Category Archives: Local News
Cement Spill Closes US-31 in Thursday Incident
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 30, 2025) - January is NOT road construction season along the Lakeshore, despite what a cement hauler did between Holland and Grand Haven on Thursday morning. Ottawa C...
Jan 30, 2025 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Unemployment Up Along Lakeshore, Across State for December
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 30, 2025) - No doubt about it - joblessness was up along the Lakeshore as a New Year began. In numbers disclosed on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Man...
Jan 30, 2025 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Another "Never Forgotten" Wes Leonard Heart Team Event Set for Saturday in Fennville
FENNVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 30, 2025) - For some, it doesn't seem as if will be 14 years this coming March 3rd when Wes Leonard died. The two-sport star junior at Fennville High had just hit the g...
Jan 30, 2025 The 2025 "Never Forgotten" Game Poster (image courtesy Wes Leonard Heart Team)
GVSU Economists Sees Modest Growth for Region in 2025
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 30, 2025) - As the month of January draws to a close, so too does the season of annual prognostications when it comes to the economy for 2025. On Wednesday, Grand Valle...
Jan 30, 2025
"Point in Time" Homeless Count Comes Amidst Weather Conditions, Affordable Housing Shortage, and More
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 29, 2025) - With the backdrop of wintry weather and a possible federal funding freeze comes the annual "Point in Time" nationwide homeless count. Conducted under the ausp...
Jan 29, 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
UPDATE: Ottawa Co. Board Approves Rosema's Administrator Contract; Agrees on Settlement in Gibbs' Departure
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 29, 2025) - It took the Ottawa County Board half the time to hold its biweekly business meeting on Tuesday night as it did when the panel revised its rules two weeks a...
Jan 29, 2025 Jan. 28, 2025; Olive Twp., MI, USA; Ottawa County Commissioner John Teeples (R-Jenison) goes over a proposed legal settlement during a county board meeting. (YouTube image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Laketown Twp. Managerial Search Back to Square One After Genetski's Withdrawal
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 28, 2025) - It's back to square one for Laketown Township in the search for a new operational leader. On Tuesday, the township announced that Bob Genetski has asked...
Jan 28, 2025 Nov. 6, 2024; Laketown Twp., MI, USA; Candidates for Laketown Township manager wait to be introduced at a meet and greet at Graafschap Fire Department, 4534 60th St., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Standing from left are Laketown Township Trustee Patrick Dietrich, and candidates Brandon Mersman, Bob Genetski and Karen Sherwood. Residents are sitting in front. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, MIchigan)
UPDATE: Suspect in Smash-and-Grab of Holland Retailer Apprehended, Arraigned
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 28, 2025) - A suspect has been identified, arrested and arraigned stemming from a smash-and-grab robbery of trading cards from a Holland retailer more than two months ago...
Jan 28, 2025 Eric Joseph Cody (photo courtesy Holland Dept. of Public Safety Police Services)
Ottawa Co. Board to Consider Pact with Interim Administrator, Settlement with Former Administrator on Tuesday Night
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 27, 2025) - If the Ottawa County Board holds another business meeting on Tuesday night as long as it did two weeks ago, it may not recess until Wednesday morning. It w...
Jan 27, 2025 The entrance to the Ottawa Co. Administration Building in West Olive
UPDATE: Another Arrest Made in Off-Campus Robbery, Skirmish Near GVSU
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 27, 2025) - A 21-year-old Grand Rapids man is free on bond following a Sunday arrest stemming from an off-campus robbery, flight and fight west of the GVSU campus ...
Jan 27, 2025 Arrested (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
