Category Archives: Local News
MDOT: I-196 Work from Zeeland to Hudsonville Pushed Back a Week
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 10, 2022) - If a delay posted to the Michigan Department of Transportation's MiDrive page is any indication, work on a seven-mile stretch of I-196 between Zeeland an...
Apr 10, 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
Two-Vehicle Crash Near Nunica Hospitalizes Rockford Man
CROCKERY TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2022) - A 65-year-old Rockford man was hospitalized in a two-vehicle crash near Nunica on Friday afternoon. First responders were dispatched to the junction of C...
Apr 08, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Elderly Nunica Man Found
CROCKERY TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2022) - The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department was seeking the public's help in locating an 84-year-old Nunica area man ... and as of Friday evening, the mission...
Apr 08, 2022 Merle Hecksel (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Oval Beach Season Passes Now Available
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2022) - The City of Saugatuck is preparing for another busy spring and summer and one way they are doing it is to offer season passes to Oval Beach Celebrated around...
Apr 08, 2022
Two Arrested After State Police Chase Near Muskegon
MUSKEGON, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2022) - Two persons are in custody after a police pursuit resulted in a crash near Muskegon on Thursday night. According to Michigan State Police, a sergeant stopped ...
Apr 08, 2022 Michigan State Police vehicle, 2019 File photo
One Cold Case Solved, but Another is Still Wide Open in Allegan Co.
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 7, 2022) - Now that one cold case homicide in Allegan County has been resolved, another one may be next. Dennis Lee Bowman is in a Virginia prison, serving a concurrent 3...
Apr 07, 2022 Feb. 7, 2022, Allegan, MI, USA; Allegan County Prosecutor Myrene Koch (center) addresses the media following the sentencing of Dennis Bowman in Allegan County Circuit Court. (YouTube/ZOOM image courtesy Allegan County Prosecutor's Office)
Two Teens Hurt in Crash Near Sharp Curve East of Hudsonville
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 6, 2022) - On this spring break week for most high school students along the Lakeshore comes word of a single-vehicle crash that injured two Hudsonville teens on ...
Apr 06, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Allegan County Sheriff's Dept. Participating in Distracted Driving Crash Prevention Initiative
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 6, 2022) - On this National Distracted Driving Awareness Month of April, the state police is partnering with a number of county and local law enforcement entities in an e...
Apr 06, 2022 Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest communications)
Upton to Stand Down as Congressman
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2022) - Facing a fellow incumbent in the August 2nd Primary Election for the newly-drawn 4th US House District in Michigan, Fred Upton called time on his over 30-year C...
Apr 05, 2022 Apr. 5, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) announces his retirement from Congress in remarks on the US House floor at the US Capitol. (capture from C-SPAN video, courtesy of office of US House Rep. Fred Upton)
Head-On Crash North of Hudsonville Injures Motorist
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2022) - A two-vehicle crash north of Hudsonville injured a 38-year-old Wyoming man just before dawn on Tuesday. First responders were dispatched to Port Sheldo...
Apr 05, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
