Category Archives: Local News
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)
Zeeland Schools Pull Back to Virtual Learning Through Thanksgiving
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A Lakeshore school district won't be seeing its students in person until the end of the month. On Wednesday, Zeeland Public Schools notified parents, guardians and the commu...
Nov 12, 2020 Zeeland Public Schools (image courtesy Zeeland Public Schools)
Spectrum Health sets limits during latest COVID-19 surge
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) - How bad is this COVID-19 surge in West Michigan? Spectrum Health, which operates 14 hospitals and a chain of urgent-care centers between Ludington and Niles, will hit capacity i...
Nov 12, 2020
Herman Miller and CFHZ partner for COVID-19 response
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) - Herman Miller and the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area (CFHZ) have partnered to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and help area resident. In October, Herman M...
Nov 11, 2020 Community Foundation of the Holland Zeeland Area logo.
Free drive-thru flu shots for children in Ottawa Co., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Department of Public Health will host a free drive-through flu vaccine event for for children from 9:30 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at ...
Nov 11, 2020 Ottawa County flu graphic. Courtesy, Ottawa County Department of Public Health
Holland parking ban for Nov. 23-24, 2020
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- City of Holland officials announced that parking will be banned on both sides of Harrison Avenue, between 13th and 14th streets, from daybreak Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, thro...
Nov 11, 2020 bixentro / CC
ATV crash injures 6-year-old girl
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) - A six-year-old girl went by ambulance to a hospital for treatment of injuries after being thrown from the ATV she was driving. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies were called...
Nov 11, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Dorr man seriously hurt in Jamestown Twp. crash
PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 30-year-old Dorr resident suffered serious injuries in a Jamestown Township crash, just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies learned a ...
Nov 11, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
COVID-19 free drive-thru tests location change, Tues. Nov. 10, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/michguard/videos/2820609734731968/UzpfSTE3MDA1MDc0MzA1NTc5MzozMzgwMDkyMTcyMDUxNjE4/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery PRESS RELEASE (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Hea...
Nov 10, 2020 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
SS Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy, remembered 45 years later
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- On this day, 45 years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a wicked gale into Lake Superior, 17 miles off Whitefish Point, killing all 29 aboard: Michael Armagost, Frederi...
Nov 10, 2020 rjp / CC
