Category Archives: State News
Saugatuck Eases Liqour License Rules
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The process of applying to serve alcohol in downtown Saugatuck and in the resort district just got a little easier. Saugatuck City Council unanimously repealed a special l...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 30, 2018
Highway Death Toll Rises Over Holiday Weekend
LANSING (WHTC-AM/FM) — Eleven fatal crashes took the lives of 15 people during the 2018 Memorial Day weekend, according to Michigan State Police figures. Last year, 10 people died in 10 crashes....
localnews@mwcradio.com May 29, 2018
Hudsonville Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash
BARRY COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Jeffrey Altena, 55, of Hudsonville, and Christian Nederveld, 47 of Wyoming, died in a motorcycle crash Sunday evening, according to Barry County Sheriff’s Offic...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 29, 2018
Weather record in West Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS (WHTC-AM/FM) — It’s not your imagination: This year, spring took forever to happen. And when it did, sping arrived very quickly. Meteorologists from the National Weather Servi...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 29, 2018
Memorial Day 2018
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — Thousands turned out in Kalamazoo, and in communities all over West Michigan for Memorial Day Parades as many thousands more turned out in towns and villages all over th...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 28, 2018
Fourth Consecutive Air-Quality Alert from MDEQ
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — For the fourth consecutive day, high temperatures and little to no wind has the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality declaring an Action Day for elevated levels of...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 28, 2018
Odd man wins jackpot
SOUTHFIELD (WKZO AM/FM) — It's hard to say his strategy had anything to do with it, but a Michigan man who only buys odd numbered lottery tickets has won a two-million dollar jackpot. The 22-yea...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 27, 2018
Memorial Day events 2018
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) There will be dozens of Memorial Day events this weekend around West Michigan. The largest will be the annual service at the Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta at 2 pm Sunda...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 27, 2018
UPDATE: Mother & son killed in Van Buren County crash
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) — Van Buren County Sheriff deputies are releasing the names of the victims involved in a fatal head-on crash that occurred Friday along M-51. Deputies say the 25-y...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 27, 2018
Air Quality Alert from Michigan DEQ
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has declared Sunday, May 27, 2018, to be an Action Day for elevated levels of ozone. Pollutants are expected to be in the ...
localnews@mwcradio.com May 27, 2018




