Category Archives: Local News
Dutch remain on high alert for flooding of swollen rivers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Emergency services in the Netherlands remained on high alert on Saturday as overflowing rivers threatened towns and villages throughout the southern province of Limburg. Tens of ...
Jul 17, 2021
Prints Available Celebrating Pure Michigan's 15th Anniversary
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - One of the more successful travel and tourism campaigns is turning 15 years old in 2021. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation established "Pure Michigan" as a way t...
Jul 17, 2021 Pure Michigan 15th Anniversary Prints (image courtesy Pure Michigan, Michigan Economic Development Corporation)
More Railroad Crossing Work Coming to Holland Area
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Some long-awaited railroad crossing work in Ottawa County will continue into next week. Officials with CSX Railroad have told the Ottawa County Road Commission, as well as t...
Jul 16, 2021 The railroad crossing sign on Central Avenue at 5th Street in Holland, MI (photo Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
Arrest, no injuries, after Holland Twp. car-building crash
HOLALND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 26-year-old Holland man is behind bars at the Ottawa County Jail, after a car-building crash that did more damage to the building than to people. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt....
Jul 16, 2021 A car-building crash in Holland Township damaged the foundation of a shop on North River Avenue. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Fundraiser after house fire
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Karyn Lozano and her boyfriend are picking up the pieces after a disastrous house fire. They're dealing with insurance adjusters and the reality of irreplaceable losses, like t...
Jul 15, 2021 Karyn Lozano and her family survived a June 23, 2021 house fire, but still have a mountain of work to do. Courtesy, Karyn Lozano
Drew's Country Camping fire victim identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's officials have identified the woman found dead after a Holland Township camper fire. Holland Township resident Laurie Lynn Burgess, 54, had been living ...
Jul 14, 2021
Hope College Establishes "Hope Forward" Tuition-Funding Program
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - One of the goals that Matthew Scogin established when he took over the leadership reins at his Alma Mater is becoming a reality. The Hope College President announced on Wedn...
Jul 14, 2021 The symbolic anchor on the Hope College campus in Holland, MI (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
CSX plans Zeeland Twp. crossing repairs
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Ottawa County Road Commission officials have learned that CSX Railroad is scheduled to renovate the company's railroad grade crossing on 80th Avenue north of Chicago Drive ...
Jul 14, 2021 CodyJung / CC
Tips for fending off earwigs
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM) -- It is earwig season. Earwigs are those little bugs that make their way around and sometimes into your house. Michigan State University extension officials say they're one of the l...
Jul 14, 2021 GotCredit / CC
Beach hazards predicted for Thursday, July 15, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A beach-hazards statement is in effect from 2 a.m. through 8 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 2021. National Weather Service meteorologists in Grand Rapids predict strong currents and h...
Jul 14, 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
