Category Archives: Local News
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
Five Crews Respond to Allegan Co. Farm Blaze
GANGES TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There was a fire at a dairy farm in southwest Allegan County on Thursday morning. Crews from five departments responded to the blaze in the waste disposal tanks at the S...
Mar 11, 2021 Mar. 11, 2021; Ganges Twp., MI, USA; A 93-foot Ladder Tower truck from South Haven Area Emergency Services is utilized to contain a fire at the Scenic View Dairy Farm. Mandatory Credit: Tom Renner-South Haven Area Emergency Services
Bowerman Blueberries to Step Into Downtown Retail Breach
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A huge retail hole in downtown Holland should be filled shortly. The owner of the property that once was the home for the Alpenrose Restaurant and Sandcastle for Kids, at th...
Mar 11, 2021 Blueberry Donuts sold by Bowerman Blueberries (contributed pho
Holland City Council, BPW Board to Hold Joint Study Session Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Holland City Council and the Board of the Holland Board of Public Works will be having a joint "skull session" this evening - virtually, of course, during these COVID 19...
Mar 10, 2021 Holland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez for Midwest Communications)
