Holland Woman Tabbed to State Strategic Fund Board
LANSING, MI (WHTC) - Jody Vanderwel of Holland, president of investment group Grand Angels LLC, has been named to a four-year term on the Michigan Strategic Fund board of directors by Governor Snyder....
View ArticleHolland Parks and Recreation Study Their Wish List
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The Holland Parks and Recreation Commission held their monthly meeting this afternoon. New business included changing the expiration date for Farmers Market Subcommittee...
View ArticleFriday is Give Kids a Smile Day
UNDATED (WHTC) -- Friday, February 7th is national Give Kids a Smile Day and the Ottawa County Department of Public Health is taking part in the event. Oral Health Supervisor Debra Bassett says that...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced in Death of Holland Man
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A 20-year-old Fennville woman will not do jail time for charges in the death of a 74-year-old Holland man. On July 13th of last year, Reyna Isabel Mendoza ran a red light as she was...
View ArticleHolland City Council Considers JCI Renaissance Zone Agreement Changes
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Holland City Council members will be asked tonight to approve an amended Renaissance Zone agreement with Johnson Controls involving its lithium-ion battery-making plant on 48th...
View ArticleAllegan County's Corbin New MEMA PResident
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) - Allegan County Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Scott Corbin is the new President of the Michigan Emergency Management Association. His two-year term began...
View ArticleHaworth agrees to buy 58.6 pct of Italy's Poltrona Frau
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. office furniture group Haworth is set to buy 58.6 percent of Italy's Poltrona Frau at a price of 2.96 euros per share and will launch a public tender offer on the remaining shares...
View ArticleHaworth Announces Improved Sales, Italian Acquisition
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - This may be a red letter day in Haworth history.The Holland-based office furniture maker announced 2013 sales of 1.41 billion dollars, an increase of more than seven percent from...
View ArticleFormer Ottawa County Deputy in Court
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A former Ottawa County deputy was in court on Tuesday to enter a guilty plea to having sexual contact with an inmate at the Ottawa County Jail. Nine-year veteran Jonathan Kermeen was...
View ArticleHolland Firefighters Contract Approved
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- Holland Public Safety Firefighters had been without a contract since the previous one expired on June 30th, 2013. After several months of negotiations between city staffers and...
View ArticleHolland City Council Approves revision to JCI Renaissance Zone Agreement
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- During Wednesday night’s regular Holland City Council meeting, there was discussion on the Renaissance Zone agreement made between the City and Johnson Controls back in September...
View ArticleDeGraaf Nature Center Saturday Programs
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) -- The DeGraaf Nature Center has events scheduled for the next three Saturdays. This week, a program using artifacts and replicas to demonstrate how Michigan’s Native Americans...
View ArticleBottom Line Black for Perrigo
DUBLIN (WHTC) - The luck of the Irish is apparently rubbing off at Perrigo.The one-time Allegan-based generic drug maker, now based in Dublin in a corporate reorganizing, announced record quarterly...
View ArticleEconomic Growth in West Michigan Measured
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) - Slow and steady can best describe short-term business growth in West Michigan, according to GVSU Supply Management Research Director Brian Long. His monthly survey of...
View ArticleHolland Scores Temporary Snowboard/Ski Slope for Downtown
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Holland CVB officials are crowing over landing a temporary 20-foot snowboard and ski slope that will be off of 8th Street across from the Knickerbocker Theatre. A Saturday,...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE at 6PM: Unveiling of the 2014 Tulip Time Poster
Live streaming video by UstreamHolland (WHTC) -- Tulip Time is less than four months away and the finalists have been announced for the 2014 Art in Bloom Poster Competition. While several of the...
View ArticleConviction in 2002 Murder East of South Haven
PAW PAW, MI (WHTC) - A mandatory life sentence with no parole awaits Ray Barry after a Van Buren County Circuit Court jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Chris Green, whose...
View ArticleAnother State House Hopeful Enters Race
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The field of hopefuls for Joe Haveman’s state House seat is growing.The latest candidate for the GOP nomination in the August 5th primary is Daniela Garcia, who made her formal...
View ArticleWinner of 2014 Tulip Time Poster Contest Announced
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - The trend to the abstract continues for Tulip Time’s official posters.A panel of festival staffers and members of the Holland Area Arts Council tabbed “Resilience,” an acrylic...
View ArticleGas Prices Sliding Along Lakeshore
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Gas prices have taken a tumble along the Lakeshore.In the weekly poll of Holland area stations taken this morning, the per-gallon average stood at $3.23. Rates ranged from a low of...
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