Category Archives: Local News
UPDATE: Holland Ice Park Unveiled
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 14, 2025) - Holland's newest attraction was unveiled on Friday.
Nov 14, 2025 An overhead view of the Holland Community Ice Park (photo courtesy City of Holland, Michigan)
Shop 'Til You Drop Kicks Off Downtown Holland Holiday Season
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 14, 2025) - With now less than six weeks before Christmas Day, the holiday shopping season begins for downtown Holland in earnest on Friday evening. The annual "Shop 'Til...
Nov 14, 2025 Shop 'Til You Drop (image courtesy Downtown Holland/Principal Shopping District)
58th District Court Implements Electronic Document Filing Policy
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 14, 2025) - There is a new way to do business with Ottawa County's 58th District Court. Beginning on Thursday, all litigants in civil cases heard at the courts in Holland...
Nov 14, 2025 Mar. 7, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; The 58th District Court/Holland Public Safety building off of W. 8th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Canvassers Certify Nov. 4 Election Results; Recount Slated in Holland's Third Ward Council Race
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 13, 2025) - Shortly after the results of the November 4th municipal General Election were certified by the Ottawa County Board of Canvassers on Wednesday came an expected...
Nov 13, 2025 Elections (image © Midwest Communications)
STR Update in Laketown, Park Townships
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 13, 2025) - There have been two separate developments on the issue of short term rentals along the Lakeshore. On Wednesday evening, the Laketown Township Board of Trustees ap...
Nov 13, 2025 valzan / Depositphotos.com
Youth Hit by SUV in SE Ottawa Co.
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 13, 2025) - A 12-year-old Hudsonville girl is expected to recover from non-life threatening injuries sustained after being hit by a SUV in Jamestown on Wednesday a...
Nov 13, 2025 A LIFE Ambulance crew attends to an Ottawa Co. crash. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
NTSB Concludes Probe Into July Plane Crash Near Jenison
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 13, 2025) - A probe into a small plane crash north of Jenison earlier this summer, which seriously injured two unnamed elderly men from Hudsonville, has been concluded. Th...
Nov 13, 2025 Plane crash reported (image © Midwest Communications)
Holland BPW to Stage Home Energy Expo Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 12, 2025) - Tips to help Holland Board of Public Works electricity customers save money as winter nears are spotlighted on Wednesday. From 12 Noon to 6 PM in the Heeringa...
Nov 12, 2025 Holland BPW Home Energy Expo (image courtesy Holland Board of Public Works)
Holland City Council to Get Updates on MAX Transit, Civic Center Operations Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 12, 2025) - The two newest members of the Holland City Council will be wading into municipal matters during this first week "on the job." At-Ward Council Member Abby Klom...
Nov 12, 2025 Sept. 19, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; MAX Transit fixed route buses preparing to leave the Padnos Transporation Center for their hourly runs. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
STR, Steps & Bus Service Before Laketown Twp. Board Tonight
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 12, 2025) - The issue of short term rentals highlight Wednesday evening's monthly Laketown Township Board of Trustees meeting agenda. The governing panel will consi...
Nov 12, 2025 Laketown Township Hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
