Community Notices

The Barry County Sheriff’s dive team and Hastings firefighters recovered the body of Laura Smith, 66, of Middleville, who apparently drowned in Gun Lake Thursday afternoon. Barry County Sheriff Dar…

The Wayland Police Department executed a search and seizure warrant in the 600 block of West Maple to obtain evidence of a suspected sex trafficking ring, and drug crimes. Chief…

State Rep. Steven Johnson, in the middle of his second two-year term in Lansing, has introduced a House bill that would support foster parents whose biological children are not completely…

The Dorr-Leighton Wastewater Treatment Plant has been awarded a $4.85 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to expand its size. Dorr Township Supervisor Jeff Miling said the…

The meat smoker caught on fire at the Town & Country Supermarket (formerly Weick's) on 124th Avenue, Gun Lake, shortly after noon Tuesday. There was minimal smoke damage, but the…

A Hopkins couple was killed in a plane crash southeast of Seward, Alaska, last weekend. Michael John Timmer, 42, and Traci Pauline Timmer, 43, were passengers in the fatal crash…

Wildcat Drive construction got under way Monday, June 24, through July 5. Parents dropping students off to soccer camp can use 133rd Avenue to Wildcat Drive. All other athletic camps…

A $10 million bond was set Monday in Barry County District Court for a Gun Lake area man who is accused to killing two men Friday and attempting to strangle…