Category Archives: Local News
GVSU, Ottawa Co. Health Issues Back to School COVID 19 Health Protocols
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - As classes for Academic 2021 approach, various health and educational entities based along the Lakeshore have issued return to school guidance. Based on revised Centers for Dise...
Aug 07, 2021 Antonio Rubio / CC
Holland's Art in the Park Returns
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Friends of Art's annual fine arts and crafts fair was held on Saturday (Aug. 7, 2021) at Centennial Park. Not held in 2020 due to COVID 19 health protocols, Art in the ...
Aug 07, 2021 Image from Art in the Park at Centennial Park in Holland on Aug. 7, 2021 (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Man hurt in Tallmadge Twp. deer-motorcycle crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 35-year-old Allendale man went by ambulance to Spectrum Health Butterworth after the Harley Davidson motorcycle he was driving collided with a deer, according to police. The ...
Aug 07, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Toxic Algae Confirmed in Allegan County's Swan Lake
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The presence of algal toxin microcystin in an Allegan County lake has been confirmed. On Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, the county's health department reported that officials from th...
Aug 07, 2021 An aerial view of Swan Lake in Cheshire Twp., MI (image courtesy Allegan County Health Department)
Zeeland Chalk Fest Held on Friday
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The weather cooperated, so a new tradition in Zeeland returned on Friday (Aug. 6, 2021). The second Chalk Festival was held on the Woonerf, located off of Elm Street between...
Aug 06, 2021 Image from the 2021 Zeeland Chalk Fest at Woonerf in Zeeland, MI on Aug. 6, 2021. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Lee Mannes (aka) Captain Sundae Passes Away Aged 86
It is with great sadness that the family of Lee Mannes (aka "Captain Sundae", pictured right) announces his passing on Wednesday, August 4, at the age of 86. Lee will be lovingly remembered by his fri...
Aug 06, 2021
Holland Hospital cuts Kirk Cousins over COVID remarks
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include the financial aspect of the spokesman agreement. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Hospital has ended a relationship Holland native and Minnesota Vi...
Aug 06, 2021
Coast Guard Festival Continues Through Sunday
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As the annual Coast Guard Festival winds down this weekend in Grand Haven, locals may be appreciating the event even more. That's because of its return in 2021 after a y...
Aug 06, 2021 US Coast Guard Festival. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
UPDATE: Allegan County man missing from hospital in Kalamazoo located
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A missing 53-year-old man, Bret Douglas Theisen, who walked away from a Kalamazoo hospital "has been located by authorities." That's the word late on Friday (Aug. 6, 2021) m...
Aug 06, 2021
Holland hosts e-recycling for residents
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The City of Holland is hosting an e-recycling event for residents only from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. People living in Holland can drop off unused electronics for re...
Aug 06, 2021 Holland E-waste college flier
