Category Archives: Local News
Ottawa County suspends walk-in services
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- To reduce the spread COVID-19, Ottawa County government offices are requiring appointments for services until further notice. Ottawa County has been balancing its respons...
Nov 16, 2020 Ottawa County, Michigan (image courtesy government of Ottawa County, Michigan)
Consumers Energy: Storm cut power to 76,000 customers
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Winds in excess of 50 mph have cut power to nearly 76,000 Consumers Energy customers since Sunday morning. Damage assessment and restoration is underway in response to th...
Nov 15, 2020 edkohler / CC
Governor could announce new shutdown measures tonight
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is expected to announce new shutdown measures for Michigan in a special press briefing at 6:00 p.m. Sunday. The Governor has reportedly been meetin...
Nov 15, 2020
High winds = power outages
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- High winds, with gusts to 60 mph are blowing across Allegan, Oceana, Van Buren, Mason, Muskegon and Ottawa counties, and some areas are seeing power outages. The National Weath...
Nov 15, 2020 Consumers Energy line workers. Courtesy, Consumers Energy
Shot Rings Out at North Side Event Center; Suspect Sought
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The search is on for a man who fired a shot that apparently ended a dispute on Saturday evening on Holland's North Side. Nobody was struck by the single gunshot at the ...
Nov 14, 2020 Law Enforcement Investiagtion (image © Midwest Communications, Inc. 2014)
COIVD-19 update for Ottawa, Allegan counties: Nov. 14, 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Health officials across the nation are appealing to people to limit their public exposure to COVID-19, especially between now and the end of the year, including the holidays, b...
Nov 14, 2020 Allegan County COVID-19 free drive-thru tests are the Allegan Transportation building, 750 Airway Drive. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Allendale Twp. phone store robbed
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a robbery that happened just before 4:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at the Verizon store, 6370 Lake Michigan Drive, ...
Nov 14, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Good things happening across the Lakeshore, Nov. 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, talks each Friday on WHTC about people and organizations making a difference. (Listen to the full interview.) Here are...
Nov 13, 2020 Patty Janes and volunteers of Michigan Cares for Tourism (MC4T). Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Holland Police Log, November 10 - 12, 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - 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 (61...
Nov 13, 2020
Saugatuck Schools' Conducting Moniker Search Online
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The next step in the process of rebranding Saugatuck Public Schools' athletics is underway. Through November 22nd, the district is conducting an online questionnaire, look...
Nov 12, 2020 FILE PHOTO: The image of an Indian Chief on the wall of Saugatuck High School. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
