Category Archives: Holland News
Michigan Senate Majority Leader Shirkey apologizes
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, issued a written apology yesterday for comments he made during a Hillsdale Republican Party meeting that were cap...
Feb 10, 2021 Michigan Senator Majority Leader Mike Shirkey
This weekend: 24th annual Great Backyard Bird Count
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The 24th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is this weekend, February 12 through February 15. One of the most pandemic-friendly activities has to be birdwatching -- it's outs...
Feb 09, 2021 Northern Cardinal by Deborah Bifulco. Courtesy Backyard Bird Count-
Grand Rapids man arrested in Indiana after shooting
SHELBY COUNTY, IN (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Frederick Dewon Charles, 36 of Grand Rapids, is in a Shelby County, Indiana, jail facing 21 charges after an incident on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Police say Charles shot...
Feb 09, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC
Officials: Stay off piers in Lake Michigan during extreme winter weather conditions
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Officials in charge of rescues along the Lake Michigan shoreline are warning residents to stay off the piers during extreme winter weather conditions. South Haven Area ...
Feb 09, 2021 Pier on Lake Michigan during winter - Credit South Haven Area Emergency Services
MSP alert for Richard Lee Wymer, missing and endangered
REMUS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Michigan State Police are looking for a missing and endangered man, 70-year-old Richard Lee Wymer, of Wheatland Township in Remus, MI. He's described as a white man, 6-foot-2...
Feb 08, 2021 Richard Lee Wymer. Courtesy, MSP
First West Michigan case of B.1.1.7. COVID-19 variant confirmed in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The first case of the new, more contagious B.1.1.7. variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Kalamazoo County. The Health & Community Services Department identified ...
Feb 05, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
NWS asks residents for river-ice photos
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- National Weather Service meteorologists in Grand Rapids are looking for help assessing where the ice is along West Michigan waterways. They put out a call to action on Twitter,...
Feb 04, 2021 National Weather Service-Grand Rapids graphic
Wayland police investigating shooting into occupied dwelling
WAYLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- The Wayland Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place Monday night. Just after 9 p.m., officers responded to the 3700 block of Windsor Woods Drive on a ...
Feb 02, 2021 Jason Rojas / CC
Marlena's Bistro future undecided
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- The fate of Marlena's Bistro & Pizzeria, 909 Lincoln Ave. in Holland, remains unknown after a Feb. 1, 2021, hearing with state officials. But Marlena Pavlos shared a note o...
Feb 02, 2021 A full parking lot at Marlena's Bistro & Pizzeria on Jan. 28, 2021, despite state orders against dine-in service. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
Three cows killed in Zeeland Twp. crash
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Police were called to a cow-and-car crash at 3:30 a.m. Friday, in Ottawa County's Zeeland Township. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies with Zeeland City Police and the Ottawa ...
Jan 29, 2021 Cow from the 2018 Ottawa County Fair. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
