Category Archives: Local News
Motorist Killed in Allendale Crash
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A motorist was killed in the early morning hours of Saturday (May 22, 2021) south of Allendale. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Michael Hallmeyer, deput...
May 22, 2021 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Careerline Tech students practice emergency procedures with Olive Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Students in the Emergency Medical Services program at Careerline Tech Center, a service of Ottawa Area Intermediate School District, received hands-on training in vehicle extri...
May 22, 2021
Good things on The Lakeshore, May 21, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks each week with WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference. Here are some ...
May 21, 2021 Community Action House will open The Food Club in the fall. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
Daimler Truck predicts engine job losses in transition to 'green' trucks
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - The transition to zero-emission fuel cell trucks will slash about half the jobs at Europe's truck engine plants in the next 15 years, Daimler Truck Chief Executive Mar...
May 21, 2021
Tulip Dig Approaches - What to Look For?
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - If you liked any of the tulips planted in Centennial Park, Window on the Waterfront and/or Windmill Island Gardens during the Tulip Time Festival earlier this month, you can...
May 20, 2021 Participants in the 2019 Tulip Dig (photo Peg McNichol, Midwest Communications)
Republican House divided over Jan. 6 Commission vote
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, a St. Joseph Republican, and Rep. Peter Meijer of Grand Rapids, broke with party leadership to vote for the creation of a Jan. 6 Commission to investigate...
May 20, 2021 Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) speaks during a marathon House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on a potential replacement for the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
Seven Finalists Selected for Filling Impending Holland School Chief Vacancy
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The finalists for the last remaining school chief opening along the Lakeshore have been determined. During a Tuesday (May 18, 2021) evening workshop, Holland Board of Educat...
May 19, 2021 Dr. Brian Davis, superintendent of Holland Public Schools, addresses a meeting of the Holland Board of Education in this file photo taken prior to the COVID 19 outbreak. (photo courtesy Holland Public Schools)
Suspect arrested in hit-run death of Melissa Yates
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate rank of Capt. Mark Bennett. His son is Sgt. Brad Bennett. We regret the error. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Sebastian Abel Villarreal, 24,...
May 19, 2021 Sebastian Abel Villarreal. Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Crowdfunding Campaign Underway to Build Playground at Window on the Waterfront
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There is an online effort to make the dream of a play-and-learn nature park in Holland a reality. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Outdoor Discovery Cen...
May 19, 2021 An artist's rendering of the proposed WOW Nature Play Park in Holland's Window on the Waterfront. (Rendering courtesy of the ODC Network/MEDC)
Upton May be Leaning Toward Creating Independent Jan. 6 Investigative Commission
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) - It looks as if Fred Upton may go against his fellow Republicans in the US House again. On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the House is scheduled to vote on a proposal to create a co...
May 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph. in blue shirt on left) listens as fellow Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Denver) testifies in a hearing during the 21st Century Cures Act debate in 2016. (photo courtesy office of US House Rep. Fred Upton)
