Homeowner Captures Home Invasion Suspect (updated 7:40 P.M.)
UNDATED (WHTC) -- An early morning home invasion ended with the homeowner capturing one suspect. Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the home in Georgetown Township about 3:30 A.M....
View ArticleIndustrial Accident Victim is Identified
UNDATED (WHTC) -- The victim in an industrial fatality accident in Zeeland has been identified as 49-year-old Ricardo Ramos-Bermudez of Grand Rapids. The accident happened early Saturday morning....
View ArticleZeeland Accident Sends Three to the Hospital
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A three vehicle accident early this afternoon sent three people to the hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened at 96th Ave. at Quincy St. in Zeeland just after noon....
View ArticleCity of Holland and Hope College Partner for Formation of Sustainability...
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- A project formulated by the Holland City Council in November of 2013 and the approval of a Community Energy Plan launching seven citizen-led Task Forces to accomplish those goals...
View ArticleDowntown Holland Pharmacy to Close
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - On Thursday, Model Drug Store in downtown Holland will be closing its pharmacy after 50-plus years and transferring its prescribers to the CVS store at the corner of Douglas and...
View ArticleMunicipal Entity Update for the Lakeshore May 13
UNDATED (WHTC) - The West Michigan Airport Authority has reached an agreement with Greg Robinson to remain as an advisor when he retires as Holland’s Assistant City Manager later this year. An...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Fugitive Captured in Zeeland
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) -A 58-year-old fugitive wanted in South Carolina has been captured in Zeeland. A multi-jurisdictional task force arrested Dallas Smallwood yesterday afternoon without incident. He...
View Article"Inside Job" Burglary at Fast Food Eatery on Holland's North Side Foiled by...
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) - The marketing slogan "Have it Your Way" took on new meaning to former fast food restaurant employees who thought that there was easy money to be made at their old stomping...
View ArticleHolland Farmers Market Opens Tomorrow
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Holland Farmers Market opens for the 2014 season tomorrow morning at 8 A.M. Market hours are from 8 A.M. until 3 P.M. every Wednesday and Saturday through mid-December....
View ArticleZeeland Splash Pad Underway in Downtown Zeeland
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) -- The city of Zeeland has construction going on right in the middle of downtown. Work has begun on the new Splash Pad but the city still needs to raise a bit more than $60-thousand...
View ArticleDiversity Alliance Summit to Explore Unintentional Bias
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Diversity Alliance Summit takes place a week from Wednesday at Hope College. Gail Harrison, Executive Director of Diversity Alliance, said that the focus of the Summit will...
View ArticleTeen Arrested for Retail Theft in Jenison
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A 17-year-old Grandville man is in the Ottawa County Jail waiting to be arraigned on retail theft charges. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched to the...
View ArticleNew Zee Bus Unveiled
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) - Zeeland Public Schools officials unveiled their new Zee Bus last night during festivities at Lawrence Street Park. It culminated nearly a year of remodeling the vehicle that serves...
View ArticleOttawa Co. Honors Deputy for Quarterly Service Award
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) - Ottawa County Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Terpstra was named the county’s Outstanding Customer Service Award winner for the first quarter of 2014. His community service work in and...
View ArticleBrownfield Grant Money Aimed for South Shore Development
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A Phase One Environmental Assessment on a site in the South Shore Village Shopping District, just off of Lake Macatawa in Holland, will be funded in part by a 400 thousand-dollar...
View ArticleLawsuit Against Oil/Gas Leases in Allegan State Game Area Tossed Out
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) - Allegan County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Bakker threw out a lawsuit challenging the issuing of oil and gas leases by the state DNR for around 12 thousand acres in the Allegan...
View ArticlePlainwell High School Closed by Illness Outbreak
PLAINWELL, MI (WHTC) - Classes at Plainwell High School are cancelled today as nearly 20 percent of the student body came down with symptoms similar to that of norovirus. Health department officials in...
View ArticleHolland School Board Fills Two Impending Vacancies
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Two vacancies on the Holland Board of Education have been filled. Janet DeYoung, the former President and CEO of the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area, along with...
View ArticleFarmers Market Opens, Tulip Plant Sale Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A new season for the Holland Farmers Market begins today, with Wednesday and Saturday sessions in the 8th Street Marketplace outside of the Holland Civic Center through...
View ArticleAction-Packed Holland City Council Meeting Ahead
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - It promises to be an action-packed Holland City Council meeting this evening. There shouldn’t be too many challenges when the panel holds a hearing before voting on a proposed 20.6...
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