Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Woman Wounded, Suspect Apprehended in North Side Shooting
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 29, 2022) - The Ottawa County Sheriff's office is investigating a shooting that occurred Monday morning at a business in Holland Township. Deputies responded to Adie...
Mar 29, 2022 David Moses Martinez (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Ottawa County Siren Tests to Resume
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 28, 2022) - If you hear a siren during your lunch hour this Friday, don't be alarmed! Ottawa County's monthly outdoor siren tests start again on April 1st at noon and ...
Mar 28, 2022 Michaela Pereckas / CC
Tulip Time Festival Announces Additional Events
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 27, 2022) - With six weeks to go before the start of Holland's annual signature event, more and more attractions have been announced by the Tulip Time Festival. Those who...
Mar 27, 2022 Tulip Time Tour with Mark Dykema. Courtesy, Tulip Time Festival
Holland Tourism Leader Optimistic Despite High Gas Prices
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 26, 2022) - With gas prices nationwide averaging around four-and-a-quarter a gallon as the first week of spring winds down, many aspects of the economy is feeling the pri...
Mar 26, 2022 Holland at Tulip Time (file photo)
Four Hurt in North Side Crash
HOLLAND TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 25, 2022) - Four women were hurt on Friday evening in a two-vehicle crash at one of the area's busiest intersections on Holland's North Side. According to Ottawa Coun...
Mar 25, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Suspects Arrested, Arraigned in Grose Park Arson Case
CHESTER TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 25, 2022) - It looks as if authorities have gotten to the bottom of an apparently set fire in northeast Ottawa County last September. On Friday, Sheriff's detectives ...
Mar 25, 2022 Sept. 14, 2021; Chester Twp., MI, USA; The remains of a maintenance building that was apparently intentionally on fire at Grose Park. (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
West Olive Man Sentenced on Federal Fraud Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 25, 2022) - A 37-year-old West Olive man was sentenced to 16 years in prison and five years of probation on Friday at US District Court in Grand Rapids. Joshua Louis...
Mar 25, 2022 PRSA-NY / CC
Muskegon Woman, Blendon Twp. Child Identified in Separate Fatal Incidents
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 25, 2022) - Two persons who lost their lives within 90 minutes of each other in separate incidents on Monday afternoon have been identified. On Friday, the Ottawa County Sher...
Mar 25, 2022 Kathleen Varboncoeur (L) and Avery Bakker (R) (photos courtesy Sytsema Funeral & Cremation Services/Lakeshore Memorial Services)
Ottawa Co. Board Tabs Shay for Administrator's Post
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 25, 2022) - The right man to take over operational leadership of Ottawa County government was apparently right under the Board's noses. Commissioners on Thursday voted...
Mar 25, 2022 Former Ottawa County Administrator John Shay (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
"Critical Incident" Near Grand Haven Ends; Woman Found Dead Inside Home
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 23, 2022) - What was classified as a "critical incident" by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department in a residential area southeast of Grand Haven ended on Wednes...
Mar 23, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
