The Michigan Hospitality Foundation yesterday hosted the inaugural ProStart in Paradise, an immersive culinary fundrais­er highlighting the creativity and talent of Michigan’s future hospitality ...

Teacher Appreciation Week gives our community a special opportunity to celebrate the dedicated educators of Hastings Area Schools. Our teach­ers are the true lifeblood of the school system. They bring ...

There are days when Bella Friddle, Ol­ivia Friddle and Caroline Randall have to shoulder the scoring load for the Saxons. But some depth shown through as the Hastings varsity girls’ track and field ...

Hastings slammed 16 hits in game one and pitcher Jordyn Birdsall fired a shutout in game two as the Saxon varsity softball team swept a nonconference doubleheader with visiting Plainwell Thursday.

Many rooms across Hastings were classrooms as much as they were improvised concert spaces during the 22nd Annual Thornapple Arts Council (TAC) Jazz Festival. Kerry Moffit sat in the back of the bottom ...

The National Weather Service con­firmed an EF1 tornado traveled nearly 16 miles from Otsego to Hickory Corners late April 14 into early April 15. No inju­ries or deaths were reported. For Hickory ...

I like school so much that I live at a university. But I know that’s not true for everybody. School can feel great for some kids and really hard for others. I asked my friends Brian French and Paul ...

Everyone needs an emergency fund. Financial experts recommend it, and we’ve all experienced surprise expenses: a costly car repair, a broken water heater or unexpected medical bills. Despite our best ...

There was a time in Hastings when the smell of gas­oline and motor oil drifted from nearly every corner of town. Service stations were as common as grocery stores and barber shops, and each one ...

Electric vehicle drivers will highlight their experiences and the fun-to-drive benefits of electric cars at an electric vehicle display from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday The show is at the Hastings ...

It can be hard to relate to animals that look very different from me— like squirmy worms. I asked my friend Cynthia Gleason about your question. She studies a specific kind of worm at Washington State ...

Dale and Vi Workman and Tim and the late Kimberlee Seese are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Olivia Kay Workman to Tyrel Timothy Gerald Seese.