Category Archives: Local News
Zeeland Chalk Fest Held on Friday
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The weather cooperated, so a new tradition in Zeeland returned on Friday (Aug. 6, 2021). The second Chalk Festival was held on the Woonerf, located off of Elm Street between...
Aug 6, 2021 Image from the 2021 Zeeland Chalk Fest at Woonerf in Zeeland, MI on Aug. 6, 2021. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Lee Mannes (aka) Captain Sundae Passes Away Aged 86
It is with great sadness that the family of Lee Mannes (aka "Captain Sundae", pictured right) announces his passing on Wednesday, August 4, at the age of 86. Lee will be lovingly remembered by his fri...
Aug 6, 2021
Holland Hospital cuts Kirk Cousins over COVID remarks
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to include the financial aspect of the spokesman agreement. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Hospital has ended a relationship Holland native and Minnesota Vi...
Aug 6, 2021
Coast Guard Festival Continues Through Sunday
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As the annual Coast Guard Festival winds down this weekend in Grand Haven, locals may be appreciating the event even more. That's because of its return in 2021 after a y...
Aug 6, 2021 US Coast Guard Festival. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
UPDATE: Allegan County man missing from hospital in Kalamazoo located
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A missing 53-year-old man, Bret Douglas Theisen, who walked away from a Kalamazoo hospital "has been located by authorities." That's the word late on Friday (Aug. 6, 2021) m...
Aug 6, 2021
Holland hosts e-recycling for residents
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The City of Holland is hosting an e-recycling event for residents only from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. People living in Holland can drop off unused electronics for re...
Aug 6, 2021 Holland E-waste college flier
One hurt in Spring Lake Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 74-year-old Spring Lake woman suffered serious injuries in a Spring Lake Township crash. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike VanDenBosch said the woman has been driving east on...
Aug 6, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Fuel leak in Ferrysburg
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County's emergency manager, Lou Hunt, alerted the media to a fuel leak in Ferrysburg that happened just before 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Listen to the complete podc...
Aug 6, 2021 Ottawa County Emergency Management logo.
Holland Farmers Market Celebrates National Farmers Market Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There are some special reasons to stop by the Holland Farmers Market on Saturday (Aug. 7, 2021). As part of National Farmers Market Week, as sponsored by the Farmers Market ...
Aug 6, 2021 July 24, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; A blueberry stand at the Holland Farmers Market in the 8th Street Marketplace (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
National Farmers Market Week Underway
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - It's National Farmers Market Week across America this week. Sponsored by the Farmers Market Coalition, it recognizes the contribution of local growers and communities in pro...
Aug 5, 2021 National Farmers Market Week 2021 (image courtesy Farmers Market Coalition)
