Category Archives: Local News
Statewide Tornado Drill Set for Wednesday Afternoon
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 22, 2022) - If you hear the countywide emergency sirens fire off on Wednesday around 1 PM, don't be alarmed ... but be prepared. That's the word from the Michigan State P...
Mar 22, 2022 Michaela Pereckas / CC
Woman Hospitalized After Monday Night Crash on North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 22, 2022) - A 26-year-old Holland woman was hospitalized on Monday night following a two-vehicle crash on Holland's North Side. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
Mar 22, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Child Killed in Blendon Twp. Farm Accident
BLENDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 22, 2022) - A three-year-old boy lost his life in an accident at a Blendon Township farm on Monday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Nicholas ...
Mar 22, 2022 An ambulance arrived at the scene (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications, Inc.)
DeBoer, Garcia Vie for New Elected Positions
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 21, 2022) - The local candidates are starting to emerge for the 2022 election. On Monday, two-term Holland Mayor Nancy DeBoer formally announced her bid for the Republican no...
Mar 21, 2022 Nancy DeBoer (photo courtesy Committee to Elect Nancy DeBoer)
County Board to Interview Shay for Permanent Administrator Position
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 21, 2022) - The search for a new Ottawa County Administrator could be entering the home stretch. On Thursday, March 24th, County Commissioners will be conducting what ...
Mar 21, 2022 Former Ottawa County Administrator John Shay (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Major Road Projects Underway and Upcoming Along Lakeshore
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 20, 2022) - The road construction season begins in earnest along the Lakeshore on Monday (Mar. 21). The major project is south of Holland, where both lanes of US-31 from the ...
Mar 20, 2022 Crews are preparing for season-long work along Lakewood Boulevard north of Holland in 2022. (photo courtesy Holland Board of Public Works)
Spring Yard Clean Up Efforts Among Some Lakeshore Communities
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 19, 2022) - As the seasons change this week, it's time for some local municipalities to hold their annual spring clean up sessions. In Holland, the annual Spring Clean-Up pro...
Mar 19, 2022 Dean Hochman / CC
Leadership Change at Holland Hospital Announced
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 18, 2022) - Changes at the top for Holland Hospital are just over the horizon. The health care facility announced on Friday that Dale Sowders, who had been its president ...
Mar 18, 2022
UPDATE: Kalamazoo Man Arraigned After Fatal Holland Crash
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 17, 2022) - A 21-year-old Kalamazoo man was arraigned on Thursday on a number of charges stemming from an attempt to flee from the law on two separate occasions on Wednes...
Mar 17, 2022 Juan Alejandro Lira IV (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Holland School Board Favor Cassidy as Full-Time Superintendent
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 16, 2022) - It apparently didn't take long for the Holland Board of Education to agree on a new district superintendent. Shortly after conducting a final one-hour intervi...
Mar 16, 2022 Holland Public Schools Superintendent Nick Cassidy (photo courtesy Holland Public Schools)
