Category Archives: Local News
Local Schools Ready for the Worst in COVID 19 Outbreak?
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - As fears of the worst during the COVID 19 outbreak grow, are local school districts ready for a return to "stay home, stay safe" that began eight months ago on Tuesday? Dr...
Nov 10, 2020 Dr. Tim Travis, Superintendent of Saugatuck Public Schools (photo courtesy Saugatuck Public Schools)
Good things from The Lakeshore Nov. 6-13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Shandra Martinez, managing editor of The Lakeshore, continues her regular visit with WHTC, talking about about people and organizations making a difference. (Listen to he...
Nov 10, 2020 Studying at Holland's Boys & Girls Club. Courtesy, The Lakeshore
Children's Assessment Center fundraiser begins Nov. 9, 2020
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County's Children's Assessment Center's annual Catching Dreams for Kids Fundraiser begins today as a virtual event, and continues throughout the week until 3 p.m. ...
Nov 09, 2020 Ottawa Co. Children's Advocacy Center logo
Zeeland City Council meets today, Nov. 9, 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Zeeland City Council is set to meet for a study session, followed by a work session, starting at 5:30 p.m. today, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. This meeting will be at the Howard Mille...
Nov 09, 2020
Holland Police log, Oct. 30 -- Nov. 4, 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 09, 2020
Seat Belt Enforcement Priority Emphasis of Holiday Road Patrols
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - It may be a fortnight before the Thanksgiving Day holiday, but extra patrols of those in brown or blue statewide got underway on Monday. Seat belt enforcement will be the pr...
Nov 09, 2020 Click It or Ticket (image courtesy Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning)
COVID-19 continues rising; free drive-thru tests
HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) -- Eighty-eight Ottawa County residents have now died from COVID-19 since mid-March. Currently, nearly 3,500 people have the virus. County officials say contact tracers are so ove...
Nov 09, 2020 Allegan County COVID-19 free drive-thru tests are the Allegan Transportation building, 750 Airway Drive. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Holland police investigate shooting
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 26-year-old man was shot at 5:54 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, while walking on Maple Avenue, between 18th and 19th streets, according to an HDPS statement emailed to media. The...
Nov 08, 2020
UPDATE: Suspect arraigned, victim identified in fatal Allegan area shooting
MONTEREY TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A suspect has been arraigned following a fatal Monday night shooting north of Allegan. According to a statement released by the Allegan County Sheriff's Department, de...
Nov 06, 2020 Nolan Woodsworth (photo courtesy Allegan County Sheriff's Dept.
Brandished gun leads to felonious assault charge
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Two men were arrested Friday morning after a gun incident at a Riley Street gas station in Ottawa County. No injuries were reported. Sheriff's authorities said, in a statement ...
Nov 06, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
