Category Archives: Local News
Poppy field owners: Keep off the flowers, please
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The owners of the Pleasant Hill poppy fields in Fennville used Facebook to thank people for their kind compliments and suggestions -- adding they have no plans to install a fen...
Jun 18, 2021 Fennville poppy field, June 29, 2020. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Juneteenth celebration set for Kollen Park Saturday
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland's 21st annual Juneteenth celebration is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Kollen Park. This year's theme for the freedom festival is "A Year of Atonement:...
Jun 18, 2021 The 2019 Juneteenth Freedom Festival in Holland featured food booths, entertainment, voter registration and speakers. WHTC file photo
Holland Twp. board set to meet, 7 p.m. today
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland Charter Township's board of trustees is set to meet at 7 p.m. today, June 17, 2021. Agenda items include: Approval of preliminary condominium requests at 11554 Greenly ...
Jun 17, 2021 Holland Charter Twp. logo
Huizenga, Congress Endorse Establishing Juneteenth as Federal Holiday
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) - President Biden is set to sign a bill in law today (June 17, 2021) to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in ...
Jun 17, 2021 US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Holland) answers a question during a tele-town hall meeting from his office in Washington, DC. (photo courtesy office of Congressman Bill Huizenga)
SparkLab to Reopen at Holland Museum
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - One of the most popular attractions at the Holland Museum returns on Friday (June 18, 2021). The SparkLab exhibit reopens after being closed for 15 months due to COVID 19 he...
Jun 17, 2021 Participants of the Smithsonian SmartLab in the Holland Museum (photo courtesy Holland Museum)
Police warn of hazards after gravel spill
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County sheriff's authorities issued a traffic hazard alert this morning, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, after a gravel truck lost part of its load on M-231, between Cleveland...
Jun 16, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Ottawa Co. Clerk Roebuck to appear on national panel
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Clerk Justin Roebuck will join a national panel today, June 16, 2021, to talk about election officials' independence and election security. Roebuck is set to join...
Jun 16, 2021 Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck (photo courtesy Ottawa County)
Holland City Council set to meet today, June 16, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland City Council is set to meet at 6:30 p.m. today to adjust the city budget and host a public hearing on 10th Street snowmelt improvements, among other agenda items, which...
Jun 16, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
Zeeland Twp. man dies after Saturday crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- An 86-year-old Zeeland Township man has died from injuries suffered in a traffic crash on Saturday, June 12, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Capt. Jake Sparks/ The c...
Jun 15, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Park Twp. board sets special meeting for June 17, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Park Township trustees are set to hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The meeting will include time for public comments, in accordance with the law....
Jun 15, 2021 Park Township hall. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
