Category Archives: Local News
Last Sweep for Holland Spring Clean Up Effort Begins
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 7, 2025) - It's last call for Holland's annual Spring Clean Up effort. City Manager Keith Van Beek warns property owners in the Tulip City that yard waste, such as leaves...
Apr 07, 2025 Yard waste (image courtesy Holland Board of Public Works)
Three Hospitalized After Saturday PM Crash in Port Sheldon
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2025) - An elderly couple from Zeeland, along with a 32-year-old Wyoming man, were hospitalized after a late Saturday afternoon crash in Port Sheldon. No nam...
Apr 05, 2025
Motorist Killed in Fiery Blendon Twp. Crash
BLENDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2025) - A 57-year-old Grand Rapids man lost his life in a fiery single-vehicle, rollover crash northwest of Hudsonville on Friday evening. No name was immediately...
Apr 05, 2025 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Gunfire, Arrest in North Side Incident
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2025) - The routine Friday morning sounds at a neighborhood on Holland's North Side were shattered by the sound of gunfire that punctuated a domestic dispute. Dep...
Apr 04, 2025 Ottawa County Sheriff's Seal (image courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Two Hospitalized in Allendale Area Van-Semi Collision
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2025) - Two men are expected to recover from injuries suffered when their transit van collided with a semi north of Allendale on Friday morning. No names were d...
Apr 04, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
City Continues Preparations as Tulip Time Festival is Four Weeks Away
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2025) - Four weeks from Friday, Holland's annual signature event officially begins. Although the 96th Tulip Time Festival kicks off its 10-day festivities on May 2nd, ...
Apr 04, 2025 May 8, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; A plaque honoring Tulip Time Festival founder Lida Rogers at the Waterfront Park off of East 6th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Stolz to Leave Zeeland Schools for West Ottawa Post
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2025) - Matt Stolz will not have the interim removed from his title, but he will remove himself instead from Zeeland Public Schools. A day after that district's boar...
Apr 04, 2025 Matt Stolz (photo courtesy West Ottawa Public Schools)
Unemployment Up Along Lakeshore, Across State in February
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2025) - The impact of federal government layoffs and the economy was apparently seen in the latest state regional unemployment numbers. In data disclosed on Thursday b...
Apr 04, 2025 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Herrick District Library Plans for Busy Spring Break Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 3, 2025) - Stuck in town for Spring Break and looking for something to do? The Herrick District Library may have the answer to that question. A series of events begins on...
Apr 03, 2025
Zeeland Schools to Seek New Superintendent
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 3, 2025) - It appears that Dr. Brandi-Lyn Mendham will not return as Superintendent of Zeeland Public Schools. The district on Wednesday sent out an email to parents and ...
Apr 03, 2025 Zeeland Public Schools Superintendent Brandi-Lyn Mendham. Courtesy, ZPS
