Webinar Tonight on Hypothetical Situation at Palisades Plant
COVERT, MI (WHTC) - A “worse-case” scenario at the Palisades plant near Covert will be discussed this evening by Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials during a webinar. The hour-long online session,...
View ArticleTown Hall Meeting on State Road Funding Tonight in Jenison
JENISON, MI (WHTC) - Another chance for the Lakeshore to speak up on how to fund 1.2 billion dollars in requested road repairs across Michigan is this evening. The second of two hour-long town hall...
View ArticleWATCH: Holland School Chief Talks About Cooperation with Juke Van Oss
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - During an appearance on Tuesday's WHTC's "Talk of the Town" program, Holland School Superintendent Brian Davis talked with host Juke Van Oss about a "Doing More Together"...
View ArticleNRC Discusses Palisades' Long-Term Safety During Webinar
COVERT, MI (WHTC) - Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials admitted during a “webinar” last night that the metal surrounding the main reactor at the Palisades plant near Covert is some of the most...
View ArticleOne-Time Allegan County Marine Among Those Killed in Nevada Training Incident
HAWTHORNE, NV (WHTC) - One of eight US Marines killed by a mortar blast during exercises at a Nevada training base had grown up in eastern Allegan County. Lance Corporal Joshua Taylor lived in both...
View ArticleHolland City Council has Busy Meeting Ahead Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Among the items on the agenda for tonight’s Holland City Council meeting: Requests by the BPW for an engineering services contract to conduct a district heating study and for a...
View ArticleFive Hurt in Jenison Area Pileup
JENISON, MI (WHTC) - A three-vehicle pileup west of Jenison yesterday afternoon hospitalized a total of five persons. According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Jason Kik, 31-year-old William...
View ArticlePersons Sought in Norton Shores High Burglary of Locker Room
NORTON SHORES, MI (WHTC) - Police is looking for two “persons of interest” that may have been involved in burglarizing the Norton Shores High locker room where Grand Haven High’s boys’ basketball team...
View ArticleHerman Miller Shows Mixed Numbers
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) - Zeeland-based office furniture maker Herman Miller announced quarterly net sales and new orders each grew nearly six percent as compared to the same three-month period a year ago....
View ArticleHolland, Saugutuck Harbors in Line for Federal Hurricane Sandy Relief Funds
WASHINGTON (WHTC) - Federal funding for repairs caused by Hurricane Sandy will benefit two of the Lakeshore’s harbors. Holland is in line for 200 thousand dollars for dredge shoaling at the mouth of...
View ArticleSaugatuck Planners to Review Proposed Development for Camp Site
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC) - The Saugatuck Planning Commission tonight reviews a proposal to build a dozen homes at the site of the soon-to-be-closed Presbyterian Camps. A public hearing on this plan is set...
View ArticleKent County Deputy Pleads Guilty to Drunken Driving in Ottawa Co.
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) - A Kent County Sheriff's Deputy, who was among six lawmen honored for rescuing a mother and two children from a burning Gaines Township apartment in February, will be sentenced...
View ArticleLakeshore Showing Good Health in Latest Nationwide Survey
PRINCETON, NJ (WHTC) - The Lakeshore came out well in the latest nationwide health rankings by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Ottawa...
View ArticleHolland City Council Approves BPW Bond Issuing Request; Sets Hearing on...
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The issuing of revenue bonds totaling no more than 195 million dollars was approved last night by the Holland City Council for the construction of a new BPW power plant. The...
View ArticleAccused Shooter in "Russian Roulette" Death of 16-Year-Old Boy Headed for Trial
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC) - The 18-year-old Lamont man accused of shooting a 16-year-old boy to death in an apparent case of “Russian Roulette” waived a preliminary hearing this morning in Hudsonville...
View ArticleOttawa Co. United Way Ends Campaign at 97% of Goal
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Greater Ottawa County United Way officials announced on Thursday night that the 2013 campaign raised over 2.23 million dollars, which was 97 percent of its 2.3 million-dollar goal...
View ArticleWATCH: Ottawa Co. United Way Chief Pleased with Campaign Results
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Although the goal of 2.3 million dollars wasn't reached, Greater Ottawa County United Way officials were still pleased with the outcome of the annual fundraising campaign that...
View ArticleLandlord Held in Murder of Tenant at Valley Twp. Home
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) - A 79-year-old landlord from Otsego is accused of the shooting death of his tenant, Jody Snyder, and is being held on 750 thousand dollars bond in the Allegan County Jail. In a...
View ArticleGVSU Warning Students, Staff of Bogus E-Mails
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC) - A series of fake emails sent to Grand Valley State University students and faculty are being investigated by campus authorities as a serious matter and not a prank. No...
View ArticleUnemployment Rises Along Lakeshore in January
LANSING, MI (WHTC) - State Department of Technology, Management and Budget officials say that the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate rose along the Lakeshore and across the state in January....
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