Category Archives: Local News
Injury crash in Georgetown Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 20-year-old Adrian man suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a two-car injury crash in Georgetown Township on Friday. The crash happened just after 8 p.m. Oct. 29, 2021, ...
Oct 31, 2021 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Holland Firefighters Put Out Kitchen Blaze, Save Cat
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - No injuries were reported with man or beast following a kitchen fire in Holland on Thursday (Oct. 29, 2021) night. According to Fire Marshal Bret Groendyke, crews were dispa...
Oct 29, 2021 Holland fire truck. FIle photo
Missing Teen Found Safe in Coopersville Area
COOPERSVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search for a missing 15-year-old girl from the Marne area has ended on an apparent happy note. On Thursday evening (Oct. 28, 2021), Ottawa County Sheriff's Detectiv...
Oct 29, 2021 Abby Hernandez-Alcantara. Courtesy, Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Scammers Posing as "Holland Police Department" Strike in Tulip City
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - To change the lyrics of a familiar holiday carol - "Tis the season to be scamming, fa la la la la, la la la la." Such is the tune being heard at the Holland Department of Pu...
Oct 28, 2021 Scams reported (photo © Midwest Communications)
Jobless Rates Fall Along Lakeshore in September
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Unemployment rates along the Lakeshore slid last month, but the levels haven't return to pre-COVID 19 pandemic marks just yet. In numbers released on Thursday (Oct. 28, 2021...
Oct 28, 2021 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Cement Truck Tips Over in Georgetown Twp. Incident
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Things could have gone much worse for a 33-year-old Marne man when the cement truck he was driving tipped over onto its side in an incident between Allendale and Hud...
Oct 28, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Ottawa County Apportionment Commission to Meet Today
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - While the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is getting some heat for not being transparent, a local panel handling the same chores locally hopes not ...
Oct 28, 2021 Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck (photo courtesy Ottawa County)
Halloween trick-or-treating, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Halloween 2021 offers many diversions, with cemetery tours, trunk-and-treats, parades and parties galore. Here are the basics on trick-or-treating hours in some of West Michiga...
Oct 27, 2021 Halloween in Holland, 2019. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Hoax threat at West Ottawa school
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's Capt. Jake Sparks says a brief shelter-in-place order issued at West Ottawa High School gave police and school officials time to confirm that an online ...
Oct 27, 2021 West Ottawa Public Schools (image courtesy West Ottawa Public Schools)
Good things on The Lakeshore
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a positive difference alon...
Oct 27, 2021 Food Club's interior features wall murals by acclaimed artist and Holland resident Joel Schoon-Tanis. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
