Category Archives: Local News
Holland Twp. woman hurt in crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 60-year-old Holland Township woman was rushed to Holland Hospital after a traffic crash on Friday, March 19, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities. The two-c...
Mar 20, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Rally planned as Pavlos-Hackney remains in jail
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland restaurant owner Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, 55, is being held in Ingham County Jail on contempt of court orders. Her bond had been denied, and jail records indicate she ca...
Mar 20, 2021 Marlena Pavlos-Hackney's Ingham County Jail mugshot
Good things on The Lakeshore, March 19, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks each week to morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference in West Michigan. Here...
Mar 19, 2021 One of Steve Damstra's remarkable sunset photos. Courtesy, Steve Damstra / The Lakeshore WM
COVID illnesses edge up in Ottawa, Allegan counties
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The number of people getting diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ottawa and Allegan counties is edging up, as it is statewide. In Allegan County, where 7,690 people have been identified...
Mar 19, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Marlena Pavlos-Hackney of Holland in custody, faces food-service violation charge
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, the owner of Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria in Holland, was arrested without incident on Friday, March 19, 2021, by Michigan State Police. Michigan Attorne...
Mar 19, 2021
South Haven HarborFest 2021 canceled
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The South Haven HarborFest Committee officials announced the 2021 HarborFest is canceled, "after an enormous amount of thought, including discussions with community leaders and...
Mar 17, 2021 South Haven Harborfest Logo
Holland man charged with threats against Biden, Pelosi and Whitmer
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Holland resident Joshua Docter, 21, is facing one count of threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, after allegedly issuing death threats aimed a...
Mar 16, 2021
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
