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.

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 ...

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, ...

Sending your child to college is an exciting milestone filled with new experiences, friendships and opportunities for them to grow. For many families, it’s also the first time your student will be ...

Fifth-generation farmer and agricultural literacy educator Kathryn Christie is embarking on a new venture this month: children’s book author. Christie released her first book, “The Hibernating Combine ...

Saxon sophomores Tanner Krzysik and Alex Timmers ran their fastest races yet to lead the Hastings varsity boys’ cross country team Saturday at the Ban­gor Invitational. Krzysik placed 24th in the ...

The defending state champ, Delton Kellogg/Hastings sophomore Aubrey Yarger has never been better. No one has ever been better on the diving board at the Community Edu­cation and Recreation Center ...

“I do want you to think of the pandemic a little bit differently than you have in the past,” Brian Calley, president and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan, told a small group of ...

The Hastings Saxons head into the holiday break with a record of 5-2 after a 48-34 non-conference victory over the Lakewood varsity girls’ basketball team at Hastings High School Tuesday. Lakewood had ...