Category Archives: Local News
One hurt in Spring Lake Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 74-year-old Spring Lake woman suffered serious injuries in a Spring Lake Township crash. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike VanDenBosch said the woman has been driving east on...
Aug 06, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Fuel leak in Ferrysburg
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County's emergency manager, Lou Hunt, alerted the media to a fuel leak in Ferrysburg that happened just before 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Listen to the complete podc...
Aug 06, 2021 Ottawa County Emergency Management logo.
Holland Farmers Market Celebrates National Farmers Market Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There are some special reasons to stop by the Holland Farmers Market on Saturday (Aug. 7, 2021). As part of National Farmers Market Week, as sponsored by the Farmers Market ...
Aug 06, 2021 July 24, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; A blueberry stand at the Holland Farmers Market in the 8th Street Marketplace (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
National Farmers Market Week Underway
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - It's National Farmers Market Week across America this week. Sponsored by the Farmers Market Coalition, it recognizes the contribution of local growers and communities in pro...
Aug 05, 2021 National Farmers Market Week 2021 (image courtesy Farmers Market Coalition)
Good Things on The Lakeshore
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each Friday at 8:35 a.m. on 997 and 1450 WHTC-AM/FM, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with WHTC's Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a ...
Aug 04, 2021 US Coast Guard Festival. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
Lakeshore Election Results for Aug. 3
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - It was a very limited Election Day on Tuesday (Aug. 3, 2021). Two mayor races, two school millage renewal requests, and two municipal millage renewal requests were on the ballot...
Aug 04, 2021 Elections (image © Midwest Communications)
Holland Earns Another National Municipal Accounting Honor
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A legacy nearly three decades long continues for the City of Holland. For the 29th straight year, the Tulip City has earned a Certificate of Achievement in Financial Reporti...
Aug 04, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
National Night Out on Tuesday in Holland, Zeeland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - An annual effort to foster good will between first responders and the community occurred on Tuesday (Aug. 3, 2021). Holland and Zeeland were among a number of municipalities...
Aug 03, 2021 Image of a Zeeland Police Officer falling into a dunk tank from Zeeland National Night Out on Elm Street on Aug. 3, 2021 (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
70k pounds of cream involved in Zeeland Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 41-year-old Wisconsin man driving a 2014 Peterbuilt semi-tractor trailer hauling 70,000 pounds of cream crashed at the I-196 business loop near Byron Road in Zeeland Township...
Aug 03, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
One hurt, ticketed, after Grand Haven car-building crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- One person were hurt in a traffic crash that also damaged the building. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Knott said in a statement that a 22-year-old Grand Haven man drivi...
Aug 02, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
