Category Archives: Local News
Incident, Contest Spotlight Start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month Along Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 1, 2025) - An incident last week south of Jenison spotlights an issue that gets some annual national attention right now. On Monday, 49-year-old Michelle Matos-Colon was ...
Oct 01, 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2025 Theme Banner (image courtesy Domestic Violence Awareness Project)
JR Automation Receives State Grant for Zeeland Project
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 1, 2025) - As one long-time business anchor gets ready to close in Zeeland, another is about to take its place. JR Automation, which broke ground last month on a 210,000 ...
Oct 01, 2025 An artist's rendering of the planned new headquarters for JA Automation in Zeeland (image courtesy JA Automation)
One Killed, One Hospitalized Following Dawn Crash in Overisel
OVERISEL TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - One person is dead and one woman was hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash southeast of Holland just before dawn on Tuesday. Allegan County Sherif...
Sep 30, 2025 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Victim Identified, Wife Arraigned in Fatal Shooting Near Jenison
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - The 49-year-old suspect in a fatal shooting at an apartment complex south of Jenison last Thursday morning has now been formally charged. On Tuesday,...
Sep 30, 2025 Michelle Matos-Colon (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Office)
Hopkins Man Arraigned on Cock Fighting Charges
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - A 37-year-old Hopkins man has been charged on five felony counts stemming from the bust of a suspected cock fighting event this past July. Edin Dilson Rodas ...
Sep 30, 2025 Edin Dilson Rodas (photo courtesy Allegan Co. Sheriff's Office)
"Souptober" Arrives in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - One of three traditional fundraisers for the Allegan County Food Pantry Collaborative begins on Wednesday. Throughout the month of October, this arm of the A...
Sep 30, 2025 Allegan County Souptober 2025 Drive (image courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
Trans-Matic Founder Pat Thompson Passes Away
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - One of the leading businessmen in the Holland area will be remembered on Wednesday. A funeral mass is slated for 11 AM at St. Francis de Sales Church (171 W....
Sep 30, 2025 Patrick Thompson (photo courtesy Langeland-Sterenberg Funeral Homes)
Grandville Schools' Buses Return After Bomb Threat
GRANDVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - A school district whose boundaries go into the far eastern edge of Ottawa County will have busses running on Tuesday after a bomb threat was reported on M...
Sep 30, 2025 Grandville Public Schools (image courtesy Grandville Public Schools)
Accused in Standale Area Fatal Shooting Admits Guilt
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - A 20-year-old Jenison man has admitted shooting a 19-year-old man to death earlier this spring near Standale. Westen Meulenberg pleaded guilty on Monday ...
Sep 30, 2025 Westen Meulenberg (photo courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office)
Kleinjans, Moraitis Announce State Senate Aspirations
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 30, 2025) - The list of hopefuls to become new members of the Lakeshore's state legislative delegation is growing. On Monday, Paw Paw attorney Chris Moratis announced his pl...
Sep 30, 2025 Chris Kleinjans (L) and Chris Moraitis
