Category Archives: Local News
Holland Police Log October 27-28, 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...
Oct 29, 2020
Protecting voting rights at Ottawa County Jail
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- If you're having the worst day of your life -- or dealing with a county jail sentence after the worst day of your life -- you can still cast a ballot in Ottawa County. Ottawa C...
Oct 29, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Kempker (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Zeeland East, West high schools close
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A COVID-19 outbreak will temporarily shutter Zeeland East and West high schools, and put those students on remote learning plans Nov. 2-6, 2020, Zeeland Public School officials...
Oct 28, 2020 Zeeland Public Schools message, Oct. 28, 2020
CSX railroad work set for Georgetown Twp.
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) - Port Sheldon Street, west of M-121/Chicago Drive, is set to close Nov. 3, 2020 for CSX railroad-crossing repairs, according to a note from the Ottawa County Road Commissio...
Oct 28, 2020
Hope College wind ensemble annual Halloween concert set for Oct. 31, 2020
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Hope College wind ensemble will present its annual Halloween concert on at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, as a live-streamed event at hope.edu/live. No in-person a...
Oct 28, 2020 Siaron James / CC
Holland Police Log October 27-28, 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...
Oct 28, 2020
One hurt in Zeeland crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a two car injury crash at I-196 at Homestead at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 in Zeeland. Police learned a 36-year-old ...
Oct 28, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Two hurt in Tallmadge Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- An early morning crash on the Lake Michigan Drive bridge over the Grand River left two people with injuries, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's a...
Oct 28, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Missing Robinson Twp. man found
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A missing Robinson Township man, Steve Cain, 71, has been found, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities. Police issued an alert based on a family member's report that...
Oct 28, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's authorities say a missing Robinson Township man, Steve Cain, 71, was found safe in the Upper Peninsula late Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, after a minor traffic crash. Courtesy, Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Office
Holland Hospital limits visitors; 73rd COVID-19 death in Ottawa Co.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 73rd death from COVID-19 has been reported in Ottawa County, with 1,642 people now diagnosed with the virus. That's an increase of more than 250 over Monday's total number of...
Oct 27, 2020 This detail from the Allegan County COVID-19 dashboard illustrates the surge in people being diagnosed with the virus. Graphic illustration by Peg McNichol
