Category Archives: Local News
Two teens hurt in Georgetown Twp rollover crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Georgetown Township rollover crash sent two teen girls to Spectrum Heath Butterworth's Helen DeVos Children's Hospital early Saturday. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas K...
Feb 20, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Life-threatening crash in Holland Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 24-year-old Holland Township man was rushed to Holland Hospital with life-threatening injuries after a traffic crash just after 3:15 p.m. Friday, Feb 19, 2021. Ottawa County ...
Feb 19, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Massage client reports sexual assault at Holland Twp. company
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Park Township resident Matthew Edward Owens, 47 has been arrested by Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies and charged with felony criminal sexual conduct. Sheriff's Capt. Mark Benn...
Feb 19, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Good things on The Lakeshore, Feb. 19, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks to WHTC each week about people and organizations making a difference along the Lakeshore. Here are some of the highligh...
Feb 18, 2021 Youth Advisory Committee Chair Andrew Ky is a senior at West Ottawa High School. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Bicyclist killed in Holland Twp. traffic crash identified
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland resident Jeffrey Green, 42, is the name of the man killed in a traffic crash on southbound Waverly Avenue near East Eighth Street in Holland Township just after 8:15 p....
Feb 18, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Allegan County offers free COVID-19 testing
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County will offer free COVID-19 testing (not antibody test) to anyone of any age, regardless of symptoms. People under the age of 18 will need parent/guardian consent. ...
Feb 18, 2021 Allegan County COVID-19 free drive-thru tests are the Allegan Transportation building, 750 Airway Drive. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Safety activist: Bicyclist's death sad but 'not a suprise'
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The death of a 42-year-old man bicycling on Waverly Avenue Tuesday, Fe. 16, 2021, is sad and dismaying, but "entirely predictable," according to Holland resident Meika Weiss. (...
Feb 17, 2021 Pedal Holland logo
Deadlines loom for Allegan Co. Community Foundation scholarships
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Deadlines are looming for high-school students to apply for scholarships through the Allegan County Community Foundation. The foundation has many types of scholarships availabl...
Feb 17, 2021 Allegan County Community Foundation Scholarships logo
Car-bike fatal crash in Holland Twp.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 42-year-old man on a bike on Waverly Road was killed when hit by a car, just after 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The crash happened near the Eighth Street intersection, a...
Feb 17, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland planning commission meeting today, Feb. 16, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The City of Holland's planning commission is set to meet at 3 p.m. today, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, via Zoom. Today's meeting will focus on elements of hte Unified Development Or...
Feb 16, 2021 Holland residents lined up outside City Hall after 7 p.m. to vote on Nov. 3, 2020. Peg McNichol/Midwest Communication
