Category Archives: Local News
Sentencing in 2020 car-pedestrian crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The man responsible for crashing into a couple walking near Holland Hospital has been sentenced. Circuit Court Judge Jon Hulsing sentenced Holland resident Joseph Lee Molina II...
Oct 19, 2021 Car-pedestrian crash on Michigan Avenue in Holland on May 28, 2020. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Online lunch-and-learn on affordable housing
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The City of Holland's human relations commissioners have organized an online two-part lunch-and-learn session on affordable housing. These Zoom sessions, set for noon to 1 p.m....
Oct 18, 2021 Holland City Hall
Arrest after car theft, high-speed chase
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies and Holland Police arrested a man on suspicion of car theft and other crimes after a high-speed pursuit just before 4:30 Sunday afternoon. They...
Oct 18, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Two hurt in Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies ticketed a 50-year-old Rockford woman for causing a three-vehicle crash in Georgetown Township Sunday evening. She had to be extricated from he...
Oct 18, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Drowsy driving causes Hudsonville injury crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 64-year-old Hudsonville man dozed off while driving, crashing into a ditch, which injured one of his two passengers, according to Ottawa County Sgt. Jon Smoes. The crash happ...
Oct 17, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Passenger Injured in Chicago Drive Crash
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - An apparent case of drowsy driving led to a single-vehicle crash on Saturday evening (Oct. 16, 2021) in Hudsonville. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Jon Sm...
Oct 16, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Single-vehicle crash injures three in Holland Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A single-car crash sent three people to an area emergency room with non-life-threatening injuries early Saturday. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Knott noted deputies res...
Oct 16, 2021 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Two hurt in Crockery Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a crash between a 2010 Freightliner and a Ford SUV on Friday morning. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies were called to the i...
Oct 16, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Traffic signal at 48th-Fillmore coming
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County's road commissioners have agreed to put a 4-way traffic signal at the corner of 48th Avenue and Fillmore Street in Allendale Township. The new traffic signal inst...
Oct 15, 2021 A map of where the new 4-way traffic signal planned for 48th Avenue and Fillmore Street. Courtesy, Ottawa County Road Commission
High School Football Tonight; Wings Lose in OT
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - The penultimate games of the 2021 regular season for high school football teams along the Lakeshore will be played this evening. At 6:40 PM, hear the Zeeland West-Zeeland East "...
Oct 15, 2021 Zeeland East v. Zeeland West football
