Category Archives: Local News
Ottawa, Allegan counties' continued COVID-19 surge
HOLLLND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- With the death of former Hope College President Gordon Van Wylen, 100, on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, from COVID-19, Ottawa County has reached a death toll of 84 people since mid-M...
Nov 06, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
COVID-19 claims former Hope College President Gordon Van Wylen, 100
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Gordon Van Wylen of Holland, former Hope College president, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. He was 100, and had what his family called "a determined fight with COVID-19." Mr...
Nov 05, 2020 One of Holland's green spaces is named for former Hope College President Gordon Van Wylen. He died on Nov. 5, 2020, after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Kevin Oswald/MWC Radio
Arrest in Holland Twp. beating death
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- After a five-week investigation into the beating death of Holland Township resident Juan Villarreal, 32, Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives arrested a Jeremy Taylor, 38, ...
Nov 05, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
SpartanNash: Veterans Day discounts for military, veterans
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- SpartanNash will honor current military service members and veterans of the Armed Forces this Veterans Day by offering an 11 percent discount on all eligible products in ...
Nov 05, 2020 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Motorcycle lesson leads to crash
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 50-year-old Holland woman trying to learn how to drive a motorcycle landed in the hospital after a crash, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities. Police say s...
Nov 05, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Armed robbery in Allendale Township
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives are investigating an armed robbery in the driveway of an Allendale Township home, near 64th Avenue and Fillmore Street. It happened jus...
Nov 05, 2020 Police Investigation (Shutterstock image licensed to Midwest Communications)
Roebuck: "A Very Busy Day" on Election Day
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - All things considered, Tuesday's election ran smoothly, according to Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck. He said during a Wednesday appearance on "WHTC...
Nov 04, 2020 Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck (photo courtesy Ottawa County)
Ottawa County Election Results
GRAND HAVEN, MI - Here are the unofficial Nov. 3, 2020 Election numbers from the office of Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck: As of 9:06 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4: 169,405 ballots w...
Nov 04, 2020 Elections (image © Midwest Communications)
Voters turn out for Election 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Esther Fifelski, the City of Holland's human/international relations director, joined dozens of other workers at Holland City Hall making sure the 2020 election moved along as ...
Nov 04, 2020 Holland residents lined up outside City Hall after 7 p.m. to vote on Nov. 3, 2020. Peg McNichol/Midwest Communication
Allegan Co. election results
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is being updated as results become available. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - Just after midnight, Allegan County's elections officials posted the sixth iteration of election results ...
Nov 04, 2020 Elections (image © Midwest Communications)
