Category Archives: Local News
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
West Ottawa substitute charged with sex crime
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A long-time substitute teacher in West Ottawa Public Schools is charged with third-degree criminal sexual misconduct for an alleged sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male ...
Oct 27, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Distracted driving blamed for Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Distracted driving is being blamed for a crash that sent a 73-year-old Hudsonville woman to St. Mary's Hospital, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Koster. He said...
Oct 27, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Teen critically hurt after Allendale Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 17-year-old boy is in critical condition at Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital after being hit by a car. Ottawa County Sheriff's officials say the teen and anoth...
Oct 26, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland parking board to review budget
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland's parking board is set to meet at 8:30 a.m. today. Agenda items include updates on budgets for the Seventh Street deck repair; parking-lot repaving; and how city offici...
Oct 25, 2021 Heeringa Holland Civic Center Place. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Fire Strikes Holland Apartment Building
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - No injuries were initially reported as Holland Department of Public Safety firefighters put out a blaze in an apartment building on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 23, 2021. Accord...
Oct 23, 2021 Holland fire truck. FIle photo
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 22, 2021 Peter Grimm and Craig Rich are the co-founders of the Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival & Highland Games. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Gas pipeline pressure testing in Ottawa, Allegan counties
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Wolverine Pipe Line Company is set to performing a controlled pressure test for a 93-mile-long gas pipeline that runs from Niles to Ferrysburg. The tests will happen throug...
Oct 22, 2021 Ottawa County Emergency Management logo.
