Category Archives: Local News
Windmill Island Gardens the Focus of Wednesday's Holland City Council Study Session
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 11, 2025) - It's a big year for the iconic symbol of Holland. Although the pieces of the vintage DeZwaan Windmill came across by boat to the Tulip City in 1964, it wasn't...
Jun 11, 2025 June 20, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; The DeZwaan Windmill at Windmill Island Gardens. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
ESCAPE Ministries' Career Connections Program Begins Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 11, 2025) - As June is Youth Employment Month in Michigan, as proclaimed by Governor Whitmer, a local program to accomplish just that gets underway on Wednesday. The 13th...
Jun 11, 2025 The storefront of Escape Ministries in Holland. (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
One Candidate Remains for Ottawa Co. Administrator Position
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 11, 2025) - The issue of trying to get a new full-time Administrator for Ottawa County continues to be a struggle for the Board of Commissioners. On Tuesday, the count...
Jun 11, 2025 The entrance to the Ottawa Co. Administration Building in West Olive
State House to Take Up Classroom Smartphone Ban Bill
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 10, 2025) - Legislation that would mandate public schools in Michigan to deal with the issue of smart phone use in the classroom could take a step forward this week. The ...
Jun 10, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
Site Plan for Fueling Station/Convenience Store Under Consideration by Holland Planners
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 10, 2025) - Perhaps Speedway can do what Kum and Go could not. Willow Partners LLC will go before the Holland Planning Commission on Tuesday evening to petition a site re...
Jun 10, 2025 File photo: The area in question about a proposed 2024 rezoning request before the Holland City Council. (image courtesy City of Holland, Michigan)
Two Hospitalized Following Rollover Crash Near Coopersville
POLKTON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 9, 2025) - Two persons were hospitalized following a two-vehicle, rollover crash east of Coopersville on Monday evening. No names, the extent of their injuries, or w...
Jun 09, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Saugatuck City Council Tonight to Formally Approve Budget, Evaluate Manager's Performance
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 9, 2025) - Saugatuck's municipal budget should be formally approved on Monday evening. After holding a public hearing on the matter in a special meeting last Wednesday,...
Jun 09, 2025 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Saugatuck Schools Tab Lundvick as New Junior/Senior High School Principal
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 9, 2025) - Now that the school year is over, Saugatuck junior and senior high school students will have a new principal at the helm when they return to the classroom in...
Jun 09, 2025 Saugatuck Public Schools (image courtesy Saugatuck Public Schools)
North Side Residential Complex Struck by Tire-Slashing Vandals
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 8, 2025) - The search is on for the perpetrator and/or perpetrators involved in a series of vehicle vandalism in a North Side neighborhood early on Saturday morning....
Jun 08, 2025 zeferli@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Six Finalists Named in Zeeland Schools Superintendent Search; New Union Contract Approved
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 7, 2025) - There will be six Superintendent hopefuls for the public to meet, and the Zeeland Board of Education to decide upon next week. On Thursday, the panel went over...
Jun 07, 2025 Zeeland Public Schools (image courtesy Zeeland Public Schools)
