Category Archives: Local News
Holland man seriously hurt in Holland Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A crash between a semi-tractor trailer and car seriously injured a 29-year-old Holland man Tuesday evening, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Knott. He indicat...
Dec 08, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
2 hurt, power cut in Holland Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Two women were hurt in a crash when one ran a red light on U.S. 31 and Felch Street. The crash sent electric lines into the road, causing police to shut north- and southbound l...
Dec 07, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
COVID continues stressing hospitals
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- COVID-19, in all its forms, continues to be a threat to people of all ages and overwhelming hospital resources. Health care professionals are urging people to get vaccinated be...
Dec 07, 2021 Ottawa County's COIVD-19 dashboard shows the numbers of people getting ill rising.
School threats continue: ZPS, GHS among the closed
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Grand Haven Public and Zeeland Public schools are among districts canceling classes while police investigate threats. In a message to the community, Zeeland Superintendent Bran...
Dec 07, 2021 Zeeland Public Schools (image courtesy Zeeland Public Schools)
Zeeland native Jim Kaat earns MLB HoF honors
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Zeeland native and former major-league baseball pitcher Jim Kaat has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He turned 83 years old on Nov. 7. Kaat started ...
Dec 06, 2021
Retirement party -- and a surprise for Lupita Reyes
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Family and friends surrounded Alegria Latina founder and cohost Lupita Reyes Saturday night at Holland's VFW Post 2144. They came to celebrate her impending retirement from the...
Dec 06, 2021 Alegria Latina founder and cohost Lupita Reyes, right, is surprised by a presentation of a letter of commendation from the Michigan Hispanic/Latino Commission at a party honoring her 57-year broadcasting career. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Two Crashes Involving Three Vehicles Snarl Roadway West of Hudsonville
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Two separate collisions involving three vehicles snarled a busy intersection west of Hudsonville for over an hour on Saturday night (Dec. 4, 2021). According to Ottawa ...
Dec 05, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Trucker Blacks Out; Rig Flips in Ditch
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 58-year-old Hudsonville man was injured after apparently "blacking out" behind the wheel of his big rig on Holland's North Side late on Friday morning (Dec. 3, 2021)....
Dec 04, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland school officials look for tips on spending COVID-relief funds
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Public School officials have a town-hall style meeting set for Monday, with the focus on how federal emergency funding from the American Rescue Plan should be spent. Th...
Dec 03, 2021 Holland Public Schools (image courtesy Holland Public Schools)
Holland City Hall lunch-hour closure
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Anyone with business today at Holland City Hall will need to work around a midday closure. The building will be locked from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, for the c...
Dec 02, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
