Category Archives: Local News
Presumed drowning at South Haven beach
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- An 18-year-old Jackson man may have drowned in Lake Michigan near South Haven's South Beach Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. The search for his body has been suspended, and South Beach i...
Sep 06, 2020
Grand Haven woman hurt in car-bike crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A Port Sheldown Township car-bike crash sent a 66-year-old Grand Haven woman to the Holland Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries just after 9:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, 20...
Sep 06, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Grandville woman hurt in Georgetown Twp. crash
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- A 71-year-old Grandville woman was hospitalized after a two-car crash in Georgetown Township just after 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, according to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sg...
Sep 06, 2020
Three Rescued From Lake Michigan Waters at South Haven
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The words from a statement by South Haven Police Chief Natalie Thompson said it best on Saturday: "Lake Michigan nearly claimed three souls today." Members of South Have...
Sep 05, 2020 Aug. 29, 2020; South Haven, MI, USA; The waters of Lake Michigan as seen from South Beach, with a red warning flag flying. Mandatory Credit: Tom Renner-South Haven Area Emergency Services (contributed photo)
Eight Hospitalized in Two-Vehicle Crash South of Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A two-vehicle crash hospitalized eight persons south of Grand Haven on Saturday evening. No names were disclosed by Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Christopher Dil...
Sep 05, 2020 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
September is suicide-prevention awareness month
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared Sept. 6-12, 2020 Suicide Prevention Week. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in both Michigan and the nation, and a top five leading...
Sep 04, 2020 ConstructionDealMkting / CC
Holland Police Log September 2-4, 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...
Sep 04, 2020
Labor Day Truck Parade Organizers Pledge Return in 2021
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The sounds of big rigs rolling through the downtown districts of Zeeland and Holland won't be heard this coming Monday. The Labor Day Truck Parade, which became a popular an...
Sep 04, 2020 A truck participating in the 2014 Holland Zeeland Community Labor Day Truck Parade in this file photo. (photo Brent Alan, Midwest Communications)
Holland Police investigate drive-by shooting
EDITOR'S NOTE: WHTC news anchor Peg McNichol witnessed this incident and was interviewed by police. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- In a Holland neighborhood where firecrackers are more commonly heard, gunsho...
Sep 04, 2020
Two Youths Hurt in Lake Michigan Waters
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A rescue operation in the waters of Lake Michigan near South Haven's South Beach was conducted on Thursday afternoon. South Haven Area Emergency Services personnel were ...
Sep 03, 2020 Sept. 3, 2020; South Haven, MI, USA; The waters of Lake Michigan crash against the pier and lighthouse, as seen from South Beach. Mandatory Credit: Tom Renner-South Haven Area Emergency Services (contributed photo)
