Rhoda V. (Taylor) Lehman, age 71, of Hastings was born September 8, 1948 and passed away July 23, 2020. Rhoda lived a life full of joy. She enjoyed playing the organ, and raising animals, especially ...

Michigan State Sen. John Bizon, 70, R-Battle Creek, pleaded guilty last Thursday in a Calhoun County court to assault and battery of a female health care worker. The charge stemmed from an Aug. 14 ...

Barry County had a two point lead heading into the final event of the evening against the Ottawa Hills Bengals Thursday at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings, but couldn't quite ...

As Dave Holt stands outside of Kellogg’s Battle Creek plant, his wife lays in the hospital. She’s terminally ill, he says. After receiving a small intestine transplant in 2014, she’s now in rejection ...

Barry County commissioners Tuesday appointed two new members to the county's zoning board of appeals, filling vacancies resulting from the recent deaths of two board members. The board appointed ...

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The Barry-Eaton District Board of Health will have another try at finishing a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 18 in Hastings, after its last two meetings were brought to an abrupt end during public comment.

A total of 11 people died as a result of COVID-19 in the month of October, according to the Barry-Eaton District Health Department. The month is tied with November 2020 for the second most deaths due ...

Five days a week, 45 minutes a day, Troy Hughes visits with a therapy assistant. They pull out his arms. They open up his fingers and stretch them out. They put him on a tilt table and stand him up.

Hastings is back on top of the Interstate-8 Athletic Conference, sharing the top spot in the conference with Harper Creek and Jackson Lumen Christi thanks to a lopsided Saxon victory over Pennfield ...

The Barry County Planning Commission Monday night approved a special land use and site plan for a proposed sand and gravel mining operation in Orangeville Township. But a township couple claims they ...