The COVID-19 pandemic throughout the past year has posed endless challenges to local businesses and community organizations, and it’s only been more difficult for those groups that already served those who are suffering. Domestic Harmony, whose place in Hillsdale is to provide emergency response services for those suffering from domestic violence as well as to...
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New Michigan guidance on pretrial arrests to take effect April 1
A slate of new laws will come into effect on April 1, directing local law enforcement to avoid arrests for minor misdemeanors. Instead, law enforcement will hand out appearance tickets to those they would have otherwise arrested. In a press release, Michigan Gov. Whitmer said the changes came as a result of a bipartisan effort...
COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases fall in Hillsdale County
COVID-19 cases in Hillsdale County have been decreasing since late November and hospitalizations have also been decreasing since a peak in the second week of December. Hillsdale Hospital’s Director of Marketing and Development Rachel Lott said, “We did see our numbers decrease significantly from November to December. According to the data compiled by the Michigan...
‘Better than 12 deputies’: County hires new officer
There aren’t many who discover heroin on the first sniff, and moments later, crack a grin and roll on their belly for a scratch. But that’s Drako. For the first time in more than 10 years, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department has welcomed it’s newest K-9 unit. Drako, a Belgian-Malinois German Shepherd, will assume his...
The good Samaritan: librarian finds yard raked
One lone tree stands in the yard of Colleen Ladd, the Mossey Library circulation assistant. A carpet of leaves coats her lawn almost as soon as she rakes them. This season alone, Ladd has stayed up late after coming home from work, filling 74 bags to the brim with leaves — to no avail, she...