The WGHN Newsroom

Grand Haven, MI 9WGHN) - Grand Haven City Council meets tonight. Special meeting at 7:00 p.m. with a Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Millage presentation from City Manager Ashey Lastch. Regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Also on the agenda: Consideration by City Council of a resolution to adopt the Northwest Ottawa ...

(St. Louis, MO) - Western Michigan University athletic director Dan Bartholomae is expecting the national championship won by the Broncos in hockey this weekend will benefit the entire university. He says there isn't a national stage like sports that exists anywhere else in the university where they can get into millio...

(Dearborn, MI) - Michigan's average gas price is 15-cents lower to start the week at three-dollars-eight-cents a gallon. Triple-A Michigan says the price is eight-cents more than last month but 62-cents less than last year. A 15-gallon tank costs 46-dollars on average. Michigan's highest price is three-dollars-16-cents...

(Muskegon Township, MI) - Muskegon Township police say a 74-year-old man has died after a fire at a senior housing facility late Friday night. He died after being airlifted to Butterworth Emergency Room in Grand Rapids and his name has not been released. The fire started around 11 p.m. at Pine Grove Apartments. Police ...

Zeeland Twp., MI (WGHN) - An 80-year-old Zeeland Township man suffered injuries after being trapped under a tractor. Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputies along were called to the scene the 1800 Block of 76th St. in Zeeland Township around 5:14 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, Deputies with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office l...

Washington, DC - Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) announced the introduction of the bipartisan and bicameral Youth Sports Facilities Act. This bipartisan bill amends Title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act to add Youth Sports Facilities to the list of eligible uses ...

(Lansing, MI) - Life in prison without parole sentences for 19-and-20-year-olds convicted of murder are now banned in Michigan. The state Supreme Court ruled those sentences are "cruel and unusual punishment" and the decision follows one made in 2022 for 18-year-olds. The opinion means there will be nearly 60...

(Grand Haven, MI) - Harbor dredging efforts along the Lake Michigan shoreline are uncertain right now with federal spending cuts. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten of Grand Rapids says this is as ports are increasingly busy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts dredging operations every few years in Grand Haven, Holl...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is warning that black bears are expanding their territory southward in the state. The DNR says there are around ten-thousand black bears in the Upper Peninsula and around two-thousand in the Lower Peninsula. They have been as far south as Grand Rapids and Mid...

(Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin has introduced her first bill in the chamber. The Holly Democrat wants to ban or limit vehicles and parts from China to the United States if they "pose a threat to national security." Slotkin is expressing concerns that Chinese vehicles could collect data on Amer...

(Ann Arbor, MI) - The number of University of Michigan students and recent graduates who have had their visas or rights to stay in the U.S. revoked has increased to 22. President Santa Ono says they have not been given details about the specific reasons by the federal government for the revocations and terminations. Th...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (MI03) voted against the SAVE Act, legislation passed by House Republicans that, despite its name, would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote-especially women, service members, Native Americans, and rural voters. "Let me be clear: onl...

(HOLLAND, MI.) - The Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) is proud to announce that Health Officer Adeline Hambley has received the prestigious 2025 Jean Chabut Health Policy Champion award from the Michigan Public Health Week Partnership. The Jean Chabut Health Policy Champion award recognizes individuals...

West Olive, MI (WGHN) - Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meet today for the Planning & Policy Committee Meeting and the Finance & Administration Committee Meeting. It's expected that public comment will address three of the four Ottawa Impact commissioners who sent letters to Grand Valley State University o...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - April 10, 2025 - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park announced the complete 2025 Fifth Third Bank Summer Concerts at Meijer Gardens lineup, featuring 34 unique shows - the most ever in a season - between May 30 and Sept. 14. This extended lineup reflects the organization's continued commi...

GRAND HAVEN, MICH., - The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power (BLP) has added 2.2 Mega-Watts (MW) to its sustainable energy portfolio today as Brandt Woods Solar, a solar array in Calhoun County, entered into commercial operation. In partnership with the Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA), the Grand Haven BLP contr...

(Kalamazoo, MI) - Jessica Swartz will run for the U.S. House again in 2026. The Democrat took on Republican incumbent Congressman Bill Huizenga of Zeeland last year and received 43-point-four-percent of the vote. Huizenga, however, has been put at the top of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's list along ...

(Kent Co., MI) - Kent County health officials are concerned about the potential for a measles outbreak in West Michigan. They tell Fox 17 the chance increases as people come back from spring break trips. Just two weeks ago, someone with measles traveled through the Gerald R Ford International Airport. There have been 6...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her "Build, America, Build Address" in Washington, D.C. where she outlined her administration's bipartisan approach to working with the federal government to grow Michigan's economy, boost manufacturing, and protect our national defense. Each of thes...

Grand Haven, MI - The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) has awarded Grand Haven Area Public Schools (GHAPS) the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting (COE). ASBO International's COE recognizes districts that have met the program's high standards for financial reporting and transpa...

Lansing, MI (WGHN) - Following the devastating ice storm and severe weather outbreaks in northern Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources Forest Resources Division is actively assessing and addressing extensive damage to state forest lands. State and national forest resources in northern Michigan have been signif...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says they need another two-and-a-half-billion-dollars a year for road repairs. MDOT's chief engineer Greg Brunner says that will be what is needed to get 90-percent of the state's roads in good or fair condition by 2036. They are forecasting that less than 35-pe...

(Allendale, MI) - Two international students at Grand Valley State University have had their visas revoked. Staff members made the discovery when they were reviewing records maintained but the Department of Homeland Security, adding that they otherwise weren't informed of the decision. The school says international stu...

Zeeland Twp., MI (WGHN) - A plane was located upside down at the Ottawa Executive Airport in Zeeland Township this morning just before 9:00 a.m. Ottawa County Sheriff's say when they arrived to the scene at 5923 Byron Rd, they located a Cessna 180 single engine airplane upside down just off the shoulder of the runway. ...

(East Lansing, MI) --International students at Michigan State University have had their travel visas revoked by the U.S. Department of State. MSU says the Office for International Students and Scholars is closely monitoring the situation and is talking with immigration attorneys. The university has not said how many st...

(Mackinaw City, MI) - Work to restore power in northern Michigan is continuing more than a week after an ice storm devastated several counties. Presque Isle Electric & Gas crews say they have nearly 13-thousand still without power and have restored service to nearly 22-thousand. Consumers Energy says two-thousand-2...

(South Haven, MI) - The city council in South Haven wants more information from city staff on the costs of establishing a new lifeguard program. A report from a consultant estimates the lifeguard pay would be 234-thousand-dollars a year without benefits with lifeguard pay averaging 25-dollars an hour. Chris Brewer of U...

(Shelby Township, MI) - Congressman John James is in the running for governor of Michigan. The Republican announced his campaign yesterday on social media and says he will not seek a third term in the U.S. House. James joins state Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt and truck driver Anthony Hudson in the GOP race for t...

(Mason Co., MI) - An elderly Norton Shores woman is recovering after she was trapped under a tree for several days. Seventy-four-year-old Nancy Bloomquist went missing after she went to the Little River Casino in Mason County on April 3rd. She told police her car became stuck and then caught fire, and she laid down by ...

GRAND HAVEN, MICH., April 4, 2025 - The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power (BLP) deployed a line crew last Sunday to respond to requests from the City of Petoskey for mutual aid in the aftermath of the ice storm that caused severe damage in Northern Michigan. The BLP line crew joins other Michigan municipal electri...