Category Archives: Local News
"Yes" the Word of Election Day Along Lakeshore
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - Voters were in an approving mood along the Lakeshore on Tuesday, as all 12 proposals on the May 4, 2021 ballot involving Allegan & Ottawa county-based schools and municipal ...
May 4, 2021 May 4, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (center) talks with a City of Holland staffer in front of an absentee ballot drop box outside of Holland City Hall while Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck (right) looks on during an Election Day appearance. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Plainwell woman faces child porn charges
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Sheriff's Computer Crimes officials issued an internet safety alert yesterday when announcing an arrest of a 27-year-old Plainwell woman, Allie May Teed, and cha...
May 4, 2021 Plainwell resident Allie May Teed. Courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Office
Holland man sentenced for secret-camera use
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 38-year-old Holland man, Chad Nicholas Overbeek, has been sentenced to five years' probation after pleading no contest to capturing and distributing images of an unclothed pe...
May 4, 2021 Chad Michael Overbeek. Allegan County Sheriff's Office
Limited Election Day Along Lakeshore Today
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - Voters will be asked to go to the polls in several Ottawa & Allegan County communities today (May 4, 2021). Ballot proposals will be before electors living in the Holland, W...
May 4, 2021 Holland residents lined up outside City Hall after 7 p.m. to vote on Nov. 3, 2020. Peg McNichol/Midwest Communication
Two Hurt in Ferrysburg Crash
FERRYSBURG, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Both motorists were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Ferrysburg late on Monday (May 3, 2021) morning. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Christopher Dill, fir...
May 3, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland Museum to Pay Tribute to Late Supporter During Tulip Time
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Holland Museum has a special gift for those who stop by during the Tulip Time Festival. For a limited time, those coming to the old Holland Post Office building off of 1...
May 3, 2021 Holland Museum (photo courtesy Holland Museum)
State Lawmakers Arrested for Drunken Driving Should Face Legislative Discipline, Says Lakeshore House Rep.
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - With two members of the state House facing drunken driving charges in separate incidents last month, there are some who question whether they should continue to serve as leg...
May 3, 2021 Jim Bowen / CC
Shots ring out in Ottawa County
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives and deputies are investigating three weapons-related complaints. All happened between 1:21 and 3:46 a.m. on Sunday, May 2, 2021. No physical ...
May 2, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Holland man seriously hurt in Jamestown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 22-year-old Holland man was rushed to Spectrum Health after a single-vehicle crash on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Knott, in an email to media...
May 2, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Update: Holland Heights house fire
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 255 Orlando Avenue in Holland, then responded to two more fires, according to Holland Fire Capt. Chris Tinney. No injur...
May 1, 2021 Holland firefighters responded to an attic fire at 255 Orlando Ave. on May 1, 2021. Kevin Oswald/MWC Radio
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