Category Archives: Local News
Impaired driving may have caused Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Port Sheldon Road and 40th Avenue may have been the result of an impaired driver, according to hrs Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Chr...
Aug 15, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATED: Lake Michigan drowning victim found, identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A person has drowned in Lake Michigan about a mile off the Saugatuck shoreline, according to Allegan County Sheriff's Lt. Brett Ensfield. Sheriff's dive team members were summo...
Aug 15, 2021 Allegan County Lt. Brett Ensfield's office. File photo
Hit-and-Run Driver Sought in Fatal Pedestrian Incident Near Zeeland
Update: The victim has been identified as Kentwood resident Valerie Batema, 36. ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search is on for a hit-and-run driver who apparently killed a woman near Zeeland's e...
Aug 15, 2021 Lake & McHenry County Scanner / CC
Harbor Humane Society Participating in Empty the Shelters Effort
WALKER, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Lakeshore's animal shelter is participating in a effort from an arm of a nationally-known vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturer, based in suburban Grand Rapi...
Aug 15, 2021 Empty the Shelters August 2021 poster (image courtesy Bissell Pet Foundation)
COVID spike sends Allegan, Ottawa counties into red zone
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Just as the weather cools down. Allegan and Ottawa counties' COVID-19-transmission status has gotten red-hot. County health officials issued alerts Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, notin...
Aug 14, 2021 Allegan County COVID-19 free drive-thru tests are the Allegan Transportation building, 750 Airway Drive. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Benefit for Ottawa County Parks Foundation is Sunday
GEORGETOWN TWP. MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Looking for something to do this Sunday Aug. 15, 2021? Lakeshore Visual Arts Collective will be hosting a pop-up art sale, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Grand Ravines North Co...
Aug 13, 2021 Ottawa County Parks and Ottawa County Parks Foundation (image courtesy Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission)
Annual Movie in the Park Returns to Saugatuck on Saturday
SAUGATUCK, MI (WYVN-FM) - The return of the annual "Movie in the Park" in downtown Saugatuck is this Saturday evening, Aug. 14, 2021. Sponsored by Mill Pond Reality, the film "The Peanut Butter Falcon...
Aug 13, 2021 Saugatuck Movie in the Park 2021 (image courtesy Mill Pond Realty)
Lakeshore Habitat to Celebrate 154th Completed Home
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - It will be 154 and counting for Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity on Friday (Aug. 13, 2021). In a 4 PM ceremony, the local agency assisting in building affordable homes in the ...
Aug 13, 2021 The Rodriguez-Matos family (image courtesy Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity)
Suspect in Spring Lake Home Barricade Situation Arraigned
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The suspect in a nearly 17-hour standoff with police in a Spring Lake area residence has been arraigned. On Thursday (Aug. 12, 2021), charges of unlawful imprisonment, f...
Aug 12, 2021 PRSA-NY / CC
Power outages could last 'til weekend
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Some Consumers Energy customers may have to wait until the weekend to get the power back. Consumers Energy officials started watching the storm system on Friday according to ut...
Aug 12, 2021
