Category Archives: Local News
Holland Int'l Fest needs volunteers
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Organizers of the International Festival of Holland are looking for volunteers for the celebration, set for Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at the Holland Civic Center Place. People w...
Aug 12, 2021 2021 Holland International Festival poster
Allegan County issues school COVID guide
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Allegan County Health Department officials have issued COVID guidelines for schools, which include: Masking for all on buses per CDC Order. Certain people with disabilities who,...
Aug 12, 2021
UPDATE: Armed Man in Spring Lake Area Home Surrenders
SPRING LAKE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A long Wednesday (Aug. 11, 2021) for Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputies and residents in a neighborhood north of Spring Lake who remained "sheltered in place in their...
Aug 11, 2021 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Power outage affects Allegan County service complex phones
This story has been updated. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The storm-related power outages that affected phones at the Allegan County Services Complex (ACSC) has been resoloved, according to county official...
Aug 11, 2021 Allegan County Sheriff. File photo
Power out at Ottawa County's Fillmore Complex
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Storms that knocked out power to close to 200,000 Consumers Energy customers affected Ottawa County Fillmore Complex in West Olive. The facility is closed because of the power ...
Aug 11, 2021 Coopersville resident Cynthia Timmerman documented damage to trees and crops at her home before heading off to inspect the cemetery damage. Courtesy, Coopersville resident Cynthia Timmerman
Good Things on the Lakeshore for Aug. 11
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks to WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference. Here are some o...
Aug 11, 2021 Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar will join the Holland Symphony Orchestra for a cross-cultural celebration of music, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Open house for Holland's strategic development team
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Members of Holland's strategic development team are hoping to meet with area residents early next week. The team, created as part of the community energy plan (CEP), online at ...
Aug 11, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
Ottawa Co. COVID risk level now 'substantial'
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County health officials say the number of positive COVID-19 test results continue to rise. On Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, they announced Ottawa County has reached the level of...
Aug 9, 2021 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
One killed in Robinson Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 29-year-old Muskegon man was killed in a car-tree crash just before 6:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Matt Wildfong. Police investigat...
Aug 9, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Trailer fire closed I-96 Coopersville ramp
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The westbound ramp on I-96 at the Coopersville exit was closed for several hours last night after a semi-tractor trailer caught fire just before 7 p.m. No one was hurt. Ottawa ...
Aug 9, 2021 ((brian)) / CC
