Category Archives: Local News
GVSU Approves $409 Million Budget for 2025-26
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 13, 2025) - Grand Valley State University has its spending plan in place for Academic 2026. The Board of Trustees of the Allendale-based institution for higher educatio...
Jul 13, 2025 A Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees meeting (file photo courtesy Grand Valley State University)
Zeeland Show & Shine Cruise, Show Slated for Weekend
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 11, 2025) - A time to remember when is in Zeeland this weekend. The annual Show & Shine Car Cruise & Show kicks off with a 6 PM promenade on Friday from Zeeland S...
Jul 11, 2025 The Zeeland Show & Shine show (file photo Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
Howard Miller Co. to Cease Manufacturing Operations
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 11, 2025) - A Zeeland business institution for nearly a century is closing its doors. Officials with Howard Miller announced on Thursday that it will end manufacturing op...
Jul 11, 2025 Howard Miller Co. (image courtesy Howard Miller)
Four From Lakeshore Tabbed for State Panels
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 11, 2025) - A number of individuals from the Lakeshore, or who have ties to the Lakeshore, were given gubernatorial appointments to state boards and commissions by Gretch...
Jul 11, 2025 Jim Bowen / CC
Traveling Veterans Tribute Wall Comes to Holland's North Side This Weekend
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 10, 2025) - It may have been six weeks since America paused to remember those who gave their lives for this country in military service, but honoring them is something ...
Jul 10, 2025 America's Freedom Tribute (image courtesy AVTT.org)
Another Fire at Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Facility in Holland Reported
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 10, 2025) - For the second time in less than four months, firefighters were needed to put out a blaze at a lithium-ion battery warehouse in Holland. Crews from numerous d...
Jul 10, 2025 Jul. 9, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations crews address a fire at ATC Drivetrain. (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Arrest Made as Probe Into Bogus Check Ring in Ottawa Co. Continues
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 10, 2025) - A 47-year-old Park Township man is in custody as Ottawa County Sheriff's detectives are looking into a counterfeit bank check ring. According to Captain Jak...
Jul 10, 2025 Alan Cleaver / CC
Proposed City Hall Renovations Among Items Before Saugatuck City Council in Wednesday Workshop
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2025) - No final decisions will be made on Wednesday, but the Saugatuck City Council will have plenty of matters to discuss during its 4 PM workshop. One of the issu...
Jul 09, 2025 Drawing of Saugatuck Village Hall (image courtesy City of Saugatuck, Michigan)
Regional Economy Showing Promise, Based on GVSU Report
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2025) - The regional economy is reflective of the current national economic uncertainty. That's a conclusion one could make from the most recent West Michigan Curren...
Jul 09, 2025 Dr. Brian Long, director of Supply Management Research at Grand Valley State University (photo courtesy Grand Valley State University)
Two Men Hurt in Small Plane Crash Near Jenison
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2025) - Two elderly men from Hudsonville were seriously injured when the plane they were in crashed upon takeoff from a small airport north of Jenison on Tuesd...
Jul 09, 2025 Plane crash reported (image © Midwest Communications)
