Category Archives: Local News

Two Motorists Hurt in Crash West of Zeeland
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Two motorists were hospitalized in a two-vehicle crash on Saturday morning just west of the Zeeland city limits. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Christie ...
Gary Stevens Dec 12, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Holland Police Log December 10-11, 2020
Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call (616) 355-1100 during norm...
Patty Vandenberg Dec 11, 2020

Shopping Jam, 12 Days of Christmas Promotions in Place
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The incentives are in place for shoppers to make downtown Holland retailers a destination over the next week. Beginning tomorrow, the annual "Shopping Jam" has over 40 shops...
Gary Stevens Dec 11, 2020 Shopping Jam 2020 Banner (image courtesy Downtown Holland, Principal Shopping District)

Holland Firefighters Respond to Basement Fire
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Nobody was hurt after a fire at a Holland's South Side residence on Thursday night. According to Captain of Fire Services Chris Tinney of the Holland Department of Public Sa...
Gary Stevens Dec 11, 2020 A Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Rescue Truck (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)

Rep. Upton's statement on FDA-Pfizer vaccine decision
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- After an FDA advisory committee recommended Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine receive emergency use authorization, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) issued the following statement, e...
Peg McNichol Dec 10, 2020 FDA logo. Courtesy, FDA

UPDATE: Two killed in string of US-131 crashes
SHELBYVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - At least two people died during three separate traffic crashes along a stretch of US-131 on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2020. The first crash occurred just before noon near the 1...
Gary Stevens Dec 10, 2020

Two Hurt in Ferrysburg US-31 Pileup
FERRYSBURG, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Two Muskegon women were injured in a four-vehicle pileup near the US-31 drawbridge that spans the Grand River on Thursday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
Gary Stevens Dec 10, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Holland Police Log December 9-10, 2020
Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call (616) 355-1100 during norm...
Patty Vandenberg Dec 10, 2020

Two hurt in Jamestown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Jamestown Township traffic crash on Eighth Avenue near Quincy Street injured two Byron Center residents. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies learned that a 38-year-old Grandvill...
Peg McNichol Dec 10, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Maxine DeBruyn, founder of Hope College's dance program, dead at 83
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a breaking-news story and will be updated. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The people who knew and loved her best simply called her Max. Maxine DeBruyn "matriarch and founder of the Hop...
Peg McNichol Dec 10, 2020 Maxine DeBruyn, Dorothy Wiley DeLong Professor Emerita of Dance at Hope College. Courtesy, Hope College
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