With his family by his side, Michael C. Bingman passed away on November 13, 2025, after a long battle with Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy. He faced every challenge with quiet strength and stubborn ...
Douglas “Doug” John Cole, age 66, passed away on November 7, 2025. Doug was born in Kalamazoo, MI, the son of Gordon and Helen (Bartenan) Cole. He was a proud graduate of Hastings High School and went ...
Barry County voters rejected a regional enhancement millage proposal Tuesday that would have generated an estimated $1.49 million annually for the Barry Intermediate School District over the next ...
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters in Castleton Township approved three millage renewals to continue fund­ing the local fire department and EMS service through 2029. According to the unofficial election ...
Classes at Thornapple Kellogg High School got off to a rough start Monday morning, Nov. 3, with a threat resulting in a “shelter-in-place” order. Though, the threat was later determined to be “not ...
Local law enforcement officials are still seeking to locate at least two suspects allegedly involved in a high-speed chase that included multiple vehicles during the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov ...
The Hastings Elks Lodge No. 1965 is set to celebrate the Veterans Day holiday a couple days early. The local Elks Lodge, located at 102 E. Woodlawn in Hastings, will host a Veterans Day ceremony on ...
The staff at the Barry County United Way and Volunteer Center is charged with anticipating the com­munity’s needs and filling gaps for residents who need support. But in the current political climate, ...
The Lakewood Public Schools play­ers are preparing to bring a youth ver­sion of the iconic musical, “The Sound of Music,” to the stage at Lakewood High School’s Performing Arts Center on Friday ...
Veterans of foreign conflicts will be remembered at a special tribute hosted by the Delton Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 22 on Saturday, Nov. 8. The tribute will begin at 2 p.m. at the ...
Despite a split vote, members of the Odessa Township Board of Trustees for a second time expressed their desire to opt out completely from an updated plan for the Village of Lake Odessa’s Downtown ...
Sometimes my stomach growls so loudly that other people can hear it. It’s pretty awkward in meetings. I asked my friend Ed Johnson why that happens. He teaches classes about the human body in the ...