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’ ...

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.

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 ...

More than 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2025 report from the Alzheimer’s Association. The emotional toll of watching a loved one struggle with the memory loss, ...

The FFA barn project approved by Thornapple Kellogg board members nearly a year ago is still underway after running into some unforeseen challenges. TK Superintendent Rob Pouch provided an update on ...

This Saturday, Oct. 18, is National Move Over Day. One local father is working to spread awareness for Move Over laws and is advocating for changes that will protect road­side workers. “Every six days ...

Marshall snuck a free kick over the Trojan keeper early in the second half, added an insurance goal, and then fought off TK’s final charge Thursday, Oct. 6. The RedHawks scored a 2-1 victory in the ...

Opal Marie Gillons, age 94, of Hastings, MI, went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on October 9, 2025, at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Opal was born on June 6, 1931, in Vermontville, MI, to Gayle ...

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.

A 54-year-old Battle Creek man will serve much of the next year of his life in the Barry County Jail, after allegedly being caught in a “To Catch a Predator” style internet sting. Shane M. Barker, 54, ...