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Zeeland West Earns Honors in National School Rankings
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) - In the latest annual rankings of public high schools in America, Zeeland West placed among the top five percent. District officials boasted that the Dux were 23rd in the state and...
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WATCH: Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra on WHTC's "Talk of the Town" About Windmill...
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A chance to help pay for needed repairs to a symbol of Holland, along with renovating its home, has been augmented.In a special business meeting tonight, Mayor Kurt Dykstra and his...
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Public Forum on Hamilton School Change Tonight
HAMILTON, MI (WHTC) - The second of two public forums on a proposed moving of fifth grade students into a separate wing at Hamilton Middle School for the start of the 2015 academic year is this evening...
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Spring Lake Woman Survives Crash into Bayou
SPRING LAKE, MI (WHTC) - A 43-year-old Spring Lake woman had a harrowing experience near her home late yesterday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Matt Wildfong, Sharron Jo...
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Clean Up in Ottawa County After Torrential Rains Continues
UNDATED (WHTC) - Flood waters along the Grand River in Ottawa County continue to abate from the high-water mark of 16.7 feet seen on Sunday night. Most roads and ramps closed due to the torrential...
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Holland City Council Hears Funding Plea from Museum & M-40 Traffic Report
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The Holland City Council got an earful during last night’s work-study session. It was the final chance to go over the proposed fiscal 2014 budget before next Wednesday’s final...
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Marne Teen Struck by Car
MARNE, MI (WHTC) - A 15-year-old Wright Township boy suffered critical injuries after being struck by a car going full speed on the road in front of his home this morning. According to Ottawa County...
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Bank Robbery Suspect in Custody
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department is confident that they’ve caught their suspect in a bank robbery that happened on Tuesday. During a routine traffic stop around 11:30...
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Two Michigan West Coast Chamber Members to Receive Statewide Honors
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Two Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce members will be honored at a statewide ceremony in Lansing next Thursday. The US Small Business Administration tabbed Teddy’s Transport...
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Two Lakeshore Communities to Get State Downtown Development Grants
LANSING, MI (WHTC) - Two Lakeshore cities are sharing in nearly 4.5 million dollars in state Downtown Infrastructure Grant program money. Grand Haven gets 711 thousand dollars towards a nearly...
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Long-Time Holland City Inspector to Retire
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Michigan’s last municipal employee conducting food service inspections retires today. Rick Wyman has looked at Holland’s dairy farms, water wells, restaurants and other...
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Unemployment Falls Along Lakeshore in March
LANSING, MI (WHTC) - Unemployment dropped along the Lakeshore last month. In numbers released yesterday by the state Department of Technology, Management and Budget, joblessness in Ottawa County during...
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Gas Prices High, but Not as High as a Year Ago Along Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Gas prices along the Lakeshore are edging closer to the four-dollar mark a week before the Tulip Time Festival. This morning’s weekly survey of Holland area stations had a...
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Tulips Expected to Blossom Along Lakeshore This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - After a late-running winter and a wetter-than-normal April, many of the planted tulips in and around Holland are expected to start blossoming this weekend. Local horticultural...
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WATCH: State House Appropriations Committee Chair Discusses the Budget
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The state House this week approved a nearly 49 billion-dollar budget for fiscal 2014. About two billion dollars less than what Governor Snyder had wanted when he presented his...
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Hope College Ends Classes, Welcomes Back Alums
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - On this final day of classes at Hope College, there are a variety of activities planned for its students during a four-hour “Spring Fling” block that runs from 3 PM through 7 PM....
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Macatawa Bank Posts Reduced Quarterly Earnings
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) - Holland Township-based Macatawa Bank announced quarterly earnings for the first three months of 2013 today. It showed a pre-tax drop in earnings from 4.5 million dollars a...
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Fiery Robinson Twp. Crash Hospitalizes Grand Haven Woman
ROBINSON TWP., MI (WHTC) - A fiery two-vehicle crash hospitalized a 19-year-old Grand Haven woman this morning. Authorities say that Daniela Mar-Lozano was able to escape her SUV before it burst into...
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Ottawa Sheriff's Department Reports Bank Robbery Suspect Dead
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that a suspect in the Macatawa Bank robbery branch located at Butternut and James St. this past Tuesday, has died from a...
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Retiring Zeeland High Swimming Coach to be Honored
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) - A community open house is from 3 PM to 5:30 PM today in the lobby of the Zeeland West High Natatorium for Mike Torrey, the long-time Zeeland High swimming and diving coach who is...
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