Hastings News

"Johannes Brahms," the artistic director of the Michigan City Chamber Music Festival said, "hit a dry spell in his late 50s and got jump-started during a visit to the mountains where he heard an amazing clarinet player.

Albion and Marshall are among 28 small urban areas in Michigan that will share more than $8 million in street and transportation funding for 2011 projects.

Several area communities will get federal transportation money for uses ranging from rebuilding roads to purchasing buses.

Dr. David Mansky's podiatry office is collecting new and gently used boots to give to area children this winter.

A group dedicated to changing lifestyles and building environmentally friendly, sustainable communities will host a training workshop this weekend in Hastings.

Cuts in staffing and programs brought concerns and questions this week, but Superintendent Rich Satterlee said the district has few choices.

Hastings police are investigating a gas theft at the Barry County Transit Garage.

Families needing assistance for the holidays can apply with Love INC's Help for the Holidays program.

Members of the Barry Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council are preparing to hit the roof in an annual fundraiser.

Schools statewide can ask for an extra four days for MEAP make-up testing, because so many have closed because of flu-like illnesses.

BARRY COUNTY, Mich. A man suspected of breaking into a house is finally under arrest after police spent hours searching for him in Barry County.

HASTINGS TOWNSHIP, Mich. The man accused of breaking into a Hastings Township home, then running from police on Thursday was in court on Friday.

With more than 25 percent of Hastings High School's 900 students absent by noon on Tuesday and absenteeism at Hastings Middle School 19 percent and climbing by six students every period, Superintendent Richard Satterlee began consulting with the Barry County Health Department.

A man is behind bars after trying to steal some tweezers from a hospital emergency room.

An emergency-room patient told a nurse he only planned to borrow the pair of medical tweezers to pluck his nose hairs.

After three middle schools in the Battle Creek area shut down this week in the wake of a flu outbreak, parents rushed to get their children vaccinated Tuesday against the H1N1 virus.

An attempt is under way to recall most of the Prairievile Township Board of Trustees in Barry County.

An innovative pilot program that matches adult mentors with high school students interested in the automotive arts is the newest educational step being taken by the Gilmore Car Museum, near Kalamazoo, MI to fulfill its mission of becoming a resource to the community.

The passionate music and cuisine of Italy will be the theme of the Music Center's fund raising gala on Saturday, November 7, 7:00pm, at Battle Creek Country Club.

To honor those suffering from cancer, the Feldpausch Foundation hosted its second annual golf outing in July.