Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Suspect Arraigned After Violent Fight Outside North Side Restaurant
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 24, 2022) - One of three persons arrested following a Saturday night altercation outside of a restaurant on Holland's North Side late on Saturday night, which led to...
Jan 24, 2022 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Holland City Council to Hold Special Monday Work-Study Session
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 24, 2022) - The Holland City Council is holding a special Monday evening work study session, focusing solely on one subject. After the governing panel last Wednesday sche...
Jan 24, 2022 Holland City Hall, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Saugatuck City Council Holds Monday Meeting
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 24, 2022) - Five topics highlight Monday's scheduled business meeting of the Saugatuck City Council. The rate for use of the 10 24-foot boat slips at Wicks Park may jum...
Jan 24, 2022 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Storey, Kapenga, named to Allegan Co. commission leadership seats
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Board of Commissioners re-elected Commissioner Jim Storey of Holland to his fourth, one-year term as the board's chairman for 2022 and names Hamilton resident an...
Jan 23, 2022 Allegan County Commissioners Jim Storey and Dean Kapenga. Courtesy Allegan County
Illinois Man Hospitalized in Two-Truck I-196 Crash
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 22, 2022) - A 54-year-old man from the Chicagoland community of Mount Prospect was injured in a two-vehicle crash east of Zeeland late on Friday night. According to ...
Jan 22, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
City of Holland honors Dean and Mary DeRidder, Herb Weller
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland residents Dean and Mary DeRidder and former Hope College Spanish professor Herb Weller were honored this month by the city's Human Relations Commission with the 2021 So...
Jan 22, 2022 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
Lake Michigan Drive Crash Injures Two Drivers
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM Jan. 21, 2022) - Two motorists were injured in a two-vehicle crash west of Allendale on Friday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Lieutenant Eric Westveer, ...
Jan 21, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Good things on The Lakeshore with Shandra Martinez
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, The Lakeshore's managing editor, talks with WHTC morning news host Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a positive difference along t...
Jan 21, 2022 Kylen Blom. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
'Creating the Beloved Community' at Hope College
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Hope College will host the award-winning former vice president at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Gail C. Christopher, who will speaking about creating the beloved community at 6:...
Jan 21, 2022 Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College. Courtesy
Ottawa County cold-case victim, 'Matilda' IDed
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Until this week, Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies called the woman killed in 1994 "Matilda." Hunters found her remains while walking near the dead end of 32nd Avenue, just sout...
Jan 20, 2022 The Ottawa County Sheriff's cold case victim known as Matilda has been positively identified at Minnesota native Shelly Rae Kephart AKA Shelly Rae Christian. Courtesy, Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
