Category Archives: Local News
West Olive Crash Injures Two Drivers
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A two-vehicle crash in West Olive late on Saturday morning injured both drivers involved. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Matthew Wildfong, a pickup truck w...
Sep 12, 2020 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Local Non-Profits Garner $65,000 in Grants
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) - Two non-profits in West Michigan are in line for grants announced on Wednesday. The Wells Fargo Foundation has awarded Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity with a $15,000 grant that w...
Sep 09, 2020 Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity (image courtesy Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity)
Seventh COVID-19 death reported by Allegan Co.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Health officials have acknowledged the death of a seventh resident from COVID-19. so far, 600 residents have been diagnosed with the virus and 26,072 residents h...
Sep 09, 2020 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
Upton Co-Sponsors Small Business Tax Credit Bill
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM) - While a new stimulus bill may be a political sticking point on Capitol Hill, help for small businesses who had to made adjustments in how they conduct business may be forthco...
Sep 09, 2020 FILE PHOTO: US House Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) answers a question during an appearance at the studios of WHTC Radio in Holland, MI. Gary Stevens,/Midwest Communications
Florida woman ticketed for causing Olive Township crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 66-year-old Fernandina Beach, FL, woman was ticketed after causing a crash on northbound 120th Avenue, in Olive Township, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Ha...
Sep 08, 2020 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
Search for drowned man continues near South Haven
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Divers from the Van Buren Sheriff's Office, Allegan County Sheriff's Office, and South Haven Area Emergency Services searched along the South Pier on the Lake Michigan side for...
Sep 08, 2020
Zeeland City Council meeting today: Sept. 8, 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Zeeland City Council is set to meet, starting at 6:30 p.m. for a study session today, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020; and again at 7 p.m. for a business session. Some members of counci...
Sep 08, 2020
Fireworks over, for now
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- If you didn't light up any of your personal fireworks collection over Labor Day weekend, you'll have to wait until the end of this year. Mike Trethewey, Holland city councilman...
Sep 08, 2020 Chris / CC
Two hurt in Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Two people were hospitalized after an early morning crash Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, near the intersection of 48th Avenue and Barry Street in Georgetown Township. Police learned a ...
Sep 08, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Shelbyville man unscathed in rollover crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 24-year-old Shelbyville man escaped injured when the farm semi-tractor trailer loaded with radishes he was driving had a rollover crash on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Ottawa Count...
Sep 08, 2020 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
