Category Archives: Local News
Train-semi-tractor trailer crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies and Zeeland-area emergency responders were called to the scene of a train-vehicle crash just before 6:45 a.m. Monday, April 4, 2021. the crash ...
Apr 5, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
West Olive man dies in single-vehicle crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 30-year-old West Olive man died in a single-vehicle crash early Easter morning, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Nicholas Knott. Deputies, dispatched at 3:28 a.m. Su...
Apr 4, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Minneapolis Trial Revives Discussion of Police Techniques
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As the trial of the now-former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd last Memorial Day continues, the issue of how law enforcement handles suspe...
Apr 4, 2021 Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Kempker (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Woman Hurt in Motorcycle Training Crash
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 31-year-old Grand Rapids woman, learning how to drive a motorcycle, received a painful lesson from a Saturday (Apr. 3, 2021) morning crash in Hudsonville. According to...
Apr 3, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Trucker Hospitalized in Grand Haven Area Crash
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 39-year-old trucker hauling sugar was hospitalized following a crash south of Grand Haven overnight on Saturday (Apr. 3, 2021). According to Ottawa County Sheriff...
Apr 3, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Tourism Leader Expresses Concern About Another COVID 19 Spike
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As Easter weekend arrives, with Spring Break for youth following, concerns about a spike in COVID 19 cases across Michigan are rising. For tourism industry officials such as...
Apr 2, 2021 Pure Michigan Vice President Dave Lorenz at the WHTC Studios in Holland, MI in this 2018 file photo. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Good Things on the Lakeshore, week of April 2, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore talks each week to WHTC morning news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference. Here are some of...
Apr 2, 2021 Joel Schoon-Tanis. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Remembering the deadly 1956 Hudsonville tornado
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Today marks 65 years since the start of a two-day tornado outbreak that caused the deaths of 17 Michigan residents, 13 in Hudsonville, and hundreds of injuries. The tornado cut ...
Apr 2, 2021
UPDATE: Holland house fire, April 1, 2021
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A suspected electrical fire caused approximately $50,000 in damage at a two-family home, 297 w. 22nd St. in Holland, according to Holland Fire Capt. Chris Tinney. No residents ...
Apr 1, 2021 Holland fire at 297 W. 22nd Street on April 1, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Holland man hurt in Holland Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHCT-AM/FM) -- An 81-year-old man suffered minor injuries in a Holland Township crash just before 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2021, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Brad Bennett. ...
Apr 1, 2021 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
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