State Sen. Mike Shirkey hosted a public town hall Oct. 25 at Hillsdale County Senior Services to inform attendees about the content of the three ballot proposals and discuss them with the crowd. Despite the complexity of the proposals, Shirkey said that citizens have to know about them. Shirkey began the town hall by defining...
In the left hand corner of his office, behind an accent chair, there’s a framed photo of Dr. Kalthoff shooting a basketball in the Final Four as a freshman player for Hillsdale College in 1981. His two sons, Peter and Noah, sit across from each other while lounging in his office, all three basketball players...
Elder Ethan Schmidt and Elder Micah Starita from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jonesville organized a free family history seminar at Hillsdale’s Public Library on Oct. 2. With the assistance of Dorothy Perry, a director for family history at the same church, they assisted those who were new to genealogical searching...
What are you studying at Hillsdale? Exercise science. What brought you to Hillsdale? I knew I wanted to play sports in college and Hillsdale would let me play football and run track if I wanted to. Then I came on a couple of visits here and got along well with the coach and staff. I...
After 19 years of ownership, Prapai Ringenberg is ready to step down from management and sell the Coffee Cup Diner. “I work more than full time,” Ringenberg said. “My groin, lower back, and legs hurt and at my age it’s quite a bit.” Ringenberg has been in the restaurant industry for 50 years and she...