Category Archives: Local News
Trucker Hospitalized in Grand Haven Area Crash
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 39-year-old trucker hauling sugar was hospitalized following a crash south of Grand Haven overnight on Saturday (Apr. 3, 2021). According to Ottawa County Sheriff...
Apr 03, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Tourism Leader Expresses Concern About Another COVID 19 Spike
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As Easter weekend arrives, with Spring Break for youth following, concerns about a spike in COVID 19 cases across Michigan are rising. For tourism industry officials such as...
Apr 02, 2021 Pure Michigan Vice President Dave Lorenz at the WHTC Studios in Holland, MI in this 2018 file photo. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Good Things on the Lakeshore, week of April 2, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks each week to WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference. Here are some of...
Apr 02, 2021 Joel Schoon-Tanis. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Remembering the deadly 1956 Hudsonville tornado
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Today marks 65 years since the start of a two-day tornado outbreak that caused the deaths of 17 Michigan residents, 13 in Hudsonville, and hundreds of injuries. The tornado cut ...
Apr 02, 2021
UPDATE: Holland house fire, April 1, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A suspected electrical fire caused approximately $50,000 in damage at a two-family home, 297 w. 22nd St. in Holland, according to Holland Fire Capt. Chris Tinney. No residents ...
Apr 01, 2021 Holland fire at 297 W. 22nd Street on April 1, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Holland man hurt in Holland Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHCT-AM/FM) -- An 81-year-old man suffered minor injuries in a Holland Township crash just before 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Brad Bennett. ...
Apr 01, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Lawyer for Holland restaurant owner: Complicated case
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Attorney Robert Baker, now representing Holland restaurant owner Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, says he's pulling together her case. But it's complicated, he said, by the first person ...
Apr 01, 2021
Saugatuck Council to Hold Special Meeting Tonight
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A Lakeshore community has to take care of some municipal business on Wednesday (Mar. 31, 2021) night. The Saugatuck City Council is holding a special 3 PM session to go ov...
Mar 31, 2021 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Holland Community Aquatic Center to Partner with Mary Free Bed
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Just as a bear awakens from hibernation, so has the Holland Community Aquatic Center from its "slumber." Forced to close for a time last spring due to COVID 19 health restri...
Mar 30, 2021 An artist's rendering of the Holland Community Aquatic Center upon completion of a $26.3 million millage expansion and renovation project. (Image contributed Boileau Communications)
Holland, Zeeland Schools to Go Virtual Learning for Some Students This Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A scene more in keeping with March 30, 2020 has emerged at two Lakeshore school districts. Holland Public School officials announced on Tuesday (Mar. 30, 2021) that classes ...
Mar 30, 2021 Wen Shi / CC
