Category Archives: Local News
Girl Hit by Vehicle Crossing North Side Street
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - An 11-year-old child is expected to recover from injuries sustained after being hit by a vehicle on Wednesday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Greg...
Mar 03, 2021 Andrew Malone / CC
Alzheimer's seminar aims to support, educate on inequalities
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Nearly six million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, a progressive condition defined by memory loss and eventual physical disabilities. In Michigan, an estimated 1...
Mar 03, 2021 Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can improve the quality of life for the person diagnosed and those caring for them. Courtesy, Alzheimer's Association Michigan Chapter
Hope Advances in MIAA Men's Hoops Tourney; Hope-Calvin Women to Meet Again
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - Ryan Gamm had 21 points as Hope downed the visiting Adrian Bulldogs at DeVos Fieldhouse on Tuesday night, 99-71, in a first-round Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association m...
Mar 02, 2021 Jan. 29, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Hope Flying Dutchmen forward Ryan Gamm (5) sets a screen of Alma Scots' guard Cole Kleiver (23) for teammate Clayton Dykhouse (1) to attempt a shot during the first half of action at DeVos Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Hope College Athletics
Pilot Escapes Serious Injury in Grand Haven Area Plane Crash
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 52-year-old Marne man apparently escaped serious injury in a single-engine plain crash on Tuesday afternoon south of Grand Haven. According to Ottawa County Sheri...
Mar 02, 2021 Plane crash reported (image © Midwest Communications)
Free COVID-19 testing pop-up sites in Ottawa County
HOLALND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County will offer free COVID-19 testing in in Coopersville, from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, starting today, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, and repeating March 9, 16, and 30, at the ...
Mar 02, 2021 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
Part of Holland's 24th Street set to temporarily close Saturday
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- City of Holland officials say West 24th Street will be closed to all through traffic between VanRaalte and Ottawa Avenues from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 6, 2021. Residen...
Mar 02, 2021 CodyJung / CC
One hurt in Olive Twp. car-bus crash
OLIVE TWP., (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A car-bus crash at 144th Ave and New Holland Street in Olive Township sent a 78-year-old bus passenger to Holland Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to ...
Mar 02, 2021 Car-bus crash at 144th Avenue and New Holland Street. By Brent Alan/MWC Radio
Tulip Time Festival Continues Plans for Scaled-Down 2021 Event
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Nearly a year after the COVID 19 outbreak led the first cancellation of a Tulip Time Festival, organizers are continuing plans for a belated 91st renewal of Holland's annual...
Mar 02, 2021 The 2021 Tulip Time Festival poster, "Here Ye, Hear Ye, Spring is Here" by Aron Lowe. Courtesy, Tulip Time Festival
Honors for Hope's Boerigter Center, VanWylen Library
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Hope College officials have announced the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career and Van Wylen Library have received the 2021 group Innovation Award from the American College ...
Mar 01, 2021 Van Wylen Library. Courtesy, Hope College
Zeeland City Council meets virtually today
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Zeeland City Council is set to meet for a virtual study session followed by a business meeting. The virtual study session is set for 5:30 p.m. today, March 1, 2021, with the bu...
Mar 01, 2021 Zeeland City Hall file photo
