Category Archives: Local News

Republican House divided over Jan. 6 Commission vote
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, a St. Joseph Republican, and Rep. Peter Meijer of Grand Rapids, broke with party leadership to vote for the creation of a Jan. 6 Commission to investigate...
Peg McNichol May 20, 2021 Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) speaks during a marathon House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on a potential replacement for the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Seven Finalists Selected for Filling Impending Holland School Chief Vacancy
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The finalists for the last remaining school chief opening along the Lakeshore have been determined. During a Tuesday (May 18, 2021) evening workshop, Holland Board of Educat...
Gary Stevens May 19, 2021 Dr. Brian Davis, superintendent of Holland Public Schools, addresses a meeting of the Holland Board of Education in this file photo taken prior to the COVID 19 outbreak. (photo courtesy Holland Public Schools)

Suspect arrested in hit-run death of Melissa Yates
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate rank of Capt. Mark Bennett. His son is Sgt. Brad Bennett. We regret the error. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Sebastian Abel Villarreal, 24,...
Peg McNichol May 19, 2021 Sebastian Abel Villarreal. Ottawa County Sheriff's Office

Crowdfunding Campaign Underway to Build Playground at Window on the Waterfront
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There is an online effort to make the dream of a play-and-learn nature park in Holland a reality. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Outdoor Discovery Cen...
Gary Stevens May 19, 2021 An artist's rendering of the proposed WOW Nature Play Park in Holland's Window on the Waterfront. (Rendering courtesy of the ODC Network/MEDC)

Upton May be Leaning Toward Creating Independent Jan. 6 Investigative Commission
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) - It looks as if Fred Upton may go against his fellow Republicans in the US House again. On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the House is scheduled to vote on a proposal to create a co...
Gary Stevens May 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph. in blue shirt on left) listens as fellow Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Denver) testifies in a hearing during the 21st Century Cures Act debate in 2016. (photo courtesy office of US House Rep. Fred Upton)

Allegan County health officials push vaccines
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Health officials are appealing to people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. County efforts to make it easier include pop-up clinics, a mobile unit and social-me...
Peg McNichol May 19, 2021 Allegan County graphic on vaccination rates as of May 18, 2021. Allegan County

Police share alert for missing Nunica man
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Police are looking for a missing and possibly endangered man, 34-year-old Jaren Juntunen. He went missing from the Harbor Point Adult Foster Care, 17160 130th Ave., in Nunica O...
Peg McNichol May 19, 2021 Jaren Juntunen. Courtesy, Ottawa County Sheriff's Office

Grand Haven water emergency
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Marine patrol responders were called early this morning, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, to a Grand Haven's piers on the report that a man had gone into the water. It's unclear if he fe...
Peg McNichol May 18, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff Marine Division. File photo

Applications Accepted for Downtown Holland Street Performer Series Acts
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Another sign of things returning to some sense of normalcy in downtown Holland is the return of the weekly Street Performer Series. Cancelled last year as a casualty of the ...
Gary Stevens May 18, 2021 Holland Street Performer Series (image courtesy Downtown Holland)

West Ottawa Breaks Ground on New Stadium at High School
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A tangible symbol of a $98 million school bond proposal that passed a couple of years ago was on display on Monday evening (May 17, 2021). Officials of West Ottawa Public ...
Gary Stevens May 17, 2021 May 17, 2021; Park Township, MI, USA; coaches and athletes from West Ottawa High (left), along with West Ottawa Superintendent Tim Bearden (right of sign) and members of the West Ottawa School Board, participate in a ceremonial ground breaking of a new athletics complex on the West Ottawa High School campus. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Sat Oct 31
Holland, MI, USA
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