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Western Michigan Red Cross Sending Volunteers to Oklahoma
UNDATED (WHTC) -- Relief efforts continue in Oklahoma, Texas and several other states. The Red Cross of Western Michigan is pitching in by sending six disaster volunteers to provide support in...
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Program to Help At-Risk Youths Gets Big Donation
HOLLAND (WHTC) -- The city of Holland has a summer program for at risk youths. Youth Connections, in conjunction with Escape Ministries, is working to get youths between 14 and 17 years of age...
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Hope College Student Killed in Overnight Bus-Pedestrian Accident
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - An 18-year-old Hope College sophomore student from Grandville was killed early on Saturday morning. According to authorities, Riley Gortsema was attempting to cross Chicago Drive...
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Two Hollanders Arrested South of Lakeshore Following High Speed Chase
PINE GROVE TWP., MI (WHTC) - A short high speed chase south of the Lakeshore last night may lead to a host of charges for a 46-year-old Holland man and a 15-year-old Holland girl. No names were...
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Hope College Student Fatally Injured
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- A single vehicle accident has taken the life of a Hope College student. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that 18-year-old Riley Gortsema was fatally injured in...
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Dog Census in Ottawa County
UNDATED (WHTC) -- The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office will be going door to door beginning June 4th to take a dog census. Michigan law requires that all dogs four months and older be licensed....
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WATCH: Holland Memorial Day Parade Images
UNDATED (WHTC) - A number of parades were on tap along the Lakeshore on this Memorial Day, highlighted by the annual tour from downtown Holland to Pilgrim Home Cemetery, where one-time VFW Post...
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Hudsonville Woman Saved from Serious Injury by Seat Belt
NUNICA, MI (WHTC) - “Bucklephobia” is the state’s newest packaging of the long-standing “click it or ticket” seat belt enforcement initiative underway during this Memorial Day weekend, but a...
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Two Arrested in Break-in of Abandoned South Shore School Building
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC) - A vacant school building appeared to be an inviting target for two Holland youths, but they found out otherwise that the long arm of the law reaches to the South Shore area....
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Memorial Day Remembrance
HOLLAND (WHTC) -- The Holland community turned out to honor those who have served or are now serving our country. They were honored first with a parade and then a Memorial Day service at the Civil War...
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Kentwood County Reports Man Missing Since Saturday
KENT COUNTY (WHTC) -- The Kent County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a missing man. 62-year-old Robert Nylen was last seen Saturday afternoon near Buttrick Ave. and Bolt Dr. in Cascade Township....
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Another Tulip Bulb-Pulling Session in Holland Today
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The second of three scheduled tulip bulb pulling sessions in Holland is this morning from 9 AM to 12 Noon around the gazebo in Centennial Park. Residents can pay 10 dollars per...
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"Ultra Marathon Athlete" to Attempt Towing a Ton of Bricks on Boat Across...
LEIGHTON TWP., MI (WHTC) - Noted marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer of Byron Center is returning to the water this morning for another fundraising attempt. Instead of traversing the Great Lakes for Big...
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Former GVSU Star QB Missing
BALDWIN, MI (WHTC) - Add the name of Cullen Finnerty to those with Lakeshore ties who are reported missing.The man who quarterbacked Grand Valley State to NCAA titles in 2005 and 2006, is missing after...
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Convicted North Side Murderer Sentenced to Life Without Parole
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) - A Holland Township man received a sentence of life in prison today for 1st degree murder in the death of his landlady. Fifty-three year old Thanh Le died from severe burns...
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Otsego Man Killed in Late Night Crash
PLAINWELL, MI (WHTC) - A 43-year-old Otsego man died last night in a single-vehicle crash south of Plainwell. Authorities say that speed, but not alcohol, appear to have been a factor when Matthew...
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Holland Planners Consider Residential Beekeeping Ordinance
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A request by a West 13th Street homeowner to set up a private beekeeping operation will be considered by the Holland Planning Commission this afternoon. Current ordinances prohibit...
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Americans for Prosperity Meet with Ottawa Patriots in Zeeland
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Ottawa County Patriots are holding a meeting in Zeeland this afternoon. Americans for Prosperity in Michigan are conducting a “Don’t Raise Michigan Taxes” Tour. State...
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Michigan House of Representatives Pass 2014 Fiscal Year Budget
LANSING, MI (WHTC) - The Michigan House of Representatives has approved the 2014 Fiscal Year Budget. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Joe Haveman, R-Holland says the investment in roads was a...
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New Road Project on I-96 Starts Wednesday
UNDATED (WHTC) - Summertime means road projects. The Michigan Department of Transportation starts a new one today. Crews will resurface 8.4 miles of westbound I-96 from just west of M-104 to U.S. 31,...
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