Category Archives: Local News
Ottawa Co. Sheriff's SWAP Crew working in communities
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office SWAP crew is made up of inmates from the Ottawa County jail who are working in local communities. SWAP is short for Sentenc...
Jun 22, 2017
"A Partial Early Retirement" - Ryan Cotton Steps Down as City Manager
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – His departure was as steady as his guidance. Ryan Cotton tendered what he calls his “resignation and a partial early retirement” before the members of the Hollan...
Jun 21, 2017
Final M-6 Public Meeting Before Reconstruction Set
BYRON CENTER, MI (WHTC) – A final public meeting is slated for next week ahead of next month’s closing of M-6 in Ottawa County. Michigan Department of Transportation officials will be join...
Jun 21, 2017
Ryan Cotton Resigns as Holland City Manager
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – For the second time this decade, the city of Holland will have to look for a new operational leader. Following a closed-door review of his performance by the City Council, R...
Jun 21, 2017
Fennville Woman Bound Over on Assault Charge
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – A 17-year-old Fennville woman has been bound over for trial on felonious assault charges stemming from an incident last month on Holland’s North Side. Marie Sims waive...
Jun 21, 2017
Jamestown Couple Bound Over on Trafficking Charges
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC) – A Jamestown Township couple in their 40’s has been bound over for trial for allegedly offering two 16-year-old boys a thousand dollars each to have sex in a ho...
Jun 21, 2017
Ex-Hope Lacrosse Player Sentenced in CSC Case
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – A 21-year-old former Hope College student-athlete was sentenced for a sexual assault of an apparently unconscious woman in a school dorm room last fall. Chase Edgar was ...
Jun 21, 2017
Muskegon Woman Injured in I-96 Crash
POLKTON TWP., MI (WHTC) – A Muskegon woman spent Tuesday evening at Hackey Hospital after a two-vehicle crash west of Coopersville. According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Jay Dougla...
Jun 21, 2017
Holland PRIDE weekend kicks off Friday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Area LGBTQ residents and the community is invited to Holland PRIDE 2017. The weekend is filled with events starting on Friday, June 23, with “Best Laid PlansR...
Jun 20, 2017
Grand Haven Man crashes into local business
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A 73-year-old Grand Haven man was not injured when he crashed his vehicle into an area business. According to the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety’s F...
Jun 20, 2017
