Category Archives: Local News

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The “help wanted” sign is out at LG Chem. The Korean-based firm that operates a lithium-ion battery-making facility off of 48th Street in Holland will hold...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Perhaps the biggest challenge facing law enforcement along the Lakeshore as 2018 begins is the opioid epidemic. There has been a sharp increase in cases and deaths ste...

ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - There is a change in the leadership at Gentex. The Zeeland-based specialty parts maker announced on Friday the retirement of Fred Bauer as its Chairman of the Board of Direc...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Two communities are in mourning after a late Wednesday morning crash took the life of a 27-year-old Zeeland man who served the Calder City. Kyle Grant had been wi...

HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – It doesn’t have the dramatic effect of the classic pointing Uncle Sam poster “I Want You,” but the Greater Ottawa County United Way is seeking v...

LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Unemployment continues to be low in West Michigan as well as across the state. In monthly seasonally unadjusted jobless rate numbers issued yesterday by the Michigan D...

HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Wintry weather conditions hospitalized two drivers in a three-vehicle pileup on Holland’s North Side yesterday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff...

HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The spring along the Lakeshore will bring tulip blossoms and the arrival of a long-awaited fast food franchise. Officials with Chick-fil-a say that a nearly five ...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of the son of long-time Holland High and Hope College tennis coach Tiger Teusink....

JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - A 27-year-old Zeeland man died on Wednesday in a three-vehicle pileup on I-196 just east of Hudsonville. According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Steve Aus...