Category Archives: Local News
Tax Day is today
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- If you've held off on filing your state and federal tax paperwork, today is the day to get it done or file for an extension. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 17, 2021. Le...
May 17, 2021 Michigan, U.S. flags. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Zeeland City council meets today
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Zeeland City council is set to meet at 6 p.m. today, Monday, May 17, 2021, at City Hall, 21. S. Elm St. A public hearing is set for 7:10 p.m. on the city's application for a co...
May 17, 2021 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Hope College Stages Commencement; Fallen Instructor Given H.O.P.E. Honor
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Hope College held its Commencement ceremonies for the graduating class of 2021 on Sunday (May 16, 2021). In two separate sessions at Ray & Sue Smith Stadium, a limited n...
May 16, 2021 Hope College Professor Jennifer Hampton, chair of Hope's physics department, was killed in a traffic crash on March 14, 2021. Courtesy, Hope College
US-31 Crash in West Olive Hospitalizes Holland Man
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A two-vehicle crash in West Olive on Saturday night, May 15, 2021, hospitalized a 54-year-old Holland man. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Christopher Dill,...
May 15, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Motorist Critically Hurt in North Side Crash
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 21-year-old man was critically injured on Saturday afternoon, May 15, 2021, in a two-vehicle crash in Holland Township. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant ...
May 15, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland's 2021 Saturday farmers market starts today
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland's summer farmers market Saturdays start today. The market is at the Civic Center Place, on Eighth Street, between Pine and Maple avenues. This year the market has at le...
May 15, 2021 Holland Farmers Market Logo
Youth killed by pellet gun in accidental shooting
BLENDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A four-year-old child suffered a fatal wound by what authorities initially believe was an accidental shot from a pellet gun at a central Ottawa County residence on Frid...
May 15, 2021 An ambulance arrived at the scene (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UM Innocence Clinic takes on Boes murder case
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School has taken up the case of former Zeeland resident Karen Sue Boes. She was convicted of killing her 14-year...
May 14, 2021
Good things on the Lakeshore for May 14, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks each week with WHTC news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference in West Michigan. Here ...
May 14, 2021 ODC received funding for the launch of Project 180, a new nature-based summer education program. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
High fire danger in the state
LANSING, MI - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is calling on people to be careful this weekend with campfires, debris burning, and other activities. There is a high fire danger in the stat...
May 14, 2021
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