Category Archives: Local News
Ottawa Co. road commission on winter safety
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County's road commission compiled the following tips for winter-driving safety, noting icy road crashes cause 3.6 times more deaths than all other winter hazards, nation...
Jan 7, 2022 Passing snow plows can be dangerous, because plow blades are often hidden by snow clouds. By Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Man hit by car in Allendale Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 60-year-old Allendale man went by ambulance to Spectrum Health with arm, shoulder and head injuries after being hit by a car, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris ...
Jan 7, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
COVID Hold Continues for Flying Dutch; Hope Men Still a Go for Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - COVID 19 is doing what no women's basketball team has done since the spring of 2019 - prevailing over Hope College. On Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022), school officials said that he...
Jan 6, 2022 Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse on the Hope College campus, Holland, MI (photo courtesy Hope College)
Members of Congress mark Jan. 6 riot anniversary
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot that caused a U.S. Capitol lockdown, cost the lives of five Americans and led to more than 700 arrests, including 14 Michigan res...
Jan 6, 2022 US Capitol. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio/MWC Radio
New Ottawa Co. Court Administrator: Susan M. Franklin
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- With Ottawa County Circuit/Probate Court Administrator Kevin J. Bowling retiring next week, he introduced his successor, Susan M. Franklin, to Ottawa County's commissioners thi...
Jan 6, 2022 Ottawa County Court Administrator Susan Franklin. Courtesy, Ottawa County
Another "Snow Day" for Area Schools on Thursday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - School districts along the Lakeshore didn't even wait until the predawn hours of Thursday (Jan. 6, 2022) before deciding on a second straight "snow day" of the new year. All of ...
Jan 5, 2022 Wen Shi / CC
Snowmobiler Hurt in Wright Twp. Trail Collision
WRIGHT TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 46-year-old Grandville man was injured in a two-machine snowmobile crash in an area east of Coopersville on Wednesday (Jan. 5, 2022) evening. According to Ottawa Count...
Jan 5, 2022 Andrew Malone / CC
Good Things on The Lakeshore
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with morning news host Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a positive difference along the L...
Jan 5, 2022 The 2021 guest editors of The Lakeshore WM. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
Omicron detected in Ottawa County
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County health officials confirmed the COVID-19 variant, Omicron is spreading through the community, with six people diagnosed after tests last month. Few, if any, are su...
Jan 5, 2022 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
Two hurt in Allendale Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 22-year-old Coopersville woman and a 34-year-old Allendale man were hurt in a traffic crash on Lake Michigan Drive at 88th Avenue on Tuesday morning. Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
Jan 5, 2022 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
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