Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Fennville Woman Dies From Injuries in Grand Haven Area Crash
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 57-year-old Fennville woman succumbed to critical injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash south of Grand Haven on Friday, Apr. 9, 2021, morning. In an update rel...
Apr 10, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Mass shooting in Allendale Twp.
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- One of the four victims from Saturday morning's mass shooting at the Enclave Apartments in Allendale Township has been released from the hospital, according to Ottawa Cou...
Apr 10, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Three Hurt as SUV Strikes Tree in West Olive
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Three persons from Holland were hospitalized after a single vehicle crash in West Olive on Friday (Apr. 9, 2021) afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant ...
Apr 09, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Free COVID-19 drive-thru tests Saturday
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- With Michigan residents experiencing a fourth surge of COVID-19, Ottawa County Health officials have several free drive-through testing events set up. These are rapid tests and...
Apr 09, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Good things on The Lakeshore, April 9, 2021
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks to WHTC's morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference in Allegan, Ot...
Apr 09, 2021 Hope College Professor and musician Jordan VanHemert. Courtesy The Lakeshore WM
Hope College's First Women's AD Dies
FENNVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A pioneer at Hope College has died. Officials with the Holland-based school announced on Friday, April 9, 2021, the death of Anne E. Irwin, the first director of women's a...
Apr 09, 2021 Dr. Anne Irwin in a 2004 file photo (photo courtesy Hope College)
One hurt in Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A three-vehicle crash on Port Sheldon at eastbound Chicago Drive in Georgetown Township sent one person to Spectrum Zeeland with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Ott...
Apr 09, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Fire at LKQ Auto investigated
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a suspicious fire reported at LKQ Auto Parts, 11475 Chicago Drive in Holland Township. Firefighters were called to the scen...
Apr 08, 2021 ((brian)) / CC
Registration for Tulip Time Run Underway
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - One aspect of the Tulip Time Festival will return in 2021 ... in a different way. Registration is underway for the Virtual Tulip Time Run. Between now and May 10, participan...
Apr 08, 2021 Tulip Time Run (file photo courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Tulip bloom alert
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The recent warm weather is coaxing flowers into bloom, including the first of thousands of tulips in and around Holland. From Eighth Street and in spots along the city's Tulip ...
Apr 08, 2021 Tulips on Central Avenue, part of Holland's Tulip Lanes, on April 7, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
