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Events
AUG 08 - AUG 09
AUG 08 - AUG 09

Downtown Holland Sidewalk Sales
Downtown Holland Shopping District, College Avenue, Holland, MI, USA
Don't miss the biggest sale of the year in Downtown Holland! The 2025 Sidewalk Sales will be held Friday, August 8 from 9:00 am - 8:00 pm and Saturday, August 9 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Save on clothing, shoes, and accessories, sporting goods, home decor and furnishings, toys and books, unique gifts, and so much more as our merchants bring thousands of deals outdoors for this two-day event!
8th Street will be closed to traffic and parking on August 8 and 9 to make room for all of the amazing deals! Free public parking for the event will be available in the surface lots on 7th and 9th Street, at the 7th and 9th Street Parking Decks, and at the Holland Civic Center Place.
The 2025 Downtown Holland Sidewalk Sales are proudly sponsored by United Bank. Visit their tent at Sidewalk Sales on 8th Street for fun giveaways and more information about their services or stop by their new Downtown Holland branch in the Towers at River at 167 South River Avenue.
Full DetailsAUG 08 - AUG 09
AUG 08 - AUG 09

Holland Symphony Orchestra Welcomes: MIDORI
West Ottawa High School Performing Arts Center, Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, USA
Friday, August 8th, 2025, at 7:30 PM
NEW VENUE: West Ottawa Performing Arts Center
The HSO Midori concerts are in memory of Jack H. Miller
Call or email Amanda for accessible (ADA/handicapped) seating options (ticketing@hollandsymphony.org, 616-796-6780).
As part of Holland Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 Gift of Music summer offerings, we are excited to announce a special pair of concerts featuring the violin superstar Midori. She will make her Holland debut with music director and conductor Johannes Müller Stosch and the HSO in two performances of Mendelssohn’s towering Violin Concerto and Arvo Pärt’s raucous double violin concerto entitled Tabula Rasa with ZenViolin creator and prodigy Moni Simeonov. The program will include Mendelssohn’s whimsical Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave” and J. S. Bach’s regal Orchestral Suite No. 1. The concerts will take place on Friday, August 8, 2025, at 7:30 pm and Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 2 pm at the West Ottawa Performing Arts Center.
Midori is a visionary artist, activist, and educator who explores and builds connections between music and the human experience. In the four decades since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11, the “simply magical” (Houston Chronicle) violinist has performed with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and has collaborated with world-renowned musicians including Leonard Bernstein, Yo-Yo Ma, and many others.
These are special event prices and are not part of a subscription package.
Ticket prices for the Midori concert are as follows:
Premium seats (yellow): $45
Choice seats (orange): $40
Main (white): $35
A limited number of student tickets, in the Main Section, will be available for $20.
Full DetailsLocal News

Emergency Managers Spotlighted During Inaugural Awareness Month
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 8, 2025) - An initial effort to shine a spotlight on those who try to "bring order to chaos" is underway. The first National Emergency Management Awareness Month is aimed at promoting the profession and highlig...
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Emergency Repair Issue Brings Holland Civic Center Operations Into Spotlight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 8, 2025) - An item that was pulled from the consent agenda during Wednesday's Holland City Council business meeting has brought up the matter of how the Heeringa Holland Civic Center Place is being operated. At issue was...
2h ago

Laketown Twp. Board Wants Another Interview with Managerial Choice After Information from Ionia Co. Surfaces
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 8, 2025) - Maybe it's a case of "not so fast" in terms of a new manager for a Lakeshore community. On Wednesday, the Laketown Township Board of Trustees asked Stephanie Fox to come back for a third interv...
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Street Performers, Sidewalk Sale to Block 8th Street Through Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 7, 2025) - Eighth Street through downtown Holland will be blocked off on Thursday evening, and should stay that way through Saturday. The penultimate weekly Street Performer Series will first take over the Tulip City's m...
20h ago

Historic Greenhouse Slated for Move After Holland City Council Vote
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 7, 2025) - A project that has been a decade in the making will soon become a reality in Holland. During Wednesday night's biweekly business meeting, City Council members unanimously approved separate contracts for tearin...
Aug 07, 2025
Area Police Logs

Holland Police Log Aug. 6-7, 2025
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call 616-355-1100 during normal business hours, or the...
22h ago

Holland Police Log Aug. 5-6, 2025
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call 616-355-1100 during normal business hours, or the...
Aug 06, 2025

Holland Police Log Aug. 4-5, 2025
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call 616-355-1100 during normal business hours, or the...
Aug 05, 2025

Holland Police Log Aug. 1-4, 2025
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call 616-355-1100 during normal business hours, or the...
Aug 04, 2025

Holland Police Log Jul. 30-31, 2025
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - Below is a Holland Department of Public Safety log for the dates and times listed. If you need police help for an emergency, call 911. For non-emergency police matters, call 616-355-1100 during normal business hours, or the...
Jul 31, 2025
Entertainment News
Disney resolves legal dispute with 'Mandalorian' actress Gina Carano
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney has resolved a legal dispute with actor Gina Carano over her firing from the "Star Wars" streaming TV series "The Mandalorian," a spokesperson for Disney unit Lucasfilm said on Thursday. Disney r...
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Paramount closes $8 billion merger with Skydance after settling '60 Minutes' lawsuit
(Reuters) -Paramount Global and Skydance Media have completed their $8.4 billion merger that was announced more than a year ago, the companies said, capping a long-drawn deal process marked by political scrutiny and shareholder concerns. Renamed &quo...
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Director Francis Ford Coppola discharged from Rome hospital, is 'fine', source says
ROME (Reuters) -Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has been discharged from the hospital in Rome where he was admitted two days ago, and is "feeling good", a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The acclaimed American ...
21h ago
Warner Bros Discovery's revenue surges on streaming expansion, box-office hits
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, boosted by the international expansion of HBO Max and blockbuster releases including U.S. top grosser "A Minecraft Movie." The company gained 3...
Aug 07, 2025
The American musician sending microphones from Russia to the world
TULA, Russia (Reuters) -From a small factory in Tula, a city south of Moscow, American musician David Arthur Brown exports Russian-made Soyuz microphones to Europe, the United States, China and beyond. At a time when sanctions are squeezing Russia's ...
Aug 07, 2025