Category Archives: Local News
Five Hope Professors to Retire
HOLLAND, MI (PRESS RELEASE) – A total of five long-time members of the Hope College faculty are retiring this year. This year's retirees are Dr. Isolde Anderson, professor of communication; Jean...
Apr 8, 2020
Local economist admittedly pessimistic due to COVID 19
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The West Michigan economy is “a train wreck in slow motion.” That’s according to Dr. Brian Long, the Director of Supply Chain Management Research a...
Apr 8, 2020
Slagh: Limiting Governor's Emergency Powers a "Wise" Decision
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Tuesday’s vote by the Legislature to not give Governor Whitmer a 70-day extension of Emergency Powers during the COVID 19 situation is more of having a say ...
Apr 8, 2020
WATCH: Ottawa Co. Clerk "Confident" of Holding All-Mail Election
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Could Michigan go through what Wisconsin went through on Tuesday? The Badger State went ahead with an election as scheduled after that state’s Supreme Court b...
Apr 8, 2020
Holland Police April 7-8, 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, ca...
Apr 8, 2020
Holland sports courts, playgrounds closed during pandemic
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Holland Mayor Nathan Bocks, who declared a state of emergency for the city last week — in light of the COVID-19 pandemic — announced Tuesday, April 7, 2020, th...
Apr 7, 2020
Statewide traffic-crash fatalities down; crash survivor honored
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Eleven people died on Michigan roads over the last week, according to a Michigan State Police email to media on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Since Jan. 1, police have document ...
Apr 7, 2020
Holland Police April 6-7, 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, ca...
Apr 7, 2020
TODAY: Upton to host telephone town hall, Tuesday, April 7, 2020
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, will host a telphone hall meeting on the coronavirus on at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Upton will be joined by Berrien County She...
Apr 7, 2020
Ottawa County emergency manager asks for PPE donations
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Ottawa County Emergency Operations Manager Nick Bonstell is requesting donations for first responders. “We’re going to use those to protect our responders for ...
Apr 7, 2020
