Category Archives: Local News
Another Shooting Incident Reported Near GVSU Campus
ALLENDALE TWP. MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There has been another shooting reported at an apartment complex near the Grand Valley State University campus in Allendale. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Serge...
May 08, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Michigan population now 54% vaccinated
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan reports as of Friday, May 6th, that 54% of adults ages 16 and up have received at least one COVID-19 shot. Health officials are saying that it's a roug...
May 08, 2021
City of Holland Takes Next Step in Future Plans for DeYoung Plant Site
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The next phase in the life of the James DeYoung Power Plant site began on Friday (May 7, 2021). The City of Holland formally requested "Statements of Qualification" from dev...
May 07, 2021 The James DeYoung Power Plant (image courtesy Waterfront Holland
Lake Express ferry open for service for 2021
MUSKEGON MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If you were planning on taking the Lake Express Ferry last year but were disappointed due to the pandemic...there's good news on the horizon. The high speed service, which o...
May 07, 2021
Good Things on the Lakeshore, May 7, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Lakeshore's managing editor, Shandra Martinez, talks each week with WHTC morning-news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a postivie difference along ...
May 07, 2021 Holland's Community Aquatic Center is offering scholarships for swimming lessons. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
L. Frank Baum Remembered on Day of His Passing in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Perhaps lost among the buzz that Tulip Time brings to Holland is the commemoration of a cultural icon that has a link to the Tulip City. On May 6, 1919, L Frank Baum, the au...
May 06, 2021 The Cowardly Lion statue outside of the Herrick District Library, part of the Holland OZ Project. (image courtesy Holland Area Visitors Bureau)
Allegan's Larry Brown Named VP of Statewide Road Association
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A local road commissioner has assumed a statewide position. The County Road Association waited 36 days before announcing on Thursday (May 6, 2021) that Allegan County Road C...
May 06, 2021 Allegan County Road Commissioner Larry Brown (photo courtesy County Road Association of Michigan)
Spectrum-Zeeland Community Hospital Names New President
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search for a new president of Zeeland Community Hospital is over. On Thursday (May 6, 2021), Spectrum Health, which absorbed ZCH into its system 10 years ago, announced ...
May 06, 2021 Spectrum Health-Zeeland Community Hospital President Bill Hoefer (photo courtesy Spectrum Health)
UPDATE: Driver Involved in Killing Bear on Road Near Grand Haven Discovered
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - No charges are expected following the discovery of a dead bear alongside a roadway near Grand Haven late on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) night. According to Ottawa County ...
May 06, 2021 A Bear (image licensed to Midwest Communications)
Local Congressman Comments on National Day of Prayer
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) - On this National Day of Prayer (May 6, 2021), there are those who believe that the constitutional right of Freedom of Religion has been under attack now as never before. Alth...
May 06, 2021 The family of US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) in a file photo (image courtesy office of US House Rep. Bill Huizenga)
