She outran the setting sun. Outran all the other girls on the track. All the guys on the track Monday. And every other Hastings girl ever. Saxon junior Caroline Randall improved her personal record ...
The story of elementary education in Hastings mirrors the growth of the community itself. From modest neighborhood schoolhouses built in the nineteenth century to the modern classrooms serving ...
A fixture of downtown Hastings could soon undergo change after Grand Rapids-based Independent Bank announced last week its intent to purchase Hastings-based HCB Financial, parent company of Highpoint ...
A Calhoun County man already facing murder charges was back in a Barry County court on an additional charge of solicitation of murder. Brady Allan West, 31, of Calhoun County was in Barry County ...
The Liberty Bell has a new home, and it is as powerful and dramatic as the Bell itself. Throughout the expansive, light-filled Center, larger-than-life historic documents and graphic images explore ...
Russell Duane Yarger slipped away peacefully as the sun rose March 6, 2026 at Faith Hospice – Trillium Woods of Byron Center Mi with family by his side. Born 10.04.1951 (Broderick Crawford day) ...
Latricia Ann “Trish” (Gilmore) Leatherman, 80, of Battle Creek, passed away Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. Arrangements are pending at Farley Estes Dowdle Funeral Cremation Preneed Care. A full obituary will ...
Why do we have fingerprints? —Kaylen, 11, N.C. Dear Kaylen, I use my paws for all kinds of things. That’s how I adjust my microscope, set up my microphone for a podcast and write answers to science ...
It was as recent as March 2020 that Amazon Inc. opened its $150 million fulfillment center in Gaines Charter Township, in southern Kent County. Now the retail company has announced plans to expand its ...
Enclosed is my check for renewal of The Banner for another year. I just wanted to send a brief note that we like the new format of The Banner and The Reminder. We look forward each week to receiving ...
This movie artifact from “The Addams Family” (1991) is a part of the Just Off Broadway collection. It was wrapped around Grand Rapids native actress Elizabeth Wilson when she was looking through the ...
In the Jan. 15, 2026, edition of The Banner, the article “Library program to focus on rights of undocumented migrants” erroneously implies that the Hastings Public Library is sponsoring the “Rights ...
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