Category Archives: State News
Armed Robbery Suspect in Allegan Co. Jail
ALLEGAN COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man suspected of an armed robbery at the Clark gas station in the Village of Martin, 11 miles east of the Ci...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
Snow blowing dispute results in murder conviction
GRAND HAVEN (WKZO AM/FM) — There was never any question that Wendell Popejoy walked up to neighbor Sheila Bonge and shot her in the head at close range while she was running a snow blower and th...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
West Michigan man leaves bar and vanishes
SAUGATUCK (WKZO AM/FM) — Allegan County Deputies need your help to locate 39-year-old Justin Michael Brown from Grand Rapids who was last seen at a bar in Saugatuck early Saturday morning. He ha...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
Walmart crasher declared insane at the time
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – An Ovid Township woman, who was facing four criminal charges following a break in at Rick's Party Store and the subsequent crashing of her vehicle into the Coldwater Walma...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
Allendale Township Girl, Hit by Falling Tree, in Critical Condition
OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — After being hit by a fallng tree, an 11-year-old Allendale Township girl is in critical condition at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, according to Ottawa County Sher...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
Suspect in Double Car Theft, Crash and Police Chase Arraigned
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Cameron Troy Lawson, 39, is listed as homeless and is currently being held in Ottawa County Jail on two counts of vehicle theft, according to Ottawa County Sheriff’s...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
Yanfeng's Holland Tech Center to Close
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — After a mass layoff of 55 people Friday, Yanfeng Automotive Interiors announced Monday that the company will shutter its Holland Tech Center, 701 S. Waverly Rd., “as...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 16, 2018
Man leaves the scene after crashing into house
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – An Osseo man was arrested over the weekend by the Michigan State Police after a vehicle crashed into a house in Hillsdale County's Jefferson Township. Troopers sa...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 15, 2018
Yanfeng Layoffs in Holland
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — On Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, 55 employees at Yanfeng’s Holland Tech Center were permanently laid off. A company spokeswoman told WHTC the move is to improve the company...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 15, 2018
Missing Branch County man found safe and sound
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A Branch Cuounty man from Algansee Township who was reported as missing over the weekend by the Michigan State Police has been found safe and sound. The State Poli...
localnews@mwcradio.com Oct 15, 2018




