Category Archives: Local News
Laketown Twp. Approves Spending Plan as Municipal Budget Season Continues
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - The municipal budget season is underway along the Lakeshore. On Wednesday, the Laketown Township Board of Trustees approved a $1.9 million spending plan...
Mar 13, 2025 Laketown Township Hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Preparedness Emphasized as Spring Storm Season Nears
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - A statewide tornado drill is scheduled to take place next Wednesday at 1 PM. Emergency Management officials such as Lou Hunt with Ottawa County are urging ...
Mar 13, 2025 Ottawa County Emergency Management Director Lou Hunt
Holland native serves With Seabees In the U.S. Navy
SAN DIEGO, CA (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - Petty Officer 2nd Class Colton Heerema, a native of Holland, Michigan, serves the U.S. Navy at Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 operating out of Sa...
Mar 13, 2025
Community Mental Health Ottawa County to Tackle Proposed Medicaid Cuts
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - In the current political climate of government cost-cutting comes an open, public forum on the need for continued Medicaid funding for mental health. Fro...
Mar 13, 2025 Mar 14 CMHOC Open Forum (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Holland Hospital's Culinary Cabaret Set for Tonight
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - An effort to help the needy along the Lakeshore get needed medical attention gets a financial boost on Thursday night. The annual Culinary Caberet, from 6...
Mar 13, 2025 2025 Holland Hospital Culinary Cabaret (image courtesy Holland Hospital)
Fugitive in Chicagoland Arson, Murder Apprehended in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2024) - Many people from the Chicagoland area head to the Lakeshore for a vacation escape. A man wanted in the death of a 46-year-old trucking company executive there...
Mar 13, 2025 Holland police cruisers. File photo
EV Construction Honors Long-Time Leader by Establishing Scholarship
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2025) - A Holland-based construction firm is honoring a long-time industry leader by establishing a legacy. On Tuesday, EV Construction announced the creation of ...
Mar 12, 2025 Tony Roussey (photo courtesy EV Construction)
Spring Break Brings Out Scamsters & Fraudsters Preying on Parents & Grandparents
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2025) - It may be a "spring break" for collegians, but for scamsters and fraudsters, it's anything but a break. Grand Valley State students were off all last week, wh...
Mar 12, 2025
Mission's Capital Fundraising Drive for New Men's Center Nearing Completion
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2025) - By the end of 2025, hope will be found along Waverly Road in Holland. Gateway Mission announced on Tuesday that its Building Hope Capital Campaign has raised ...
Mar 12, 2025 Mar. 7, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; The Gateway Mission Men's Mission building off of River Ave. & W. 7th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Park Township "Pauses" Community Center Project
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 11, 2025) - There won't be a community building in the near future for Park Township. The supervisor for that Lakeshore community, Steve Spoelhof, posted on the townshi...
Mar 11, 2025 Park Township Logo (image courtesy Park Township, Michigan)
