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Ottawa Co. to Conduct Resident Survey
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - How can Ottawa County be a better place for living and working? County officials ...
11h ago
New Habitat for Humanity Survey Underscores Value of Home Ownership
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - The value of owning one's home has been reinforced by data from a new national study...
12h ago
Coastal Container Purchases Howard Miller Manufacturing Site
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - A Zeeland manufacturing institution may have received a new life earlier this year, ...
12h ago
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ODC Network, Lakeshore Advantage Updates Slated for Holland City Council Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 8, 2026) - It's an update Wednesday night for the Holland City Council. During the 6 PM biweekl...
Jul 08, 2026
Zeeland Twp. Files Suit in Silver Maple Solar Farm Dispute, Accepts Resignation of Superintendent
YouTube video of Jul. 7, 2026 Zeeland Charter Township Board of Trustees meeting courtesy Zeeland Charter Township, Michigan ...
Jul 08, 2026
Local
Ottawa Co. to Conduct Resident Survey
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - How can Ottawa County be a better place for living and working? County officials ...
11h ago
New Habitat for Humanity Survey Underscores Value of Home Ownership
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - The value of owning one's home has been reinforced by data from a new national study...
12h ago
Coastal Container Purchases Howard Miller Manufacturing Site
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - A Zeeland manufacturing institution may have received a new life earlier this year, ...
12h ago
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ODC Network, Lakeshore Advantage Updates Slated for Holland City Council Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 8, 2026) - It's an update Wednesday night for the Holland City Council. During the 6 PM biweekl...
Jul 08, 2026
Zeeland Twp. Files Suit in Silver Maple Solar Farm Dispute, Accepts Resignation of Superintendent
YouTube video of Jul. 7, 2026 Zeeland Charter Township Board of Trustees meeting courtesy Zeeland Charter Township, Michigan ...
Jul 08, 2026
State
Second MDOT Adopt-A-Highway cleanup for 2026 begins this Saturday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Adopt-A-Highway volunteers will fan out across the state beginning Saturday cleaning up highway ro...
2h ago
House Speaker Matt Hall defends funding change for Rx Kids
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is defending the move to take a $20-million line item from the Rx...
Jul 08, 2026
West Michigan native, former WMU and Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland had early stage CTE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - West Michigan native Marshawn Kneeland has been diagnosed posthumously with Stage 1 CTE. The ...
Jul 08, 2026
Kevin Guskiewicz rescinds resignation, will stay president at MSU
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kevin Guskiewicz has rescinded his resignation as Michigan State University president and wil...
Jul 07, 2026
Lawmakers banned from registering as lobbyists for two years after term ends under bills
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State lawmakers will be banned from registering as lobbyists for two years after their term ends u...
Jul 06, 2026
Local Sports
Winning Wednesday for Tigers, Cubs & Whitecaps, but Woeful for White Sox
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 9, 2026) - Troy Melton allowed four hits with nine strikeouts over five-plus innings, as the Tigers...
16h ago
Pitching Prevails as Tigers, Cubs & 'Caps Triumph on Tuesday, while White Sox Tumble
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 8, 2026) - Tarik Skubal scattered five hits with nine strikeouts over five innings, as the Tigers t...
Jul 08, 2026
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Tigers, Cubs, White Sox & Whitecaps Slated for Returning to Action Tonight
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 7, 2026) - Idle last night after Sunday's 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers in Arlington, the Tigers h...
Jul 07, 2026
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Sunday Success for Tigers, Cubs & White Sox; Whitecaps Scuttled
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 5, 2026) - Riley Greene homered and drove in four runs, as the visiting Tigers topped the Texas Ran...
Jul 05, 2026
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A Road Warrior Saturday as Tigers, White Sox Win, but Cubs, Whitecaps Fall
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 5, 2026) - Jack Flaherty and two Detroit relievers teamed on a three-hit, five-strikeout shutout, a...
Jul 05, 2026
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National Sports
Tennis-On Wimbledon's lawns, Czech excellence blooms again
By Martyn Herman LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Just as strawberries, cream, Pimm's and petunias are synonymous with the Wimbledo...
18m ago
NBA-Raptors pause planned Leonard trade amid NBA probe involving Clippers
TORONTO, July 9 (Reuters) - The Toronto Raptors have put their planned trade for Kawhi Leonard on hold as a result of the lea...
35m ago
Tennis-Ostapenko, Arevalo fight back to win Wimbledon mixed doubles title
July 9 (Reuters) - Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo came from a set down to beat Australia's Storm...
1h ago
Ducks match offer sheet, make Leo Carlsson highest-paid player
The Anaheim Ducks matched the Philadelphia Flyers' offer sheet tendered to Leo Carlsson on Thursday, with the plan to sign th...
2h ago
Soccer-Haaland's Norway load pressure on England ahead of Miami showdown
By Nick Mulvenney MIAMI, July 9 (Reuters) - The six decades since England's lone World Cup triumph will come into sharper foc...
2h ago
National
New Mexico says US Justice Dept hindering probe of former Epstein ranch
By Andrew Hay July 9 (Reuters) - New Mexico's top law enforcement official on Thursday accused the U.S. Department of Justice...
25m ago
Soccer-Argentine archbishop reads out Messi's words at Independence Day Mass
BUENOS AIRES, July 9 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi's words echoed through Buenos Aires Cathedral on Thursday as Archbishop Jorge ...
1h ago
Slight earthquake hits Czech Republic, not as big as first reported
July 9 (Reuters) - A slight earthquake of 1.8 magnitude hit the Czech Republic on Thursday, much weaker than initial...
1h ago
Mitch McConnell's health absence a mystery with US Senate poised to return
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate returns on Monday for a four-week work period expected to incl...
2h ago
US EPA proposes easing Biden heavy-truck emissions rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed easing heavy...
3h ago
World
New Mexico says US Justice Dept hindering probe of former Epstein ranch
By Andrew Hay July 9 (Reuters) - New Mexico's top law enforcement official on Thursday accused the U.S. Department of Justice...
25m ago
Zelenskiy: licenses for Patriot agreed with US at political level, interceptors to be delivered
KYIV, July 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine and the United States have reached a political agreement on licences for production of PAC-...
1h ago
Skeptical US Democrats in Congress urge debate on Israel plans
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. lawmakers is urging fellow Democrats to block military sp...
1h ago
Russia hit ammunition warehouse in Ukraine's Kyiv region, Zelenskiy says
KYIV, July 9 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia struck an ammunition warehou...
1h ago
UN agency says Russian strikes killed at least 265 civilians in Ukraine in June
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Russian strikes killed at least 265 civilians in Ukraine and injured 1,816 in June, the highes...
2h ago
Business
Vinci Airports expects slow traffic growth through year-end, remains bullish on Mexico
By Kylie Madry MONTERREY, Mexico, July 9 (Reuters) - Vinci Airports, a subsidiary of France's VINCI Group, expects air traffi...
55m ago
Goldman bans staff from participating in finance, politics prediction markets, source says
July 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs has barred employees from trading on prediction-market contracts ...
1h ago
Fed's Warsh taps broad group of Fed outsiders to oversee review
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh tapped a broad and int...
2h ago
War-driven inflation fears fail to shake U.S. Treasury yield outlook: Reuters poll
By Sarupya Ganguly BENGALURU, July 9 (Reuters) - Renewed hostilities in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and revived inflation ...
2h ago
French central bank revises growth forecast higher despite heatwave disruption
PARIS, July 9 (Reuters) - French economic growth strengthened in the second quarter as activity increased in June across indu...
3h ago
Politics
Skeptical US Democrats in Congress urge debate on Israel plans
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. lawmakers is urging fellow Democrats to block military sp...
1h ago
Mitch McConnell's health absence a mystery with US Senate poised to return
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate returns on Monday for a four-week work period expected to incl...
2h ago
Six Maine Democrats clamor to fill sudden void in critical US Senate race
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - At least six Maine Democrats had jumped in to fill th...
6h ago
Former US Olympian pleads not guilty in Reflecting Pool vandalism case
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - A former U.S. Olympic canoeist pleaded not guilty on Thursday to vandalizi...
7h ago
Analysis-Trump cut to food security survey could make measuring US hunger harder
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's cancellation last year of a government food security ...
11h ago
Health
South African regulators issue recall of Ozempic copies
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG, July 9 (Reuters) - South African health regulators are recalling weight-loss medicines compou...
4h ago
Overcrowded shelters, poor water access pose health risks after Venezuela quakes, PAHO says
By Julia Symmes Cobb July 9 (Reuters) - The biggest health risks following twin earthquakes that ripped across Venezuela's no...
5h ago
Congo Ebola response workers protest over pay
By Fiston Mahamba and Clement Bonnerot BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 9 (Reuters) - Ebola response workers in nort...
7h ago
Serbia to cull 11,000 pigs due to African swine fever, Tanjug reports
BELGRADE, July 9 (Reuters) - Serbian authorities have begun culling 11,000 pigs at a farm in the west of the country...
8h ago
India's Torrent Pharma recalls select semaglutide pens after Dr. Reddy's notice
July 9 (Reuters) - Torrent Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday it was voluntarily recalling select batch...
8h ago
Science
Astronomers scrutinize exoplanet that survived the death of its star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - In about 5 billion years, our sun will begin its death throes by expanding in s...
12h ago
Ancient quasars add to a 'major unsolved problem' in astrophysics
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - A quasar - among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects - is a supe...
Jul 08, 2026
With SpaceX Starship, Japan's ispace provides ride-share to the moon
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Japanese moon transport company ispace said on Wednesday it would start a new, lo...
Jul 08, 2026
NASA rover takes a closer look at organic carbon on Mars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Using NASA's Perseverance rover, scientists are getting a greater understanding...
Jul 06, 2026
China's Tianwen-2 probe close enough to start tests on asteroid 1 billion km away, CCTV reports
BEIJING, July 6 (Reuters) - China's state space administration announced on Monday its Tianwen-2 probe is now close ...
Jul 06, 2026
Technology
Coinbase's top attorney who has led crypto's Washington fight to step down
By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal is stepping down after six years at ...
52m ago
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, deepening race for workplace AI tools
July 9 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Thursday unveiled ChatGPT Work, an agent in its popular chatbot designed to execute tasks across...
4h ago
India clears Dixon-Vivo JV for domestic smartphone manufacturing
July 9 (Reuters) - Dixon Technologies said on Thursday the Indian government had approved its joint venture with Chi...
5h ago
Meta debuts Muse Spark 1.1 model with preview open to developers
By Harshita Mary Varghese and Katie Paul July 9 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Thursday released long-awaited developer access...
7h ago
Italy privacy watchdog fines Character.AI owner over age-check failures
ROME, July 9 (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority fined Character Technologies, the U.S.-based owner of generativ...
7h ago
Entertainment
iHeart agrees to resolve US probe into airplay practices
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - IHeartMedia resolved a Federal Communications Commission probe into allegations it...
3h ago
Bonnie Tyler, singer of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', dies at 75
By Sarah Young LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - The gravelly tone that made Bonnie Tyler's singing instantly recognisable was the r...
12h ago
Mick Jagger says Rolling Stones hope to tour new album 'Foreign Tongues'
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Mick Jagger said the Rolling Stones hope to tour their new album "Foreign Tongues", as t...
13h ago
US states could sue next week to block Paramount-Warner Bros deal, sources say
By Dawn Chmielewski and Jody Godoy July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. states concerned that Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warn...
22h ago
Paramount will not close Warner Bros deal before July 22 amid Oregon probe
By Jody Godoy July 8 (Reuters) - Paramount has said it will not close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros be...
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