Category Archives: Local News

HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) – Two of the five steps needed by the Greater Ottawa County United Way to reach its annual fundraising goal have been taken. Officials of the community agency announced o...

PORT SHELDON, MI (WHTC) – The third time was definitely not the charm for a 14-year-old Port Sheldon boy when it came to robbing a West Olive convenience store. The Exxon station off of 136th Av...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The “help wanted” sign would be appropriate next to the familiar red kettles outside of many establishments this Christmas season. Salvation Army officials local...

COVERT, MI (WHTC) – An aging nuclear power plant along the Lake Michigan shoreline will close. Officials of Entergy Corporation, operators of the Palisades Power Plant near Covert, and Consumers...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Dog lovers in Holland got an early Christmas gift from City Hall last night. The City Council approved an ordinance amendment allowing canine owners to walk their leashed an...

HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC) – Another long-time government leader in Ottawa County has passed away. Commissioner Dennis Van Dam, who had represented portions of Georgetown Township on the county boar...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The Holland Farmers Market season is not the only thing winding down at the 8th Street Marketplace this week. When the Market closes on Saturday at 3 PM, it will be the end of an ...

FERRYSBURG, MI (WHTC) – A 22-year-old Muskegon man is lodged in the Ottawa County Jail awaiting possible charges after hitting a tree in the early morning hours on Wednesday, December 7. Ottawa ...

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The Holland Museum is holding a panel discussion on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The discussion will feature several individuals whose families were a...

COOPERSVILLE, MI (WHTC) – It’s like a scene from the movie Polar Express, yet you won’t have to go to the North Pole to experience it. Coopersville’s Santa Train is a tradition...