View Newspaper Group Owner and President Rick Burrough is proud to announce that three members of the View leadership team have been named co-publishers. The announce­ment follows the semi-retirement ...

A loud “hoo-ah” shot up from the stage as “The Army Goes Rolling Along” section of the “United States Armed Forces Salute” got rolling. There were moments to honor a handful of veterans in the crowd, ...

Thornapple Kellogg High School runner Owen Bremer, a sophomore, won the 14-and-under division at the annual Caledonia Kilt Klassic 5k run/ walk Saturday, July 4. He hit the finish line in 19 minutes ...

This Friday, July 10, is the final day to sign up to compete in the the 2026 Emily Duits mEMorial Sand Volleyball Tourna­ment, which will be held July 25 at the Lake Odessa Fairgrounds. Championships ...

Layton Wiseman, of Middleville, brought his deck to the Hastings Skate­park at First Ward Park for the first time in early June. He could recognize its past glory and see its potential. But like many, ...

Tara, 12, Texas Dear Tara, When you think of the Jurassic peri­od, you might think of dinosaurs. But all kinds of insects roamed the Earth back then. That includes the ancient relatives of praying ...

Financial security doesn’t have to come from a big salary, a lucky investment or some dramatic turning point. For most people, wealth is built more simply, through small habits repeated many times ...

For more than a century, the east side of Hastings has been home to a neighborhood grocery whose story began not at its present location, but several blocks west in downtown Hastings. The business ...

As America celebrates its 250th an­niversary, it’s a great time to reexamine the vision that led to this new nation conceived ...

There was not a whole lot of time for fishing for Reva Aukerman over the years, making a dairy farm work with her husband Don Aukerman and family, but she always liked to when she could. Now 87 years ...

Margaret had saved diligently for decades. Every paycheck, a portion went toward her retirement account. Then, the day finally came: she retired. Suddenly, the hardest part wasn’t the saving. It was ...

Last week, while in my office, I felt a gentle prompting from the Lord to get my car washed — a seemingly simple task, but it carried purpose. At the wash, the young man working looked bur­dened. I ...