Category Archives: Local News
Crackdown on Student Visas Continue
COOPERSVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2025) - Concerns about national security are apparently behind efforts to crack down on student visas. International students at Grand Valley State and Michigan S...
Apr 08, 2025 State House Rep. Luke Meerman (R-Coopersville) (photo courtesy office of State Representative Luke Meerman/Michigan House Republicans)
Lake Odessa is Concerned About Wind Turbines; Should Lakeshore?
LAKE ODESSA, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2025) - Could wind turbines come to the Lakeshore? This question comes after the Lake Odessa Township board voted to reject an application permit from Cordelio Ene...
Apr 08, 2025 majaFOTO / Depositphotos.com
All Quiet Among State Lawmakers in Lansing, but is it Too Quiet?
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2025) - With the Capitol building relatively quiet on legislative action right now, should there be concern that state lawmakers have not moved forward on many issues ...
Apr 08, 2025 State House Speaker Pro Tem Rachelle Smit (R-Martin) (photo courtesy Michigan House Republicans)
Zeeland City Council Considers Contracts, Strategic Plan in Monday Night Meeting
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 7, 2025) - Approving contracts spotlights Monday night's biweekly business meeting of the Zeeland City Council. No less than four deals are up for consideration by the go...
Apr 07, 2025 Zeeland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez, Midwest Communications)
Downtown Holland Spring Fling Begins
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 7, 2025) - Although the Tulip Time Festival doesn't begin until May 2nd, downtown Holland retailers are hoping that they will be very busy this week. The second annual Sp...
Apr 07, 2025 Downtown Holland Spring Fling (image courtesy Downtown Holland)
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.)
