Category Archives: Local News
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
Holland Fall Fest: Pumpkins, tulip planting, and more
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Holland's two-day Fall Fest kicks off at 10 a.m. today and will range from community tulip planting, professional pumpkin carvers, street performers, pumpkin painting, downtown...
Oct 08, 2021 Holland Fall Fest logo, 2021.
House fire in Holland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland firefighters were called to a house fire at 154 Cambridge Ave. on Thursday. No injuries were reported. Firefighters were originally called on Oct. 7, 2021, to investiga...
Oct 07, 2021 Holland fire truck. FIle photo
Tulip Time Announces Attractions, Trims Parades
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Holland's annual signature event continues to evolve from the impact of not being held in 2020. Tulip Time Festival officials announced on Thursday (Oct. 7, 2021) its entert...
Oct 07, 2021 Holland High School's band on parade. File photo
Local School Districts Disclose Preliminary Student Count Numbers
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - The first nose count among public schools along the Lakeshore was taken on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021). Preliminary student count numbers disclosed by the six local districts are a...
Oct 07, 2021 Wen Shi / CC
Happy 20th WHTC anniversary, Gary Stevens!
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- WHTC's morning and midday host, Gary Stevens, whose off-air name is Gary Ratski, marks 20 years on the air at WHTC next week. He's been hosting the morning news show for five y...
Oct 06, 2021 Gary Ratski, known on WHTC Radio as Gary Stevens, right, pauses with Mayor Nathan Bocks on Oct. 6, 2021, after being honored with a city council resolution for his 20th anniversary on the Holland radio station. Mayor pro tem Mike Trethewey looks on from his council seat. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Holland City Council to meet today
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Members of Holland City Council is set to meet at for a regular business meeting at 6 p.m. today. Among the agenda items, some of which are aimed at updating zoning designation...
Oct 06, 2021 Holland City Hall, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Five-Year-Old Hurt in Vehicle Incident
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A single-vehicle crash near Jenison hospitalized a five-year-old boy on Tuesday (Oct. 5, 2021) evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Michael Hallmey...
Oct 06, 2021 An ambulance arrived at the scene (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Four Students Hurt in Grand Haven School Bus Crash
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Four Grand Haven Area Public Schools students were injured when the bus that they were traveling in was struck from behind in a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday (Oc...
Oct 05, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Vehicle seized, suspect identified in Robinson Twp. hit-run
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 41-year-old man is in Ottawa County Jail and his vehicle has been seized by police, after Sunday's hit-and-run incident in Robinson Township. "Deputies received a tip ...
Oct 05, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
