Category Archives: Local News
Daylong Hazmat resolved Tuesday in Zeeland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Late Tuesday, the last of the shelter-in-place orders were lifted around Vertellus Chemical, 215 N. Centennial St. in Zeeland. Ottawa County's emergency management director, Lo...
Sep 01, 2021 Ottawa County Emergency Management logo.
Allegan Co. health officials update mask rules for kids
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County health officials have updated mask directives for children in schools. In a statement emailed to the media, County Health Director Angelique Joynes noted COVID-r...
Aug 31, 2021 Allegan County COVID-19 free drive-thru tests are the Allegan Transportation building, 750 Airway Drive. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
UPDATE: Hazmat incident in Zeeland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County's emergency management director, Lou Hunt, alerted the media to an incident at Vertellus Chemical, 215 N. Centennial St., Zeeland. Hunt said the powder was identi...
Aug 31, 2021 Ottawa County Emergency Management logo.
COVID surging in Ottawa Co.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The number of people diagnosed with some form of COVID-19 is six times higher in August than in July. The county's health dashboard shows an average of 80 people testing positi...
Aug 31, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
2022 Celtic festival planned for Holland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland could see a two-day Celtic Festival in 2022, celebrating Irish and Scottish heritage. Tentatively set for the Riverview Park area of Holland's Window on the Waterfront,...
Aug 29, 2021 Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival logo
Coopersville man hurt in motorcycle crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A dirt-bike crash sent a 48-year-old Coopersville man to Spectrum Health Butterworth in serious condition, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Hallmeyer. The cras...
Aug 29, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Heat, beach, air and boat hazard alerts
HOLLAND (WHTC-M/FM) -- National Weather Service meteorologists in Grand Rapids have issued several alerts for Lakeshore counties: Heat: Temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90s, with high humidity wi...
Aug 29, 2021 Swim safety sign at Holland State Park as the red flags fly, warning people to stay out of Lake Michigan. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Suspects Sought in Shooting at Off-Campus Site Near GVSU
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Investigators are looking for those involved in a shooting at an off-campus party just west of the Grand Valley State University campus in Allendale on Saturday (Aug....
Aug 28, 2021 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
Suspect in fatal crash turns self in
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 39-year-old Holland Township man has turned himself in to police after a fatal car-pedestrian crash that killed 36-year-old Kentwood resident Valerie Batema, 36. Ottawa Count...
Aug 27, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Holland police, firefighters reboot 'Battle of the Badges' charity game
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Department of Public Safety police and firefighters are reviving their annual charity softball game. The 2021 "Battle of the Badges" is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28...
Aug 26, 2021 2021 Battle of the Badges logo. Courtesy HDPS
