Category Archives: Local News
Reaction to Events in Afghanistan & White House Response from Michigan's Congressional Delegation
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) - Reaction to recent developments in Afghanistan, and the White House reaction to those developments, from members of Michigan's Congressional Delegation. US House Representati...
Aug 17, 2021
Holland Public Schools Establishes COVID 19 Safety Protocols for New School Year
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - COVID 19 health protocols have been put into place at Holland Public Schools for the upcoming Academic 2022 year. During the monthly Board of Education meeting on Monday (Au...
Aug 17, 2021 Holland Public Schools (image courtesy Holland Public Schools)
Saugatuck Schools Unveil New Branding
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The symbols for Saugatuck Public Schools moving forward has been set. During the Monday night (Aug. 16, 2021) monthly Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Tim Travis...
Aug 17, 2021 Saugatuck Public Schools (image courtesy Saugatuck Public Schools)
Fatal crash on Ottawa Beach Road
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 34-year-old Holland man has died in an Ottawa Beach Road traffic crash. The driver of the 2006 Ford sedan, a 22-year-old Holland woman, is in critical condition at Spectrum H...
Aug 17, 2021 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Zeeland Twp. hit-run victim identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's Capt. Jake Sparks identified the woman killed on westbound I-196 east of 84th Avenue in Zeeland Township early Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. He identified the ...
Aug 16, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Missing Allegan Area Teen Located
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search for a 14-year-old girl from the Allegan area has ended. The Allegan County Sheriff's Office said that Raven McBride was located at an undisclosed location around ...
Aug 16, 2021 Raven McBride (photo courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Dept.)
Power out, still, for nearly 30k Consumers customers
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) --- Consumers Energy officials say nearly all electric customers now have power, as utility crews continuing repairing damage caused by a series of storms that hit the state betwe...
Aug 16, 2021 Consumers Energy line workers. Courtesy, Consumers Energy
Impaired driving may have caused Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Port Sheldon Road and 40th Avenue may have been the result of an impaired driver, according to hrs Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Chr...
Aug 15, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATED: Lake Michigan drowning victim found, identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A person has drowned in Lake Michigan about a mile off the Saugatuck shoreline, according to Allegan County Sheriff's Lt. Brett Ensfield. Sheriff's dive team members were summo...
Aug 15, 2021 Allegan County Lt. Brett Ensfield's office. File photo
Hit-and-Run Driver Sought in Fatal Pedestrian Incident Near Zeeland
Update: The victim has been identified as Kentwood resident Valerie Batema, 36. ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search is on for a hit-and-run driver who apparently killed a woman near Zeeland's e...
Aug 15, 2021 Lake & McHenry County Scanner / CC
