
This Is Workplace Rights Week
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2022) - To further exemplify Michigan's commitment to protecting working people and the importance of the labor force to the state's economy, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ha...
Apr 25, 2022
Two GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls to Make Campaign Swings Through Lakeshore; Democratic Challenger to Huizenga Submits Qualifying Petitions
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2022) - One of the 10 hopefuls to unseat incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer is making a swing through the Lakeshore on Wednesday, with another coming to the T...
Apr 25, 2022 Democratic Party Congressional Candidate Joseph Alfonzo (photo courtesy Alfonzo for Congress)
MACC Policy Board, Saugatuck City Council to Hold Monday Meetings
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2022) - A couple of municipal entities hold meetings on this Monday. In a noontime session at the Port Sheldon Township Hall, the policy board of the Macatawa Area Coordi...
Apr 25, 2022 The Macatawa Area Coordinating Council's Policy Board in a meeting (photo courtesy Macatawa Area Coordinating Council)
Grand Rapids Man Hurt in I-196 Crash
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 24, 2022) - The road rebuild on I-196 between Hudsonville and Zeeland claimed its first serious injury crash on Sunday. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant...
Apr 24, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Hit-and-Run Motorist Brings Down Two Power Poles North of Hudsonville
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 24, 2022) - A 51-year-old Jenison man finished the weekend in the Ottawa County Jail after a pair of single-vehicle crashes north of Hudsonville in the pre-dawn h...
Apr 24, 2022 April 24, 2022; Georgetown Township, MI; USA; A downed power pole alongside Rosewood St. after a hit-and-run incident. (Photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Reported Park Twp. Stabbing Now Classified as "Unfounded"
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 22, 2022) - Four days after a reported stabbing in a residence on Holland's North Side, the matter is now considered "unfounded." That's the term Ottawa County Sheriff...
Apr 22, 2022 Law Enforcement Investiagtion (image © Midwest Communications, Inc. 2014)
Holland's Mayor Hopes to be Involved in Lake Michigan Coastline Preservation Effort
CHICAGO (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 22, 2022) - An ongoing effort to protect coast land along the Great Lakes is expanding to Michigan's West Coast. The Resilient Coastal Projects initiative, established by the...
Apr 22, 2022 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (image courtesy Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative)
State Senate Clears Bills Addressing the Handling of $800 Million in Opioid Settlement Money
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 22, 2022) - Health advocates in Michigan don't want $800 million in opioid settlement money to suffer the same fate as millions in tobacco settlement cash that ended up f...
Apr 22, 2022 Jim Bowen / CC
