Tag: Holland

New Westover Council gets Holland Avenue update

Jul. 1—WESTOVER — Westover City Council newcomers Mark Gall and Randy Barnett joined fellow councilor Duane Tatar and Mayor Bob Lucci in kicking off four-year terms Monday evening as the city’s new council met for the first time. Once down to business, attorney Tim Stranko said the city is a West Virginia Department of Environmental […]

Tuesday storms triggered meteotsunami at Holland State Park

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A camera at Holland State Park captured a meteotsunami moving ashore as a line of severe thunderstorms struck Tuesday morning. A meteotsunami is a type of large wave that happens when a fast-moving line of storms moves across a body of water. This was seen clearly at Holland State Park […]

Second HōM Flats project in Holland Township breaks ground

HOLLAND — Construction on a long-planned multi-family housing development in Holland broke ground Thursday, June 6, marking the start of a $60 million, 202-apartment project. The three-building community — HōM Flats at 24 East — will include one, two and three bedroom apartments, 13,000-square-feet of retail space, an on-site childcare center, and suites reserved for […]

Community honors Johnathan Holland, Addison Shepard at memorial bass tournament

LAKE TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Jonathan Holland and Addison Shepherd Memorial Bass Tournament took off at the Boulders at Lake Tyler on Saturday. Winnsboro ISD student dies after passing out at bass tournament weigh-in “We had 39 boats that registered for the tournament,” Jonathan Holland’s mother Karen Holland said. After losing her son Jonathan and […]

Westover Sewer Board a requirement of Holland Avenue funding

Jun. 3—WESTOVER — In an emergency addition to Monday’s meeting agenda, Westover City Council voted on first reading to reconstitute the three-person sanitary sewer board it eliminated just over two years ago. After consistently struggling to get volunteers to serve, the city dissolved the board in May 2022 and brought sanitary sewer management on as […]

Here’s our list of Memorial Day events in the Holland area

HOLLAND — Memorial Day has finally arrived. It’s a time for reflection and gratitude, and also a much-needed long weekend to relax and spend time with family. In addition to the upcoming openings of Ottawa Beach General Store and Reservoir near Holland State Park, there are events happening near Holland this weekend, including: Zeeland’s Memorial […]

Healthy Holland raises $2K for family of random shooting victim

HOLLAND — When small business owner Cassie Loomis heard about the fatal shooting of Miguel Raul Zamudio on Saturday, April 13, she felt compelled to do something to help. She didn’t know the family personally, but Loomis had previously lived just four doors down from where the shooting took place. As the owner of Healthy […]

Tax credit approved for Holland affordable housing project

HOLLAND — A new affordable housing development on Holland’s southside is moving forward after being awarded a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. The project is a joint venture between Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids, Community Action House of Holland and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. It’s a […]

The Jonkers grow greenhouses, mini golf in Holland

From produce to plants to golf to greenhouses, the Jonkers’ business grew and evolved. John B. Jonker was born in 1919; Marie in 1923. After World War II (1945), John purchased fruits and vegetables from farm wholesale markets in Benton Harbor and Grand Rapids. Then the married couple would sell them two ways. Mary staffed […]