Category Archives: Local News
Open house for Holland's strategic development team
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Members of Holland's strategic development team are hoping to meet with area residents early next week. The team, created as part of the community energy plan (CEP), online at ...
Aug 11, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
Ottawa Co. COVID risk level now 'substantial'
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County health officials say the number of positive COVID-19 test results continue to rise. On Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, they announced Ottawa County has reached the level of...
Aug 09, 2021 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
One killed in Robinson Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 29-year-old Muskegon man was killed in a car-tree crash just before 6:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Matt Wildfong. Police investigat...
Aug 09, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Trailer fire closed I-96 Coopersville ramp
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The westbound ramp on I-96 at the Coopersville exit was closed for several hours last night after a semi-tractor trailer caught fire just before 7 p.m. No one was hurt. Ottawa ...
Aug 09, 2021 ((brian)) / CC
Tulip Time, 2022: First Bloem contest dates announced
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Tulip Time Festival (tuliptime.com) officials have announced details of the 2022 First Bloem Festival Artwork Competition. The winning artwork becomes the official Tulip Time p...
Aug 09, 2021 Tulip Time Festival (image courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Ottawa County Citizen Survey Underway
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - If you get a phone call from Lansing, don't hang up immediately. That's the message from Ottawa County officials as a total of 400 randomly selected county residents will...
Aug 08, 2021 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Holland BPW Board to Consider Major Country Club Road Rebuild Project
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Holland Board of Public Works holds its board meeting this coming Monday (Aug. 9, 2021). Among the items to be discussed in the 5 PM session at the utility's Hastings Av...
Aug 08, 2021 Holland BPW logo
Beach-hazards statement in effect
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A beach-hazards statement is in effect through late tonight, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, for Ottawa, Muskegon, Mason and Oceana counties, according to the National Weather Service me...
Aug 08, 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
Six Native American Authors/Poets Announced for Big Read Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Hope College's Big Read Lakeshore program will be bolstered by six Native American authors participating this fall. The Holland school announced on Thursday (Aug. 5, 2021) t...
Aug 08, 2021 A 2021 NEA Big Read Lakeshore poster (image courtesy Hope College)
Allegan County Health Dept. Issues COVID 19 Tips
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - In an effort to better inform residents of the COVID 19 Delta variant, the Allegan County Health Department has issued the following tips in a statement issued last week (Au...
Aug 08, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
