Two organizations in Hillsdale County may have to restructure their budgets if the cuts President Donald Trump proposed to the National Endowment of the Arts in March go into effect. The Hillsdale Arts Chorale and the Sauk Theater receive funding from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Because the grants financing these...
By next October, Hillsdale County residents Jon-Paul Rutan and John Smith plan to host a conference on constitutional thought in the Hillsdale area. The conference will feature speeches about the Constitution by constitutional lawyer and speaker KrisAnne Hall, of the KrisAnne Hall Show; former Sheriff Richard Mack, who served in Graham County, Arizona;...
When the Michigan Fourth Infantry sustained heavy casualties after the battle of Gettysburg, the nearby Camp Letterman became this largely Hillsdale-based regiment’s field hospital. For several months after the Civil War’s northernmost battle, Letterman treated wounded soldiers from both the Union and the Confederacy. Now, it’s the site of a new struggle. The Pennsylvania-based...
A group of concerned citizens gathers for a Constitution class in Volume One Bookstore in downtown Hillsdale every Tuesday night. They shuffle in around 7:30 p.m. and help themselves to fresh coffee and friendly community — owner Richard Wunsch’s cat even hangs around for the lesson. The group follows a Hillsdale Justice Project weekly meeting...
Jilly Beans coffeehouse has a new owner and a new look. The longtime downtown coffee house was put up for sale in late February after previous owner Jill Nichols decided to retire after nearly a decade of serving coffee. Toward the end of March, Hillsdale resident and frequent customer Mary Ellen purchased the...