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Liquor License Transfer Request Highlights Monday's Zeeland City Council Meeting
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - The transfer of ownership and operations for a downtown Zeeland eatery highlights M...
1h ago

Hope Takes Two in Hoops on Saturday; GVSU Women, Chix Girls Also Win, but Maroons & Panthers Lose in Boys' Action
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - In high school basketball yesterday, these results: Grandville's boys 59, Holland Chris...
12h ago

Mother Hospitalized, Children Unhurt in SUV-Tanker Collision on US-31
OLIVE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - A 29-year-old West Olive woman is expected to recover from injuries sustained whe...
Dec 13, 2025

Friday's High School Hoops Results: Hope Basketball in Action on Saturday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, these results: Holland's boys 69, Comstock Park 4...
Dec 13, 2025

A Holland Museum Program Ends This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - It's last call for an activity at the Holland Museum. Saturday will be the last day...
Dec 12, 2025
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Liquor License Transfer Request Highlights Monday's Zeeland City Council Meeting
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - The transfer of ownership and operations for a downtown Zeeland eatery highlights M...
1h ago

Mother Hospitalized, Children Unhurt in SUV-Tanker Collision on US-31
OLIVE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - A 29-year-old West Olive woman is expected to recover from injuries sustained whe...
Dec 13, 2025

A Holland Museum Program Ends This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - It's last call for an activity at the Holland Museum. Saturday will be the last day...
Dec 12, 2025

Saugatuck Schools Purchases Land for Proposed Rec Center
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 11, 2025) - As one Lakeshore community is enjoying a new rec center, another is planning one....
Dec 11, 2025

E-Bike Rider Killed in Evening Incident Involving Motor Vehicle & Trash Bin
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 10, 2025) - A 67-year-old Holland man lost his life when he was hit by a motor vehicle near Eve...
Dec 10, 2025
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Extra Holiday Road Patrols by Police in Michigan Underway
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - Even though Christmas is nearly two weeks away, it's not too early to have extra po...
Dec 12, 2025

Tunnel to Towers Foundation renovates home and pays off mortgage for injured Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was severely injured in a traffic accident h...
Dec 11, 2025

Two dead in crash between car, semi in Muskegon County
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 9-year-old girl and a 51-year-old woman were killed yesterday morning in a crash between...
Dec 11, 2025
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Congresswoman Stevens files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human...
Dec 11, 2025

University of Michigan fires coach Sherrone Moore For alleged inappropriate relationship
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Michigan has fired head football coach Sherrone Moore over an alleged inapprop...
Dec 10, 2025
Local Sports

Hope Takes Two in Hoops on Saturday; GVSU Women, Chix Girls Also Win, but Maroons & Panthers Lose in Boys' Action
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - In high school basketball yesterday, these results: Grandville's boys 59, Holland Chris...
12h ago

Friday's High School Hoops Results: Hope Basketball in Action on Saturday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, these results: Holland's boys 69, Comstock Park 4...
Dec 13, 2025

Panthers, Maroons Split Prep Hoops DH; Red Wings Fall in Edmonton
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, these results: West Ottawa boys 63, Holland Chris...
Dec 12, 2025

Winning Wednesday for Dutch, Trailblazers, Red Wings, Blackhawks & Griffins
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 11, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, Holland's boys outlasted Western Michigan Christi...
Dec 11, 2025
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Tuesday's Prep Hoops Roundup; Red Wings at Calgary on WHTC Tonight
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 10, 2025) - In high school boys' basketball last night, these results: Holland Christian 60, Calvin...
Dec 10, 2025
National Sports
Bears WR Rome Odunze (foot) active vs. Browns
Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze is active for Sunday's game against the visiting Cleveland Browns. Odunze is ret...
48m ago
Canucks put Elias Pettersson on IR, activate Marco Rossi
The Vancouver Canucks placed Elias Pettersson on injured reserve on Sunday and activated fellow forward Marco Rossi from...
51m ago
Steelers TE Darnell Washington clears concussion protocol
Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Darnell Washington has been cleared from concussion protocol and will not carry an injury ...
1h ago
New England teams embrace Brown after fatal on-campus mass shooting
The New England Patriots plan to honor the victims of the mass shooting at Brown University before their game against the Buf...
1h ago
Report: RHP Merrill Kelly returning to Arizona on 2-year, $40M deal
Right-hander Merrill Kelly is returning to the Arizona Diamondbacks, The Athletic reported Sunday. The Diamondbacks trad...
2h ago
National
Providence police detain person of interest after Brown University shooting, NBC 10 WJAR reports
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Providence police said early on Sunday they have taken a person of interest into custody in connectio...
6h ago
How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants
By Tim McLaughlin Dec. 14 (Reuters) - BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett's sprawling Berkshire Hathaway ...
7h ago
German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an allian...
7h ago
Analysis-How Donald Trump is molding 2028 Democratic presidential contenders
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's aggressive policy agenda is doing more than reshaping the economy and...
7h ago
India tightens pollution curbs as Delhi's air quality worsens
NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - India tightened anti-pollution measures in Delhi and adjoining areas after the capital's air qu...
12h ago
World
Syria arrests five suspects over shooting of US, Syrian troops in Palmyra
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Syria has arrested five people suspected of having links to the shooting of U.S. ...
44m ago
Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong tycoon and democratic firebrand who stood up to China
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media mogul and China critic, reaches...
1h ago
Jimmy Lai's supporters queue in Hong Kong overnight for verdict
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Supporters of Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai queued ou...
1h ago
Hanukkah security ramped up around world after Bondi shootings
By Friederike Heine BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Major cities including Berlin, London and New York stepped up security around ...
1h ago
Over 10 dead after school bus accident in Colombia
Dec 14 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cl...
2h ago
Business
How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants
By Tim McLaughlin Dec. 14 (Reuters) - BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett's sprawling Berkshire Hathaway ...
7h ago
Coca-Cola holds last-ditch talks in bid to salvage Costa Coffee sale, FT reports
Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. soft drinks company Coca-Cola's proposed sale of Costa Coffee is at risk of collapse...
Dec 13, 2025
With Fed independence in crosshairs, will Supreme Court back Trump again?
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative justices appear ready to endorse President ...
Dec 13, 2025
Pinched by higher prices, many Trump voters say: Don't blame the president
By Julia Harte Dec 13 - When Ron Dailey goes out to eat, he is shocked by prices on the menu. "Breakfast is $20 no matte...
Dec 13, 2025
Huawei's latest handset uses improved China-made chip, report shows
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Kirin 9030, the chip that powers Huawei Technologies' latest flagship Mate 80 series handset, has...
Dec 13, 2025
Politics
German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an allian...
7h ago
Analysis-How Donald Trump is molding 2028 Democratic presidential contenders
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's aggressive policy agenda is doing more than reshaping the economy and...
7h ago
Trump unsure whether impact of economic policies will be felt in time for midterms, WSJ reports
(Corrects typographic error in the first paragraph) Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty abou...
16h ago
Prosecutors need warrant to access files from dismissed Comey case, judge rules
By Jody Godoy Dec 13 (Reuters) - Prosecutors must return evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case aga...
Dec 13, 2025
'Pins on a Map': How Chicago students are tracking ICE raids
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The windowless newsroom of The Phoenix, the Loyola University Chicago newspap...
Dec 13, 2025
Health
Sweden's SOBI to buy Arthrosi Therapeutics for $1.5 billion
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Swedish Orphan Biovitrum said on Saturday it had entered into an agreement to a...
Dec 13, 2025
France to vaccinate cattle for lumpy skin disease as farmers protest against cull
By Mathieu Rosemain and Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - France will vaccinate 1 million head of cattle in the...
Dec 13, 2025
Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $40 million to two women in latest talc trial
By Diana Novak Jones Dec 12 (Reuters) - A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & J...
Dec 13, 2025
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
Dec 13, 2025
Court rejects Planned Parenthood's challenge to Trump-backed law ending Medicaid funding
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald ...
Dec 13, 2025
Science
Analysis-Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IP...
Dec 12, 2025
Bezos' Blue Origin working on orbital data center technology, WSJ reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for ar...
Dec 10, 2025
Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England
By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans i...
Dec 10, 2025
Chinese astronauts install debris protection aboard space station
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" a...
Dec 09, 2025
Scientists discover secrets of ancient Roman concrete at Pompeii
By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen i...
Dec 09, 2025
Technology
Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk agains...
7h ago
ServiceNow near deal to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for up to $7 billion, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 13 (Reuters) - ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy Armis, a cybersecurity startup that had been eyeing an initial...
17h ago
Huawei's latest handset uses improved China-made chip, report shows
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Kirin 9030, the chip that powers Huawei Technologies' latest flagship Mate 80 series handset, has...
Dec 13, 2025
US lawmaker demands details on Trump's decision to sell Nvidia H200 chips to China
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar, the chair of the U.S. House of Representati...
Dec 13, 2025
Bitcoin hoarding company Strategy remains in Nasdaq 100
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Bitcoin hoarding giant Strategy clung to its place in the Nasdaq 100 on Friday, continuing its year-long &...
Dec 13, 2025
Entertainment
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsi...
Dec 12, 2025
Disney's 'Zootopia 2' set to join $1 billion box office club
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2" is on track to surpass $1 billion at the global box ...
Dec 12, 2025
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but an...
Dec 12, 2025
Universal submits remedy to EU's objections over Downtown deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Universal Music said on Friday it has submitted a remedy to address competition concerns fr...
Dec 12, 2025
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora AI tool
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Walt Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixa...
Dec 11, 2025




