Category Archives: Local News
Scenes from Upcoming Green Commute Week Promotional Tour
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 25, 2025) - As things go back to normal next month, with summer vacation season over, awareness of getting around in other ways than with an internal combustion engine-po...
Aug 25, 2025 The path for the Sept. 7, 2025 Green Commute Week Leadership Bike Ride from the MACC. (image courtesy Macatawa Area Coordinating Council)
Saugatuck City Council to Discuss Dune Ridge Lawsuits Behind Closed Doors
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 25, 2025) - The Saugatuck City Council has its biweekly business meeting on tap for Monday night, but what will go on behind closed doors may be the biggest item on the...
Aug 25, 2025 City of Saugatuck logo
New School Year Begins at Hope, GVSU, GRCC
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 25, 2025) - After a few whirlwind days of moving in, and for some, starting a new way of life, a new academic year begins in earnest for the three institutions of higher ...
Aug 25, 2025 Aug. 24, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Hope College President Matt Scogin addresses the Opening Convocation at the Miller Center for the Musical Arts. (YouTube image courtesy Hope College)
Jenison Man Killed in Head-On Crash Near Grand Ravines County Park
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 24, 2025) - A 54-year-old Jenison man lost his life following a two-vehicle, head-on crash south of the GVSU campus on Saturday evening. No names were disclosed b...
Aug 24, 2025 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Three Hurt in North Side Crash
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2025) - Three persons suffered "serious" injuries following a two-vehicle, Friday evening crash on Holland's North Side. No names were disclosed by Ottawa County Sh...
Aug 23, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Campbell Plant to Stay Open Through November
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2025) - A three-month reprieve from Washington for the coal-fired electrical power plant in Port Sheldon Township has been extended. The US Department of Energy on Wed...
Aug 22, 2025 The JH Campbell Plant in Port Sheldon Township (photo courtesy Consumers Energy)
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash with SUV on North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2025) - A 22-year-old motorcyclist was flown to Corewell-Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids on Thursday night after a collision with a SUV on Holland's North S...
Aug 22, 2025 osobystist / Depositphotos.com
Unemployment Continues Climbing Along Lakeshore
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 22, 2025) - Joblessness along the Lakeshore and across the state continues to climb. In not seasonally-adjusted numbers disclosed on Thursday by the Michigan Department o...
Aug 22, 2025 Got Credit / CC
UPDATE: Changes to Fire Code, Employee Health Benefits Approved by Holland City Council
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 21, 2025) - Wednesday night's Holland City Council meeting had a "vacation" feel to it, for with only five of the nine members on hand, there was just enough to constitut...
Aug 21, 2025 The Pledge of Allegiance was taken before the Holland City Council meeting on Aug. 20, 2025 (YouTube image courtesy City of Holland, Michigan)
Holland, West Ottawa Begin Classes Today
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 21, 2025) - Two of the Lakeshore's bigger public school districts begin classes for Academic 2026 on Thursday. School bells ring for the first time at Holland Public Schools,...
Aug 21, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
