Category Archives: Local News
Holland Museum to Pay Tribute to Late Supporter During Tulip Time
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Holland Museum has a special gift for those who stop by during the Tulip Time Festival. For a limited time, those coming to the old Holland Post Office building off of 1...
May 03, 2021 Holland Museum (photo courtesy Holland Museum)
State Lawmakers Arrested for Drunken Driving Should Face Legislative Discipline, Says Lakeshore House Rep.
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - With two members of the state House facing drunken driving charges in separate incidents last month, there are some who question whether they should continue to serve as leg...
May 03, 2021 Jim Bowen / CC
Shots ring out in Ottawa County
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives and deputies are investigating three weapons-related complaints. All happened between 1:21 and 3:46 a.m. on Sunday, May 2, 2021. No physical ...
May 02, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Holland man seriously hurt in Jamestown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 22-year-old Holland man was rushed to Spectrum Health after a single-vehicle crash on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Knott, in an email to media...
May 02, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Update: Holland Heights house fire
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 255 Orlando Avenue in Holland, then responded to two more fires, according to Holland Fire Capt. Chris Tinney. No injur...
May 01, 2021 Holland firefighters responded to an attic fire at 255 Orlando Ave. on May 1, 2021. Kevin Oswald/MWC Radio
Georgetown Twp pick-up truck-house crash injures one
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 33-year-old Jenison man is in Ottawa County Jail, awaiting arraignment on a hit-and-run crash involving a pick-up truck and a house, according to police. The crash happened j...
May 01, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
COVID-19 tests, vaccines new feature at Tulip Time
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The 92nd annual Tulip Time Festival features a brand-new pair of events, aimed at public health. Festival officials and Ottawa County Dept. of Public Health, along the the U.S....
May 01, 2021 Vaccine graphic. Courtesy Ottawa County
Good Things on The Lakeshore, April 30, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks with WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference along The Lak...
Apr 30, 2021 Goats have returned to Ottawa County Parks this spring, taking on the “job” of chowing down on invasive species. Courtesy The Lakeshore
Tulip Time kicks off on Saturday, May 1
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The 92nd Annual Tulip Time Festival kicks off Satuday, May 1, 2021. Yes, COVID-19 has forced a few changes: No parades. No Dutch Dances. Still, an array of other events and, of...
Apr 30, 2021 Tulips on Central Avenue, part of Holland's Tulip Lanes, on April 7, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
MSP Alert for missing, endangered Stevensville man
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Michigan State Police have issued a missing-and-endangered alert for a 78-year-old Stevensville man, Paul A Roy. He's described as 5-foot-10 tall, 160 pounds with black and gray...
Apr 30, 2021
