Category Archives: Local News
Body recovered from Grand River identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The body recovered from the Grand River Saturday, March 13, 2021, has been identified as Thomas Kasack, 36, who lived in the area of Grand Haven Township but appeared to be hom...
Mar 16, 2021 Thomas Kasack, 36. Courtesy OCSD
Hope Professor Jennifer Hampton: Shining light
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- On paper, she may have been Dr. Jennifer Hampton, but almost everyone called the chair of Hope College's physics department Jenny. Her death in a traffic crash Sunday, Marc...
Mar 15, 2021 Hope College Professor Jennifer Hampton, chair of Hope's physics department, was killed in a traffic crash on March 14, 2021. Courtesy, Hope College
Holland woman killed in Sunday traffic crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland resident Jennifer Hampton, 48, died in a crash at Chicago Drive and Waverly just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 2021, according to Holland Police Capt. Robert Buursm...
Mar 15, 2021
UPDATE: Holland crash closes River Avenue at 16th Street
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland police had to close the River Avenue-16th Street intersection Monday, March 15, 2021, to deal with a traffic crash that sent a Holland woman to the hospital with non-li...
Mar 15, 2021 Crash scene at River Avenue and 16th Street on March 15, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Zeeland City Council meeting time changed
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The time for Zeeland City Council's virtual study session set for Monday, March 15, 2021, has been changed to 5:45 p.m. That meeting will be followed by a 7 p.m. business meeti...
Mar 14, 2021 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Body recovered from Ottawa Co. river
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Ottawa County sheriff's deputies recovered a body from the Grand River, near the 6300 block of Leonard Street in Polkton Township, just before 6 p.m. Saturday March 13, 2021, ac...
Mar 13, 2021
Child drowns in Allendale Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 4-year-old boy drowned near Mista Drive and 64th Avenue in Allendale Township, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Lt. J. Douglas. Emergency responders were dispatched just b...
Mar 13, 2021
Holland Firefighters Quickly Contain Garage Blaze
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - No injuries were reported as firefighters with the Holland Department of Public Safety put out a blaze at a home in the 600 block of Van Raalte Ave. on Saturday (Mar. 13, 20...
Mar 13, 2021 A Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Rescue Truck (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Pickup Driver Injured in M-121 Crash
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 31-year-old Allegan man was injured in a single vehicle crash between Zeeland and Hudsonville on Friday evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Michael...
Mar 12, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Vehicle Driven Into Firearms Store, Some Stolen Weapons Recovered
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - More information continues to be disclosed about an incident in which four suspects who purportedly used a stolen vehicle to ram their way into a Holland firearms dealer and...
Mar 12, 2021 Mar. 11, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Workers make repairs to the Bullet Hole store after a vehicle drove into it, leading to the theft of an undisclosed amount of weapons, during an overnight burglary. Mandatory Credit: Peg McNichol-Midwest Communications
