Category Archives: Local News
Three teens hurt in Wright Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A single-vehicle rollover crash in Wright Township injured three teens at noon on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities. Deputies learned the ...
Jun 09, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Muskegon Heights man critically hurt in Crockery Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities say a 59-year-old Muskegon Heights man suffered critical injuries during a Crockery Township crash on I-96. Police investigators learned t...
Jun 09, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Beating the heat in downtown Holland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland's downtown Eighth Street business district looked pretty busy, for a pre-summer Monday, June 7, 2021, with some people heading downtown to beat the heat at home, and ot...
Jun 08, 2021 West Michigan native Colin Dral, who just finished his second year at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. stopped for lunch at an Eighth Street bench with South Carolina native Kas Burnett and their dogs, Miller and Toby on Mon day, June 7, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Blendon Twp. crash injures one
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 5:45 a.m. crash at Port Sheldon Street and 72nd Avenue in Blendon Township sent a 26-year-old Allendale resident to Mercy Hospital in Muskegon on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Ottaw...
Jun 08, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Crash injures Norton Shores woman, damages Spring Lake Cemetery
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Spring Lake Township traffic crash sent a 59-year-old Norton Shores woman to Mercy Hospital in Muskegon with non-life-threatening injuries and damaged the township's cemetery...
Jun 08, 2021 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Ravenna man hurt in Crockery Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 28-year-old Ravenna man was hurt when driving a 2001 Ford 5-250 that hit a tree Just before 6 a.m. Monday, June 7, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan DeVrie...
Jun 07, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Letter for harbor dredging $$$ sent by Upton
ST. JOSEPH, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The necessity of clearing harbors along the Lake Michigan shoreline is on the mind of Fred Upton. The veteran Republican Congressman from St. Joseph Friday, June 4, 2021,...
Jun 07, 2021
Tallmadge Twp. store robbed
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the proper municipality in which this incident occurred. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery tha...
Jun 06, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Jenison Verizon store robbed
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Verizon store at 7589 Cottonwood Drive in Jenison was robbed early Sunday, June 6, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities. Police were dispatched at 2:34 a....
Jun 06, 2021 Armed Robbery Investigation graphic (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Assault at Holland State Park
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities are investigating the report of an assault at Holland State park on Saturday, June 5, 2021. The victim, who is not described by police, repo...
Jun 06, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
