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Historical Society seeks fire truck
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Historical Society seeks fire truck

  Following an unnamed collector’s offer to sell a 1931 Seagrave fire truck to the Hillsdale County Historical Society for a reduced price, the society is trying to raise $10,000 to bring the truck back to the city. “This truck is a very important part of Hillsdale’s history and we would like to see it...

When the future belonged to crowds: How one novelist set the agenda for eight years of foreign policy
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When the future belonged to crowds: How one novelist set the agenda for eight years of foreign policy

If statement is fact, then President Donald Trump will soon be negotiating with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un — yet another one of the president’s moves to reverse the foreign policy strategies implemented by his predecessor President Barack Obama.   When a new president takes office, his first actions are often to trash the...

Road repair crew at work after floods
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Road repair crew at work after floods

  Hillsdale County Road Commission crew members are at it this week, filling in potholes that have dried out from last week’s heavy rains. Several roadways became impassable, as rainfall and snowmelt flooded streets and some basements, according to City Police Chief Scott Hephner. Now three patch crews are working to fill the spots that...

A crowd of red noise: feeling the facts at CPAC 2018
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A crowd of red noise: feeling the facts at CPAC 2018

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — “No, I’ve got nothing against him. But those hats. Red doesn’t look good on anyone’s head,” the woman in the red elephant-printed Lilly Pulitzer mini skirt says to me. I don’t know her, but we’ve become lobby friends, trapped in a growing mob of young conservatives locked outside the revolving doors...

French far-right leader allies herself with conservatism at CPAC
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French far-right leader allies herself with conservatism at CPAC

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — French Far-Right leader Marion Maréchal-Le Pen spoke in favor President Donald Trump’s “America first” policies at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. According to Maréchal-Le Pen, Trump’s 2016 presidential victory fits into what she said was a sweep of national pride among nations dissatisfied with globalist leaders in 2016. She...