Category Archives: Local News
Holland's Spring Cleanup Is Extended
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 29, 2022) - You now have more time get your lawn cleaned up for spring as Holland's annual Spring cleanup has been extended. Any yard clippings, shrub trimmings, and wind...
Mar 29, 2022 Dean Hochman / CC
Good things on The Lakeshore with Shandra Martinez
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, The Lakeshore's managing editor, talks with WHTC production director Jared Fritsma about people and organizations making a positive difference alon...
Mar 29, 2022 Frank's Restaurant in downtown Zeeland, Courtesy of The Lakeshore
Holland BPW Is Recognized For Reliability
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 29, 2022) - Holland's Board of Public Works has received an honor from the American Public Power Association. The public utility earned a Reliable Public Power Provider d...
Mar 29, 2022 Holland Energy Park (photo courtesy Holland Board of Public Works)
Public Meeting Today on Planned I-196 Rebuild
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 29, 2022) - The stretch of highway that some say should be called the "Roger Victory Way" is getting a long-needed overhaul. Today, from 4 to 5:30 PM at the Howard Miller...
Mar 29, 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
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.)
