Category Archives: Local News
Medical Condition Causes Crash Near GVSU Campus
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 34-year-old Grand Rapids man was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash on Thursday morning at the northern edge of Grand Valley State University's main campus n...
Sep 03, 2020 Paul Long / CC
Final Phase in 16th Street Redo Ahead
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The final phase in the reconstruction of one of Holland's main east-west thoroughfares is coming. The third of three steps in renovating 16th Street from Kollen Park Drive t...
Sep 03, 2020 Road construction update (image © Midwest Communications0
Beach hazards in effect through Friday, Sept. 4, 2020
A beach hazards statement remains in effect through 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, and a flood advisory is in effect from 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2020, through 5 a.m. Friday, including Allega...
Sep 03, 2020
Free drive-thru COVID-19 tests in Wayland, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County Health officials have set up a free drive-through COVID-19 testing at 1134 W Superior St., Wayland, set for 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 The test dete...
Sep 03, 2020 Ottawa County drive-thru testing event. File photo WHTC Peg McNichol
Classes Begin at Two More Lakeshore School Districts
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Two more local public school districts began classes on Tuesday. Students had in-person instruction in the West Ottawa and Zeeland districts, joining Holland and Hamilton, w...
Sep 01, 2020 Sept. 1, 2020, Zeeland, MI, USA; Woodbridge Elementary School on the first day of classes for the 2020-21 school year. Mandatory Credit: Cal DeKuiper-Zeeland Public Schools (courtesy photo)
Zeeland to Celebrate National Good Neighbor Day
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - In this day and age of community tensions, National Good Neighbor Day couldn't have come at a better time. Set for September 28th, it's a time for communities to encourage s...
Sep 01, 2020 National Good Neighbor Day (image courtesy National Good Neighbor Day)
Ottawa Co. Sheriff's officials warn of phone scam
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Ottawa County Sheriff's officials issued a warning late yesterday of a phone scam that's scaring people and costing some money. Police are investigating a spate of calls during...
Sep 01, 2020 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Two Hurt in Sunday Evening Crash
ROBINSON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Two passengers were injured in a two-vehicle crash between Allendale and Grand Haven on Sunday evening. No names were disclosed by Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Mic...
Aug 31, 2020 Crash under investigation (Midwest Communications, Inc. image)
U-Dayton Student from Holland Killed in Bicycle Crash
DAYTON, OH (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 21-year-old Holland woman, attending school at the University of Dayton, passed away over the weekend. In an email sent to parents of UD students on Sunday afternoon, schoo...
Aug 30, 2020 A community mourns. (Shutterstock image used by permission)
South Haven Crews Respond to Rescue Effort in Lake Michigan
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - It was a pleasant Saturday afternoon weather-wise on the shores of Lake Michigan at South Haven, but it wasn't a nice day to be in the waters of Lake Michigan there. Red...
Aug 29, 2020 Aug. 29, 2020; South Haven, MI, USA; A first responder from South Have Area Emergency Services is assisted by citizens in getting a man out of the waters of Lake Michigan at South Beach. Mandatory Credit: Tom Renner-South Haven Area Emergency Services (contributed photo)
