Category Archives: Local News
Tulip Time Festival Unveils Planned Dutch Winterfest
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 3, 2025) - Could there be room for another holiday event along the Lakeshore? Those behind the Tulip Time Festival hope so. On Wednesday, Executive Director Gwen Auwerda...
Sep 03, 2025 A scene from the 2024 Sinterklaas Shuffle (Elisabeth Marie Photography image courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Laketown Twp. Board Votes to Offer Fox a Managerial Contract
YouTube video courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 3, 2025) - Despite some questions about her background as a former Ionia County Administrator, Stephanie Fox is ...
Sep 03, 2025
Otsego Playground Torched, Suspects Sought
OTSEGO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 3, 2025) - The search is on for whoever torched part of a wooden playground in Otsego during the overnight hours on Tuesday. Police officers and firefighters were dispatc...
Sep 03, 2025 Sept. 2, 2025; Otsego, MI, USA; Photos of a playground fire & it's aftermath at Northside Park. (images courtesy City of Otsego Fire Department)
Downtown Parking Changes and More on Tuesday's Zeeland City Council Meeting Agenda
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2025) - Some tweaks to Zeeland's new downtown parking setup could be made during Tuesday night's biweekly City Council meeting, The governing panel will be asked to v...
Sep 01, 2025 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Laketown Twp. Board to Interview Fox Again for Managerial Position
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2025) - A decision on a new manager could come on Tuesday night in Laketown Township. The Board of Trustees has a special 6 PM meeting slated for the Township H...
Sep 01, 2025 Stephanie Fox was chosen as the only finalist to be interviewed for the position of Laketown Township manager. The interview is 6 p.m. Monday, July 21, 2025, at the township hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Twp., MI)
Labor Day Truck Parade/Ice Cream Social a Monday Success
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2025) - A tradition which goes back two decades to close out the summer vacation season along the Lakeshore returned on Monday. The 19th Labor Day Truck Parade and Ic...
Sep 01, 2025 Image from the 2022 Labor Day Truck Parade in Holland (photo Brent Alan-Midwest Communications)
Hudsonville Man Hits Accelerator Instead of Brake, SUV Smashes Into Townhome
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 31, 2025) - A 39-year-old Hudsonville man and his two boys, aged eight and seven, escaped injuries after their SUV slammed into a residence while attempting to pa...
Aug 31, 2025 May 30, 2024; Olive Twp., MI, USA; An Ottawa County Sheriff's Department's Supervisor vehicle at the Ottawa County Family Justice Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
One Killed, Two Wounded in Violent Domestic Dispute at Holland Twp. Residence
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 30, 2025) - A Thursday evening domestic dispute that turned violent inside a mobile home on Holland's North Side has led to the death of one man and the wounding of ...
Aug 30, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
UPDATE: One Dies After Standale-Area Crash
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 30, 2025) - One of four persons who were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash west of Standale on Wednesday evening has lost his life. No names have been dis...
Aug 30, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland Man Sentenced in Federal Child Porn Case
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 28, 2025) - A 25-year-old Holland man could spend the next 25 years of his life in a federal prison. Darian Howard was handed that sentence on Wednesday at US Distri...
Aug 28, 2025 PRSA-NY / CC
