Category Archives: Local News
West Coast Chamber to Move to Next Center
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 30, 2025) - The hub of business attraction and support in Holland will be in one place next year. On Friday, the Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce announced the pur...
Jun 30, 2025 The Next Center in Holland, MI (photo courtesy Lakeshore Advantage)
Two Hospitalized After UTV Crash Near Fennville
CLYDE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 29, 2025) - A single-vehicle crash involving a utility terrain vehicle southeast of Fennville on Saturday night hospitalized its two occupants. No names or other descr...
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Motorist Hospitalized After Fiery I-196 Crash
FILLMORE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 27, 2025) - A fiery crash during the Friday afternoon commute southeast of Holland snarled traffic on I-196 and sent a motorist to the hospital with serious injurie...
Jun 27, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Zeeland Historical Society to Hold Open House Tonight
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 27, 2025) - A new exhibit at the Dekker Huis Museum in Zeeland is unveiled on Friday evening. An open house from 6-8 PM is slated to unveil a look back at that community'...
Jun 27, 2025 The Foundations exhibit from the Zeeland Historical Society (image courtesy Zeeland Historical Society)
Unemployment Rose Along the Lakeshore, Across Michigan in May
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 27, 2025) - Joblessness spiked along the Lakeshore and throughout much of the state last month. That's according to numbers disclosed on Thursday by the Michigan Departme...
Jun 27, 2025 Got Credit / CC
Allegan Co. Clerk/Register of Deeds Issues Annual Report
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 27, 2025) - It was an eventful 2024 for the Allegan County Clerk and Register of Deeds office. That's according to an annual report that was disclosed publicly for the fi...
Jun 27, 2025 Allegan County Clerk/Register of Deeds Bob Genetski (photo courtesy Allegan County, Michigan)
Work on Outdoor Ice Skating Park in Holland Continues
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 26, 2025) - As Christmas Day is now officially less than six months away, the hope of having skaters grace a new outdoor ice skating ribbon at Holland's Window on the Wat...
Jun 26, 2025 Jun. 25, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Work on a planned outdoor ice skating facility at Window on the Waterfront Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Zeeland Planners Give Provisional Endorsement on Reckett Zeeland Rezoning Request
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 26, 2025) - A "modernization" of a century-old site where Zeeland's third largest employer operates took a step forward on Wednesday night. In a special meeting at the Ho...
Jun 26, 2025 Zeeland Sign (image courtesy City of Zeeland, Michigan)
Grand Haven in Line for State Downtown "Vibrancy" Grant
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 26, 2025) - Although most Ottawa County government operations are done at the Fillmore Street complex in West Olive, the official county seat is still Grand Haven. That c...
Jun 26, 2025 Michigan Economic Development Corporation (image courtesy Michigan Economic Development Corporation)
Family Members Safe After Overnight Holland House Fire
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 25, 2025) - A family was displaced but escaped from a residential fire in Holland during the overnight hours of Wednesday. Crews were dispatched shortly before 2 AM to a ...
Jun 25, 2025 Jun. 25, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Two unnamed Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Operations personnel talk following a house fire off of W. 32nd Street. (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
