The Hastings Public Library, as we know it today, stands as a landmark of cultural and educational growth in Barry County. The story begins in 1896, when the Women’s Club of Hastings assembled a small ...

Students at Lakewood Public Schools stayed home on Wednesday, Oct. 29, after the district closed its school buildings in response to an alleged threat made Tuesday night, Oct. 28. District staff ...

It’s a rematch to open the 2025 MHSAA Football Playoffs. The Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg varsity football teams collided in Middleville in the open­ing week of the 2025 season back in August with ...

Barry County has its financial plan for next year in place after a public hearing and unanimous vote in approval of the 2026 budget by the county’s Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The Barry County champs will be in action one more time this season at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn. Hastings junior Caroline Randall, a two-time state medalist, won the girls’ ...

And then there were two. The 2025 varsity football regular season came to an end Friday, and the playoffs will begin the same way the regular season did. Hastings and Thor­napple Kellogg face off in ...

The rain didn’t dampen spirits at Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony for the Hastings City/Barry County Airport’s new Larry Baum Memorial Terminal. Airport staff and volunteers, joined ...

There were a lot of highs and lows for both Thornapple Kellogg varsity cross country teams this fall in the OK Gold Conference. But the Trojans put a couple pretty good packs together on the flat, ...

It took much longer than it should have, but Michigan finally adopted a new state budget shortly after the new fiscal year began Oct. 1. There are some positives in this new budget, and I am thankful ...

Sharry Ann Lee, age 72, born September 3, 1953, in Battle Creek, MI, to Beverly (Higbee) Mainstone and Lyle Mainstone, went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 13, 2025. Sharry grew up in Battle ...

Hastings Police are investigating a two-car accident late Wednesday afternoon that left one person dead. Police were called to the crash scene at North Broadway Avenue and Benson Street at 5:11 p.m.