Category Archives: Local News
West Ottawa Schools Announce Changes, Additions for Upcoming Academic Year
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As West Ottawa Public Schools closes the book on classroom learning for 2020-21, the district is already making plans for Academic 2022. On Friday (June 11, 2021), West Ot...
Jun 12, 2021 West Ottawa Public Schools (image courtesy West Ottawa Public Schools)
Ottawa County Parks Celebrate Bend Area Open Space Expansion Completion
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - "Step by step, rung by rung ... higher and higher." That lyric in a Huey Lewis and the News song from the 1980's - "Jacob's Ladder" - seemed appropriate for a ribbon...
Jun 11, 2021 June 11, 2021; Georgetown Twp., MI, USA; Officials of the Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission, the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, Georgetown Township, the Grand River Greenway Campaign Committee and the Ottawa County Parks Foundation cut a ceremonial ribbon signifying the expansion of the Bend Area Open Space and the completion of the Georgetown Segment of the Idema Explorers Trail. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Governor Announces State Parks Improvement Initiative
ST. IGNACE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Some needed money to help rejuvenate and renovate Michigan's state park system is on the way. Governor Whitmer used the backdrop of Straits State Park to announce a $250 ...
Jun 11, 2021 File photo of the Big Red Lighthouse, as seen from Holland State Park (photo courtesy Michigan Economic Development Corporation Pure Michigan)
Good things on The Lakeshore for June 11, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks each week to WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference along West Michig...
Jun 11, 2021 Henry and Lindsay Cherry, cofounders of I Am Academy. Courtesy, The Lakeshore/WM
Medical stroller recovered in Ottawa County
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies say they've recovered a medical stroller stolen from a victim's vehicle in Holland Township on Saturday. It belongs to a child with special nee...
Jun 11, 2021 Covaid Cruiser. Courtesy, Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
No abduction at Holland State Park
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The report of an abduction from Holland State Park is false, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Capt. Mark Bennett. "Follow-up interviews with the victim revealed that she wa...
Jun 10, 2021 Jason Rojas / CC
Georgetown Twp. graffiti suspect found
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 14-year-old boy will face charges after a graffiti incident in Georgetown Township reported on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies indicated they were a...
Jun 10, 2021 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
PACE program will be helping Ottawa County businesses go green
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Whether it's food, time, or energy, waste is generally a bad thing. For businesses, it can be costly; according to some estimates, on average about 30% of the energy used in co...
Jun 10, 2021
Students with special needs experience nature through a partnership
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A partnership between Outdoor Discovery Center (ODC) and Ottawa Area Center (OAC), a service of Ottawa Area Intermediate School District that serves the unique educational need...
Jun 10, 2021
Police investigating Georgetown Twp. graffiti incident
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a graffiti incident in Georgetown Township. Police indicated it happened overnight, between Tuesday, June 8, and Wednesday,...
Jun 10, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
