Category Archives: Local News
Gilda's Club resumes in-person Camp Sparkle
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Grand Rapids chapter of Gilda's Club will host the 20th annual Camp Sparkle from Aug. 3 to 5, 2021. Camp Sparkle is an annual day camp helps children from first through six...
Jul 22, 2021 Gilda's Club Grand Rapids' Camp Sparkle. Courtesy, Gilda's Club Grand Rapids
Advocacy Agency for Immigrants, Refugees Along Lakeshore Expands
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - An advocacy agency for immigrants along the Lakeshore is growing. In a statement issued on Wednesday (July 21, 2021), Lighthouse Immigrants Advocates announced three new sta...
Jul 22, 2021 The staff of Holland-based Lighthouse Immigrants Advocates (photo courtesy Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates)
Tick advice from Allegan County Health
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Health officials are offering tips for removing a tick, should you find one on yourself, a loved one or family pets. Don't panic, but remove the tick as soon as ...
Jul 21, 2021 Tick removal tips graphic. Courtesy, Allegan County Health Office
Armed robbery investigated in Holland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland police are investigating an early morning armed robbery that happened in the 100 block of Eighth Street. No one was hurt, according to police. Holland Police Capt. Robe...
Jul 20, 2021 Armed Robbery Investigation graphic (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UDO Vote Headlines Upcoming Holland City Council Meeting Agenda
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A long night may await Holland City Council members on Wednesday (July 21, 2021). There is a lengthy list of issues before the nine-member panel when they convene in Holland...
Jul 20, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
Zeeland City Council to Meet Tonight
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Zeeland City Council holds its biweekly business meeting tonight (July 19, 2021). During the 6 PM work-study session ahead of the 7 PM meeting at City Hall, council memb...
Jul 19, 2021 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Overturned trailer stops I-96 traffic in Tallmadge Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Two people escaped injuries, but their travel trailer did not, in a crash just before 5 p.m. Sunday, July 18, 2021, that tied up traffic on I-96 for hours. The crash, near Eigh...
Jul 18, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Police car-pedestrian crash in Polkton Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 15-year-old Coopersville boy suffered minor injuries when he was struck in the arm by an Ottawa County Sheriff's deputy's police cruiser. The crash happened on the 5300 block...
Jul 18, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
School Blue Envelope Program Earns Statewide Award
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -When classes resume in earnest along the Lakeshore in August, an effort to prevent youths from taking their own lives will also resume in earnest. Spectrum Health had set up ...
Jul 18, 2021 A file photo of what is now Corewell Health-Zeeland Hospital (image courtesy Corewell Health-Zeeland Hospital)
Good Things on The Lakeshore, July 16, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore , talks to WHTC's Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference along West Michigan's Lakeshore....
Jul 17, 2021 Journalist, author and photographer Mike Lozon.
