Category Archives: Local News
Hope Grad Wins Tulip Time People's Choice Art Award
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 10, 2025) - Heather Persch almost didn't make it to Tulip Time on Saturday. The Hope College graduate from Hudsonville was at State College, Pennsylvania on Friday for her...
May 10, 2025 "Gertrude's Garden" by Heather Persch (image courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Penultimate Day of 2025 Tulip Time Festival is on Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 10, 2025) - It's day nine of the 96th Tulip Time Festival, as Holland's annual signature event reaches it's climax on this Saturday. The schedule begins at 8 AM with the T...
May 10, 2025 May 8, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Dutch Dancers perform on West 8th Street before the Gentex Kinderparade. (Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
Investigation into Nine-Year-Old Boy on School Bus with Gun, Ammo Ongoing
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - An investigation continues into what Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputies say was a nine-year-old West Ottawa Public Schools student in possession of a ha...
May 09, 2025 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Stamp Out Hunger Set for Saturday; Delayed a Week in Holland
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - The National Association of Letter Carriers holds its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this weekend. To donate, leave non-perishable food items in a bag near ...
May 09, 2025 Stamp Out Hunger (image courtesy National Association of Letter Carriers)
The Day 8 Tulip Time Festival Slate
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - It's day eight of the 96th Tulip Time Festival, with a sense of anticipation in the air for the final weekend of Holland's annual signature event. The Friday sc...
May 09, 2025 May 8, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Dutch Dancers perform on West 8th Street ahead of the Gentex Kinderparade during the 2025 Tulip Time Festival. (Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
New Pope Matriculated at Seminary on Felt Mansion Site
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - As Roman Catholics celebrate the installation of a new Pontiff, the first American to hold that post has a tie to the Lakeshore. Officials with the Felt M...
May 09, 2025 The Felt Mansion, 6597 138th Ave., was once part of the St. Augustine Seminary High School. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Gentex Kinderparade Highlights Day 7 Slate of Tulip Time Festival
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 8, 2025) - The first of two parades during the 10-day renewal of Holland's annual signature event highlight day seven of the 96th Tulip Time Festival for this Thursday. Th...
May 08, 2025 May 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Participants in the 2022 Tulip Time Festival Kinderparade. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications.
57th District Court Judge Baillargeon to Retire
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 8, 2025) - William Baillargeon came to the 57th District Court bench in "midstream," so his pending departure during his current term on the bench shouldn't be considered ...
May 08, 2025 57th District Court Judge William Baillargeon
Laketown Twp. Considers Options After Beach Stairs Removal
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 8, 2025) - Now that the stairs leading down to the Lake Michigan shoreline at Laketown Beach Park are gone, how will visitors get to the beach there now? The Laketow...
May 08, 2025 Curtis Bergman works to demolish the last section of beach stairs on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Laketown Township Beach, 6710 142nd St. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
State Hunting, Fishing Rules Regulation Legislation Clears House, Heads to Senate
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 8, 2025) - Changing the rules of a game while it is in progress may be something children may do, but it's something that shouldn't be done elsewhere. That's the premise b...
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