Category Archives: Local News
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
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)
