Category Archives: Local News
Police: Drive sober -- or get pulled over
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Area police agencies are participating in the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign, set for July 1 - 24, 2021. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike VanDenBosch says the goal ...
Jul 01, 2021 2021 Don't Drive High campaign image. Office of Highway Safety
One hurt in Park Twp. moped crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 53-year-old Park Township man suffered what police called non-life-threatening injuries in a moped crash Wednesday. The crash happened just before 4:15 p.m., June 30, 2021, a...
Jun 30, 2021 An ambulance arrived at the scene (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Quincy Street renovation planned
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Road renovations are planned on Quincy Street, between 120th and 96th avenues, starting July 6, 2021. This project is weather-dependent, but current set to wrap on July 30, 202...
Jun 30, 2021 HOLLAND TWP -- Road renovations are planned on Quincy Street between 120th and 96th avenues, starting July 6, 2021. This project is weather-dependent, but current set to wrap on July 30, 2021. Courtesy, Ottawa Co. Road Commission
Wright Twp. crash injures four
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Wright township crash on westbound I-96 near 32nd Avenue when the car went off the road and rolled several times. The driver, a 30-year-old Kalamazoo man, went by ambulance t...
Jun 29, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Enclave Apt. shooting suspect in custody
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- The suspect in a the April 10, 2021, shooting incident at the Enclave Apartments in Allendale Township has been arrested, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Capt. Mark Bennet...
Jun 29, 2021
Traffic crash damages Holland Twp. bike shop
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 24-year-old Holland man faces several charges after he allegedly caused a traffic crash that damaged his vehicle, two others, and the 42 North Bike Shop at 662 Butternut Driv...
Jun 29, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
One hurt in Spring Lake boat fire
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 63-year-old Holland woman went by ambulance to North Ottawa Community Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an explosion and boat fire in the Village of Spring La...
Jun 28, 2021 steve p2008 / CC
Allendale man hurt in Jamestown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 67-year-old Allendale man was airlifted from a crash scene at Adams Street and 32nd Avenue in Jamestown Township Monday, June 28, 2021. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike VanD...
Jun 28, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Suspicious incident in Holland Township
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a suspicious incident in which a 7-year-old boy told his parents he'd been approached by a couple of strangers. Sheriff's S...
Jun 28, 2021 Jason Rojas / CC
Three successful Ottawa County water rescues
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies made three separate successful water rescues, all on the Macatawa River. No one was hurt. All were in the area of the Adams Street Landing Park...
Jun 28, 2021 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
