Category Archives: Holland News

Spectrum Health sets limits during latest COVID-19 surge
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated with the correct Allegan County test dates. HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- How bad is this COVID-19 surge in West Michigan? Spectrum Health, which operates 14 hospi...
Peg McNichol Nov 12, 2020 Corewell Health Butterworth. Courtesy, Corewell Health Butterworth.

Over 80,000 have applied for Michigan's Futures for Frontliners scholarship program
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State officials say in the few weeks since they announced their Futures for Frontliners scholarship program, over 80,000 Michigan residents have signed up to receive free tu...
Ken Delaney Nov 09, 2020 (courtesy of the State of Michigan)

GVSU expert: West Michigan economic recovery resembles a ‘lopsided W’
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The economic recovery roller coaster continues in West Michigan, with the overall mood of West Michigan business leaders still mixed. That's the assessment of Brian G. ...
Ken Delaney Nov 06, 2020 Dr Brian Long (photo courtesy of Grand Valley State University)

Upton reelected to serve Michigan's 6th Congressional District
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Congressman Fred Upton is declaring victory in Michigan's 6th District Congressional race. He made this announcement on his Twitter page: -- ORIGINAL STORY -- KALAMAZOO, ...
Will Kriss Nov 03, 2020 Congressman Fred Upton announces grant for Kzoo-BC Airport (Photo by Jeana Gondek)

Trump again to make West Michigan one of his last stops before the election
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Showing that West Michigan remains a key battleground in Tuesday's General Election, President Donald Trump will visit metro Grand Rapids Monday, making a final push to...
Ken Delaney Oct 30, 2020 Matt Johnson / CC

Gun Lake Tribe to Donate $500,000 in CARES Act Cash
BRADLEY, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The Gun Lake Tribe is doling out some of its CARES Act cash. In a statement released by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians on Thursday, the tribe annou...
Gary Stevens Oct 29, 2020 The Gun Lake Tribe (image courtesy the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians)

UPDATE: Missing Dorr Township man
DORR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- UPDATE: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, the Allegan County Sheriff's Office announced that John Ashley Adkins has been located. The department thanked all those who assiste...
Will Kriss Oct 28, 2020 46-year-old John Ashley Adkins has been reported missing from the Dorr Township area. (Photo courtesy of the Allegan County Sheriff's Department).

UPDATE: Missing Dorr Township man found safe
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Allegan County Sheriff's deputies say 48-year-old Russell Thomas Bockheim from Dorr Township has been located and is safe. That announcement was released just before ...
Peg McNichol Oct 28, 2020 Allegan County Sheriff's authorities are looking for Door Township resident Russell Bockheim, reported missing and endangered on Oct. 27. He was last seen Oct. 16, 2020. Courtesy, Allegan Co. Sheriff's Office

Missing Allegan man could be in the Kalamazoo area
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -- Allegan County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a missing man who could be in the Kalamazoo area. William Behrens, who goes by Bill, walked away from his home north of ...
Jeana Gondek Oct 26, 2020 (Photo courtesy of the Allegan County Sheriff's Department)

Fatal rollover crash is Allegan County early Sunday morning
WAYLAND, TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One man is dead and another injured after a rollover crash in Allegan County's Wayland Township early Sunday morning, Oct. 25, 2020. Police arrived in the area of ...
Ken Delaney Oct 25, 2020 Fatal crash graphic (Photo courtesy of Midwest Communications)




