Category Archives: Local News
Good things on The Lakeshore with Shandra Martinez
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol talks with Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, about people and organizations making a difference. Below are so...
Oct 13, 2021 Patrick Cisler, executive director of Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance in Holland. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Five hurt in Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Five people suffered what police called non-life-threatening injuries after a four-vehicle crash Tuesday morning. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Koster indicated deputies w...
Oct 13, 2021 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Fatal car-deer crash in Zeeland Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Kevin Cook, 55, of Zeeland has been identified by family members as the man killed by a deer on 64th Avenue in Zeeland Township Tuesday morning. Ottawa County sheriff's officia...
Oct 13, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Tulip Time: Tour guides needed
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Tulip Time Festival officials are recruiting festival guides for walking tours and motor-coach tours. Festival officials have organized an informational meeting for anyone inte...
Oct 12, 2021 Tulip Time Tour with Mark Dykema. Courtesy, Tulip Time Festival
Holland visitors promote kidney donation awareness
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Mark and Lynn Scotch's visit to Michigan is taking an unusual path. He is pedaling a bicycle; she is driving the family SUV nearby, in case his bike has a mechanical issue or t...
Oct 11, 2021 ark and Lynn Scotch are traveling from Martha’s Vineyard back to their home in Plover, WI, by way of whtt he calls “The Organ Trail.” Mark is pedaling a bicycle to promote kidney disease awareness and encourage kidney donation; Lynn is driving the family SUV nearby. They reached Holland on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, before heading to Muskegon. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Holland's Great Fire, remembered
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Museum's observation of The Great Fire's 150th anniversary included a display, two walking tours and readings of first-hand accounts of the fire that devastated the cit...
Oct 10, 2021 Part of the 2021 Holland Museum display showcaseing information and artifacts that survived the fire, and the story of the one person who died in Holland, the widow Sara Tolk. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Bicyclist to stop in Holland, promoting kidney donation
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Wisconsin man will pedal his bike into Holland as part of a Massachusetts-to-Wisconsin ride promoting kidney disease awareness, living donor opportunities, and post-donation ...
Oct 10, 2021
Good things on the Lakeshore, Oct. 6-11
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 difference. Here are som...
Oct 09, 2021 Zeeland Pumpkin Fest, 2021. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Herrick to host LEGO wind-racer program
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Herrick District Library's LEGO Wind Racers program will use the interlocking blocks to help kids experiment and learn about physics on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021. Kids ages 5 to 1...
Oct 09, 2021 June 14, 2021, Holland, MI, USA; The statues of the main characters in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" outside of the Herrick District Library, part of the Holland OZ Project. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
150 years ago: 'Great Fires' in Michigan took place while Chicago was also burning in 1871
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - You've heard of the Great Chicago Fire but how about the Great Michigan Fire, or fires? The event was part of a rolling disaster exactly 150 years ago on October 8, 1871. In...
Oct 08, 2021
