Category Archives: Local News
Allegan Co. Sheriff's detectives investigate Overisel Twp. shooting
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to correct the name of the township where the home in question is located. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a no...
Jun 25, 2021 Allegan County Sheriff's Dept. prowl car. (file photo)
Vanderberg Makes Pitch for Kent Co. Adminstrator's Spot
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Al Vanderberg put his best foot forward for a new job effort last night (June 23, 2021). The Ottawa County Administrator since 2003 was one of three finalists for the K...
Jun 24, 2021 June 23, 2021; Grand Rapids, MI, USA; Ottawa County Administrator Al Vanderberg speaks during a community forum for the Kent County Administrator's position. (image capture courtesy Kent County Government)
Ottawa Co. Reapportionment Commission meets Friday
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Ottawa County Reapportionment Commission is set to hold its first meeting at 10 a.m. Friday, June 25, 2021, in the board room at the county's Fillmore complex, 12220 Fillmo...
Jun 24, 2021 Ottawa County, Michigan (image courtesy government of Ottawa County, Michigan)
Man killed by MSP trooper in Heath Twp. identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Zeeland resident Virgil-lee Taylor, 31, is the name of the man shot by a Michigan State Police trooper in Heath Township on Monday, June 21, 2021. Taylor was a considered a poss...
Jun 23, 2021 Michigan State Police vehicle, 2019 File photo
Stolen French bulldogs recovered in Tallmadge Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Two Tallmadge Township women, a 41-year-old, and a 17-year-old, may face charges in a dog-theft case, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities. Sheriff's Capt. Mark Ben...
Jun 23, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Beach hazards, June 23-24, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A beach-hazards statement is in effect until late Thursday, June 24, 2021, according to National Weather Service meteorologists in Grand Rapids. The statement applies to beache...
Jun 23, 2021 Swim safety sign at Holland State Park as the red flags fly, warning people to stay out of Lake Michigan. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Consumers Energy announces plan to end coal use, close plants, by 2025
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Calling it a move that will lead Michigan's clean energy transformation, Consumers Energy Wednesday announced a sweeping proposal to stop using coal as a fuel source for ele...
Jun 23, 2021
Vanderberg Finalist for Kent County Administrator Post
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The domino effect of Wayman Britt's impending action could be felt in West Olive later this summer. The former U-M basketball great, who has been the Kent County Admini...
Jun 23, 2021 Ottawa County Administrator Al Vanderberg in an appearance at the WHTC studios in Holland, MI (file photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Things to do in Holland, Tuesday, June 22, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- With state rules to reduce COVID-19 lifted, events are being revived in and around Holland. Here are a few this week: 6 to 7:30 p.m. today: Historic Architecture Walk, Holland ...
Jun 22, 2021 Holland's Eighth Street, June 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Fatal MSP-involved shooting investigated
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Michigan State Police are investigating a shooting fatality involving a state trooper that happened at 3 p.m. Monday, June 21, 2021. The Wayland Post-based trooper was respondin...
Jun 22, 2021
