Tulip Time Institutes "Membership" Program
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - In the midst of this endless winter, cheer up – there’s less than 10 weeks to go before Tulip Time.Festival officials have announced a new effort to spur more interest in Holland’s...
View ArticleSeveral Hope College Projects are Grant Recipients
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- Several Hope College projects are benefitting from grants they’ve received from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium. Hope project awards total more than 51-thousand dollars and...
View ArticleDance Marathon Fund Raiser at West Ottawa High School
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A local high school is taking part in a national movement that benefits Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. West Ottawa High School’s National Honor Society holds its second annual...
View ArticleElection Day for Some Along Lakeshore
UNDATED (WHTC) - Only eight outlying communities along the Lakeshore conducted elections yesterday involving separate school millage questions. Martin, Gun Plain, Otsego, Watson and Hopkins townships...
View ArticleBPW Bonds, Parks Plan Among Items Before Holland City Council
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - It will be a busy night for Holland City Council members.Prior to this evening’s scheduled biweekly work study session, the panel holds a special business meeting to take care of a...
View ArticleBone-Chilling Temperatures Looming for Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - This winter has been especially long, especially snowy and especially cold, but for some people, it hasn’t bottomed out yet.National Weather Service forecasters say that an Arctic...
View ArticleWinter Weather Advisory Begins at 9 P.M.
UNDATED (WHTC) -- Another winter weather advisory is just ahead for the Lakeshore beginning at 9 P.M. tonight and in effect until tomorrow afternoon at 3 P.M. The cold conditions will keep the amount...
View ArticleLocal Church Sponsoring Human Trafficking Awareness Night
UNDATED (WHTC) -- Human trafficking is a growing problem around the world but you may be surprised to know that it exists right here along the Lakeshore. In an effort to give people more information...
View ArticleDeGraaf Nature Center Events
UNDATED (WHTC) -- At this time of year, it’s usually time to make the maple syrup at DeGraaf Nature Center. The problem is, there has to be a thaw so the sap will flow and according to the National...
View ArticleMore Cold, More Winter Ahead for Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - It’s another punch to the Lakeshore’s gut by Old Man Winter.Besieged by snow, cold and wind for more than three months, the wintry elements continue assaulting the Holland/Zeeland...
View ArticleHolland to Issue $165 Million in Bonds for New Power Plant
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The biggest bond issue in Holland municipal history is coming.During a special joint business meeting with the board of the Holland BPW, the City Council last night approved the...
View ArticleHope 40 Dance Concert Begins this Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- This Friday, Hope College’s annual major dance concert gets started at the Knickerbocker Theater. Entering its 40th year, Dance 40, in celebration of the milestone, will bring...
View ArticleFormer State House Candidate Charged with Embezzlement
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A former Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives who withdrew from the race in late November has now been charged with embezzlement. Terry Burns, a former...
View ArticleOttawa County Officials Say to Prepare for Flooding
UNDATED (WHTC) -- An Ottawa County public officials meeting on Thursday brought the Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management together with representatives from the National Weather Service, the Army...
View ArticlePere Marquette Passenger Train Delayed by Snow Last Night
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Passengers on the Pere Marquette passenger train were delayed by as much as three hours from arriving at the Padnos Transportation Center in Holland and the final destination in...
View ArticleFrigid Morning Leads to School Delays Along Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The coldest temperatures of the season have descended upon the Lakeshore, with the thermometer below zero and wind chills in negative double digits. A Wind Chill Advisory is in...
View ArticleSeasonal Gas Price Spike Underway Along Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The seasonal spike of gas prices along the Lakeshore is well underway. A jump at the pump yesterday was reflected in this morning’s weekly survey of Holland area stations that had...
View ArticleFormer Hope Professor, Author Verhey Dies at 68
DURHAM, N.C. (WHTC) - Funeral services will be held in Durham, North Carolina on Monday for former Hope College professor Allen Verhey. Verhey, who taught in Hope’s religion department for more than 25...
View ArticleCity Considers Property Purchase to Expand Nature Center
HOLLAND (WHTC) - City officials in Holland are considering a proposal to buy a home adjacent to the DeGraaf Nature Center, so that the popular facility can expand its driveway. Center officials say the...
View ArticleGun Lake Casino Staffer Indicted
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) - Federal charges have been filed against a Gun Lake Casino staffer. Prosecutors claim that Melanie Latrice King took several hundred dollars from the gaming house in separate...
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