Category Archives: State News
Grand Rapids Police might be using semi-automatic rifles
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – The Grand Rapids City Commission will take up a request to put semi-automatic rifles in all Grand Rapids Police Department patrol vehicles at its June 16th meeting. GRP...
Jun 10, 2015
Michigan Film Office could be eliminated
LANSING, MI (WHTC) Funding for the Michigan Film Office would end on October 1st, 2016 under legislation now before the state Senate. A committee passed the bill yesterday to eliminate the film incent...
Jun 10, 2015
Grand Rapids exploring online ticket appeals
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – Appealing a traffic ticket over the Internet could soon become reality in Grand Rapids. At 61st District Court, they’re keeping an eye on other parts of the state...
Jun 09, 2015
Library card gets you into Michigan Attractions for free
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) Library cardholders can explore some of Michigans’s most popular tourist destinations through the Michigan Activity Pass program. Four hundred libraries across the state parti...
Jun 09, 2015
Runaway found.... reunited with father
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – A Silent Observer tip has reunited a 14-year-old runaway from Battle Creek with her father. Jordan English was found by Grand Rapids police late Friday night at a home ...
Jun 08, 2015
Search for Missing Benton Harbor teen expands
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – The search for a missing 15-year-old Benton Harbor girl has expanded to the Grand Rapids area. Allegan County Sheriff's detectives first sounded the alarm for Jordan English...
Jun 05, 2015
With Budget Behind Them, State Lawmakers to Tackle Road Funding Problem
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – With the Fiscal 2016 budget work pretty much behind them, waiting on the Governor’s desk for his signature, state lawmakers are back in their districts for the weekend...
Jun 05, 2015
Governor Tabs Two from Lakeshore for Statewide Council Positions
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Two men who live along the Lakeshore but work outside of the area have been appointed to state panels by Governor Snyder. West Olive's Dennis Sturtevant, CEO of Dwelling Pla...
Jun 05, 2015
Missing Benton Harbor girl sought in Allegan County
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – Authorities from several jurisdictions are asking for help in locating a 15-year-old girl who hasn't been seen since leaving her mother's residence in Fort Wayne. Jordan Eng...
Jun 04, 2015
State House committee moves Speaker Cotter's road funding plan to House Floor
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Michigan House Roads and Economic Development Committee moved to the House floor Speaker Kevin Cotter’s one billion-dollar annual road funding plan after taking te...
Jun 03, 2015
