Category Archives: Local News
Motorist Hurt in Rollover Crash in Central Ottawa Co.
BLENDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 17-year-old motorist was injured in a single-vehicle crash between Hudsonville and Allendale around dawn on Friday (Dec. 31, 2021). According to Ottawa County Sheriff...
Dec 31, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland Woman Hurt in North Side Crash
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 75-year-old Holland woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash north of Holland on Thursday (Dec. 30, 2021) evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Nicho...
Dec 31, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Two Hurt in Allendale Crash
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Drivers in a two-vehicle crash south of Allendale were injured on Thursday (Dec. 30, 2021) evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Jon Smoes, deputies ...
Dec 31, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
COVID: The latest numbers and resources
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- More than 6,000 Ottawa County residents are known to have COVID-19, according to county health department records updated publicly yesterday afternoon. Since the pandemic start...
Dec 30, 2021 Antonio Rubio / CC
Good Shore Stories on The Lakeshore, 2021 edition
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with morning news host Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a positive difference along the L...
Dec 29, 2021 Some of The Lakeshore's 2021 top Shore Stories writers. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Candidates for MACC leadership announced
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Public interviews are set for contenders for the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council executive director opening. These interviews, set to happen on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, will b...
Dec 29, 2021 Macatawa Area Coordinating Council
Holland murder suspect, victim, identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland resident Enrique Estrada III has been arraigned on a single count of open murder in Holland's 58th District Court and his bond is denied at this time, according to Holl...
Dec 29, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Upton and Huizenga will have to run against each other to remain in Congress
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -If they both decide to run, two Michigan congressman will be facing off against each other in the August 2022 Republican primary. The new U.S. House map drawn up by the Mic...
Dec 29, 2021
Suspect Arrested in Holland Homicide Investigation
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 28-year-old Holland man is in custody in regards to what Holland Public Safety is calling a homicide investigation at a residence just west of the downtown district. Accor...
Dec 28, 2021 Law Enforcement Investiagtion (image © Midwest Communications, Inc. 2014)
Slagh Bill for Initiative Petition Transparancy Now Before State Senate
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - An effort to make the initiative process in state government more transparent is moving through the Legislature. A bill that would require the Secretary of State's office to...
Dec 28, 2021
