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Free COVID-19 testing
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Ottawa County health officials will host a series of free COVID-19 drive-through tests. These tests are free and do not require a lab slip or doctors orders. Tuesdays 2 to 7 p.m...
Apr 12, 2021 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
Eastbound I-196 renovation underway
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Eastbound I-196 is closed over the Grand River on the east side of US-131 through July. Traffic is detoured to northbound US-131 to eastbound I-96. The first access point to ea...
Apr 12, 2021 Eastbound 1-196 renovations are underway and will continue through July. Courtesy, MDoT
Saugatuck Council to Consider "Floating Homes" Ordinance Tonight
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Among the items on the agenda for a scheduled business meeting set for tonight (Apr. 12, 2021), the Saugatuck City Council will apparently tackle a topic that has generate...
Apr 12, 2021 City of Saugatuck, Michigan (image courtesy City of Saugatuck)
Jenison Schools to Hold Superintendent Interviews Tonight, Wednesday
JENISON, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The process to fill a vacancy among school leaders in Ottawa County continues today Monday, April 12, 2021. The Jenison Board of Education holds the first of two interview s...
Apr 12, 2021 Jenison Public Schools (image courtesy Jenison Public Schools)
New Leader at Escape Ministries Settles Into Post
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The challenges are there for Todd Krygsheld. About six weeks ago (Mar. 1, 2021), he took over as the Executive Director of Escape Ministries, filling a position that had bee...
Apr 11, 2021 Todd Krysheld, Executive Director of Escape Ministries (photo courtesy Escape Ministries)
UPDATE: Fennville Woman Dies From Injuries in Grand Haven Area Crash
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 57-year-old Fennville woman succumbed to critical injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash south of Grand Haven on Friday, Apr. 9, 2021, morning. In an update rel...
Apr 10, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Mass shooting in Allendale Twp.
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- One of the four victims from Saturday morning's mass shooting at the Enclave Apartments in Allendale Township has been released from the hospital, according to Ottawa Cou...
Apr 10, 2021 Alan Cleaver / CC
Three Hurt as SUV Strikes Tree in West Olive
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Three persons from Holland were hospitalized after a single vehicle crash in West Olive on Friday (Apr. 9, 2021) afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant ...
Apr 9, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Free COVID-19 drive-thru tests Saturday
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- With Michigan residents experiencing a fourth surge of COVID-19, Ottawa County Health officials have several free drive-through testing events set up. These are rapid tests and...
Apr 9, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Good things on The Lakeshore, April 9, 2021
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Each week, Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks to WHTC's morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference in Allegan, Ot...
Apr 9, 2021 Hope College Professor and musician Jordan VanHemert. Courtesy The Lakeshore WM
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