Category Archives: Local News
Rosema Agrees to Stay as Interim Administrator as Ottawa Co. Board "Pauses" Permanent Search
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 25, 2025) - The importance is still there, but the urgency has been lifted in the search for a new Ottawa County Administrator. During Tuesday's meeting, the board opt...
Jun 25, 2025 Jun. 24, 2025; Olive Twp., MI, USA; The Ottawa County Board meets in the Fillmore Street Administration Building. (YouTube image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Food Trucks, Health Care Costs Among Items of Discussion by Local Govt. Entities Tonight
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 25, 2025) - No final decisions will be made as three local governmental entities meet on Wednesday. A morning session (10 AM) of the Douglas Downtown Development Authority at...
Jun 25, 2025 Aug. 21, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; A food truck specializing in Greek cuisine is parked outside of the Heeringa Holland Civic Center Place during the 2021 International Festival of Holland. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Anniversary of Fatal Airline Crash Near South Haven Noted
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 24, 2025) - One of the biggest mysteries and histories beneath the inland sea that is Lake Michigan had an anniversary on Monday. It has been 75 years since an airliner c...
Jun 24, 2025 Photos of display at Michigan Maritime Museum of Valerie Van Heest's "Fatal Crossing" research into the crash of Northwest Orient Flight 2501 over Lake Michigan near South Haven. (photo courtesy Michigan Shipwreck Research Association)
Ottawa Co. Board to Meet in Midst of Administrator Search Issues
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 24, 2025) - Where does the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners go from here in the search for a new operational leader for county government? The 11-person governing ...
Jun 24, 2025 Jan. 28, 2025; Olive Twp., MI, USA; Ottawa County Commissioner John Teeples (R-Jenison) goes over a proposed legal settlement during a county board meeting. (YouTube image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
GVSU Tabs Lindstrom for Police Chief Post
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 24, 2025) - When the majority of students return to the campuses of Grand Valley State University in August, those who are charged with their safety will have a new lea...
Jun 24, 2025 New Grand Valley State University Director of Public Safety & Police Chief Daniel Lindstrom (photo courtesy Grand Valley State University)
Saugatuck City Council to Consider Budget Adjustments, Other Items Tonight
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 23, 2025) - A few items are to be addressed by the Saugatuck City Council during its biweekly meeting on Monday evening. After Shannon Stratton of the Ox-Bow School of ...
Jun 23, 2025 City of Saugatuck, Michigan (image courtesy City of Saugatuck)
Heat-Related Road Buckling Leads to Crash, Closure Near Coopersville
POLKTON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 23, 2025) - A 35-year-old Muskegon woman was injured after a two-vehicle crash near Coopersville that is being blamed, somewhat, on buckling pavement from a weekend ...
Jun 23, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Two Injured in Dorr-Area Dirt Bike Crash
DORR TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 22, 2025) - A youth suffered critical injuries following a crash involving two dirt bikes near Dorr on Saturday afternoon. No names, ages or other forms of description ...
Jun 22, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Lakeshore Braces for Early Summer Heat
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 20, 2025) - Summer is coming in as a lion along the Lakeshore. The National Weather Service is issuing a Extreme Heat Watch for the region this weekend, initially from 8 ...
Jun 20, 2025 C5Media / Depositphotos.com
I AM Academy Stages Fourth Juneteenth Freedom Festival & Market on Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 20, 2025) - Although the federal holiday was held on Thursday, the Lakeshore celebrates Juneteenth on Saturday with a Freedom Festival and Market. From 2 PM to 7 PM in Ko...
Jun 20, 2025 Juneteenth Freedom Day (image courtesy I AM Academy)
