Holland City Council to Honor Longtime Staffer During Meeting Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - During this evening’s Holland City Council meeting, long-time staffer Jodi Syens will be honored, as she will be retiring a week from Friday after 37 years of service. Council will...
View ArticleHope College Tops Statewide in New Teacher Prep Study
WASHINGTON (WHTC) - Hope College topped all Michigan schools of higher education in a new nationwide survey of how institutions are preparing teachers. Hope took three and a half out of four stars from...
View ArticleTigers Blown Out by Baltimore, 13-3
DETROIT (WHTC) -- Taylor Teagarden's three-run homer in the fourth inning made it difficult for Rick Porcello and the Tigers to mount a comeback. Porcello (4-4) had won his previous two starts, but...
View ArticleAnother Round of Click-it-or-Ticket Coming Up
UNDATED (WHTC) -- The 2013 version of Click it or Ticket caught quite a few violators over the Memorial Day holiday. Michigan state and law enforcement plan to do it all over again during the 4th of...
View ArticleAED Legislation Passes in Michigan House
UNDATED (WHTC) -- The Michigan House passed legislation on Wednesday that would require schools to implement a cardiac emergency response plan. Schools that have an automated external defibrillator on...
View ArticleHarborfest Begins Tonight in South Haven
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC) - The 23rd annual Harborfest kicks off in South Haven tonight. A number of activities celebrating the region’s “quaint” maritime history are planned through Sunday, including...
View ArticleGVSU Adds Two to Community College Transfer Agreement List
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC) - It’s now 16 and counting the number of junior colleges that have inked reverse transfer agreements with Grand Valley State University. Students from Lake Michigan College in...
View ArticleJailed Holland Man Gets Public Defender in Kansas Teen Sex Case
OLATHE, KS (WHTC) - A 46-year-old Holland man was back in a suburban Kansas City courtroom yesterday. Richard Jessie Smith has been held in the Johnson County, Kansas Jail on 25 thousand dollars bond...
View ArticleHolland City Council Considers Options After Court Ruling on Sacked Clerk
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The ball is back in the Holland City Hall’s court.The state Court of Appeals yesterday overturned an Ottawa County Circuit Court decision that upheld the city’s dismissal of...
View ArticleGenetski to Hold Meeting for Allegan Co. Officials Today
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) - State Representative Bob Genetski is holding a four-hour conference for local officials at Allegan’s Griswold Auditorium today. The Saugatuck Republican should be joined by...
View ArticleFormer Owner of Closed Otsego Paper Mill Sentenced
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC) - A year in prison and 168 thousand dollars in restitution was the sentence handed down yesterday to former Rock-Tenn Paper Mill owner Anthony Davis for violating the federal Clean...
View ArticleAdvisory Signs Lifted at Allegan County's West Side Park
GANGES, MI (WHTC) - Allegan County Health Department officials took down advisory signs for the beach at West Side County Park south of Saugatuck yesterday. The cautions went up on Tuesday after...
View ArticleBicyclist Hurt by Careening Vehicle in Crash on Holland's North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) - Waiting for traffic on a sidewalk at a corner on Holland’s North Side proved to be no safe haven for a 42-year-old Holland bicyclist who ended up as apparent collateral damage...
View ArticleGas Prices Sharply Lower Along Lakeshore, Across Michigan
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Gas prices have plummeted more sharply that it has spiked along the Lakeshore and across the state. The refinery-related hike at the pump is now a distant memory, as this morning’s...
View ArticleWATCH: State Sen. Rick Jones Answers Governor on Medicaid Expansion
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The sting of defeat is being felt by Governor Snyder.After being rebuffed by fellow Republicans in the state Senate from voting on a Medicaid expansion plan that he cut short an...
View ArticleVehicle Accident Sends Young Boy to Hospital
LAKETOWN TOWNSHIP, MI (WHTC) -- An accident Friday afternoon sent a 6-year-old boy to the hospital. The crash happened in Laketown Township around 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of 147th Ave and 62nd...
View ArticleMichigan Dept of Insurance and Financial Services Releases Guide to Insurance...
UNDATED (WHTC) -- If it’s time to renew your insurance or maybe change to a different insurance company, the state of Michigan wants to help. The 2013 Guides to Automobile and Homeowners Insurance...
View ArticleWeekend Lane Closures on I 196
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC) -- Weekend road work will be slowing things down in Zeeland. The Michigan Department of Transportation says there will be a single lane closure westbound at 96th Ave until 4 p.m. on...
View ArticleAllegan Co. Added to State Disaster Declaration for April Flooding
LANSING, MI (WHTC) - Allegan County has been added to the state disaster declaration for funding to pay for public infrastructure repairs stemming from flooding damage caused by April’s torrential...
View ArticleUpton Tours Palisades Plant
COVERT, MI (WHTC) - US Congressman Fred Upton toured the Palisades nuclear power plant near Covert yesterday. The Republican from St. Joseph, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wanted...
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