Category Archives: Holland News
UPDATE: Missing Allegan County teenager located and safe
UPDATE- Mon 8/16/21 12:03 p.m.: GRAND JUNCTION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- 16-year-old Nataleigh Hitchcock has been located and is safe. No other details have been provided. ORIGINAL STORY: GRAND JUNCTION, MI...
Aug 16, 2021 Nataliegh Hitchcock - Courtesy Kellie Boers
UPDATE: Lake Michigan drowning victim found, identified
SAUGATUCK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 51 year old woman who went missing in Lake Michigan near Saugatuck Saturday night was found drowned Sunday morning. Mary Claire Dice-Grooters of Grandville, Michigan was...
Aug 15, 2021 Allegan County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit (File Photo by John McNeil)
COVID docks S.S. Badger
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Voyages on the S.S. Badger across Lake Michigan, from Ludington to Manitowoc, WI, and back again, are on hold until at least Aug. 19, 2021. Lake Michigan Carferry officials ann...
Aug 11, 2021 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
UPDATE: Allegan County Health Department confirms presence of harmful algae in Swan Lake
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - In an update to a report issued last Friday, the Allegan County Health Department has confirmed the presence of
Aug 10, 2021 Allegan County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit (File Photo by John McNeil)
Blood drive to honor fallen fire chief
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) --A blood drive to honor fallen Comstock Township Fire Chief Ed Switalski is set to take place at the Comstock High School, Monday, August 9th. The public is invited to roll...
Aug 07, 2021 Photo from comstockfire.com
Holland man killed in one vehicle accident in Richland
PAW PAW MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police authorities continue to look into an accident Thursday that killed a Holland man. The initial investigation showed that a pickup pulling a motor home ea...
Aug 06, 2021 Photo courtesy of Michigan State Police
Allegan Co. Swan Lake tested for toxic algae
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Allegan County health officials are warning people about suspected blue-green algae or a cyanobacterial bloom in Cheshire Township's Swan Lake. Visitors to the area and people ...
Aug 05, 2021 Allegan County Mobile Health Unit. (Photo courtesy of the Allegan County Health Department).
Benson: Aug. 3 elections went well
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The nearly 400 jurisdictions with elections Aug. 3 reported a smooth, successful Election Day, with hundreds of thousands of Michiganders choosing to vote from home by casting ...
Aug 05, 2021 May 4, 2021; Holland, MI, USA; Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson answers reporters' questions in front of Holland City Hall during an appearance on Election Day. Gary Stevens/Midwest Communications
Mother and son seeking input for ArtPrize project
GRAND RAPIDS MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A mother and son are giving people a chance to participate in ArtPrize 2021. WOOD TV 8 is reporting that Monica Pritchard and Christian Reichle are holding interviews th...
Aug 02, 2021 Mother and son looking for participants in ArtPrize 2021 project.
WOOD-TV's Ellen Bacca becomes first female Chief Meteorologist ever in West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- A television personality is making history in West Michigan. WOOD-TV's Ellen Bacca was named Chief Meteorologist in an announcement from the station on Monday. This ma...
Jul 27, 2021 Chief Meteorologist Ellen Bacca - Credit WOOD-TV
