Fatal Fire Reported Near Allegan-Van Buren County Line
PULLMAN, MI (WHTC/WKZO) - Allegan County Deputies are investigating the death of a woman in her late teens found in the front yard of a home on 56th Street near Pullman.No names were immediately...
View ArticleFirefighters Practice Skills in Area of New Power Plant
HOLLAND (WHTC) - Chances are you may have seen smoke over the weekend in the area where the new Holland BPW power plant will be built. Firefighters from the city of Holland and several neighboring...
View ArticleLongtime Hope PR Director Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
HOLLAND (WHTC) - For years, WHTC listeners heard Tom Renner update them on Hope College sports news during "WHTC In the Morning." Renner, who retired last year after 47 years as the college's public...
View ArticleHolland In Bloom Holds Gardening Contest
HOLLAND (WHTC) - The city of Holland has once again entered the America in Bloom competition, and you can be part of it. The Holland in Bloom committee is teaming up with several local businesses to...
View ArticleZeeland Ministry Gets Approval For New Facility
ZEELAND (WHTC) - A Zeeland ministry targeted toward people with special needs is expanding. Compassionate Heart Ministry is a nonprofit organization that provides social and recreational opportunities...
View ArticleOCDPH is Conducting Phone Health Survey
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI (WHTC) -- The Ottawa County Department of Public Health is conducting a phone survey on the state of people’s health. County Epidemiologist Marcia Knol says there are a variety of...
View ArticleHope SRT to Begin Season on June 13th
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The story told by “The Sound of Music” is a perennial favorite and the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre will bring the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic to life on the stage. The...
View ArticlePublic Hearing for Millage Increase in Ottawa County
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI (WHTC) -- A public hearing on a proposed increase of 0.2288 mills in the operating tax millage rate for Ottawa County takes place on Tuesday, June 10th at the Ottawa County Board of...
View ArticleHolland Planners Discuss Clearing BPW Plant Site, MACC Bike Path Proposal
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Input and output are on the agenda for the Holland Planning Commission. During this evening's meeting, the panel is expected to go over a request to formally vacate public streets...
View ArticleState of Ottawa Co. Address, Tax Hike Before Board of Commissioners Today
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) - How well Ottawa County is doing, and how to pay for what it is doing, highlight today's Board meeting. Department heads will submit and discuss their annual reports with...
View ArticleSingle-Vehicle Crash Injures Holland Man
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) - A 46-year-old Holland man spent Tuesday morning in Holland Hospital after a single-vehicle crash. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Steve Austin, Jamison Roubos was...
View ArticleYear's Wait Possible to Repair Damaged US-31 Bridge in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - It may take a year to repair the damage caused in a few seconds to a bridge on Holland's South Side.Michigan Department of Transportation inspectors and engineers took a look this...
View ArticleOttawa County is in Good Financial Shape
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI (WHTC) -- The state of Ottawa County is, in a word, good. County Administrator Al Vanderberg gave the 2014 State of the County Address to the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday...
View ArticleLSPC Empowers Students to Change the World with Annual Convention
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Life Services Parent Center is hosting the 15th Annual Leaders for the 21st Century convention this Thursday at Hope College. A group of local seventh graders have been chosen...
View ArticleOttawa Sheriff's Office Investigating Business Burglary
UNDATED (WHTC) -- The Ottawa County Sher4iff’s Department is investigating a burglary that occurred at a Blendon Township business in the early hours of June 3rd. Captain Mark Bennett reports that...
View ArticleHolland Fire Dept. Responds to Garage Fire
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Holland Fire Department responded to a residential fire just after 4 P.M. on Tuesday. Dispatch received a call saying that there was a lot of smoke coming from a garage...
View ArticleYear's Wait Possible to Repair Damaged US-31 Bridge in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - It will be until fall, or perhaps next spring, before a bridge carrying southbound US-31 traffic over Washington Avenue in Holland will be fully repaired.State bridge inspectors...
View ArticleTwo Hope College Grads to Vie for Congress in November
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (WHTC) - A 1986 Hope College graduate has scored an upset at the ballot box in Virginia.Little-known college professor Dave Brat defeated US House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the...
View Article18-Wheeler Accident with No Injuries
UNDATED (WHTC) -- An accident in the southbound lanes of U.S. 31 this morning caused delays for the better part of an hour. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to the accident just...
View ArticleLocal Minister Involved in Gay Rights Leaving the Area
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A local minister who performed 48 same-sex marriages on March 22nd after a federal judge declared Michigan’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional, will be leaving West Michigan at the...
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