When Republican Rep. Eric Leutheuser talks political philosophy, he uses a trinity of institutions as his guiding principles in Michigan’s House of Representatives. “Family, church, and local community support American civil life when they are successful,” Leutheuser said. “When those institutions are under attack, our society wobbles. Local communities are weakened all the time when...
Sheri Ingles has driven 70 miles round trip every day for the last 16 years to her human resources job in Jackson County because Hillsdale jobs don’t pay enough for her position. She’s lived in Hillsdale County for 35 years, but when the auto industry began to decline in the late 90s, Ingles started...
Hillsdale’s Department of Public Services has finished its autumn road maintenance projects on streets in the city and near Hillsdale College. Between Nov. 3 and Nov. 10, DPS crews and contractors repaired minor damage on Manning, River, Hillsdale, and West streets on both sides of Carleton Road to prevent conditions from worsening. They will also...
Hiding behind a thick line of pines off of a Hillsdale County backroad, a 140-year-old house peeks out between fat shrubs and a cluster of brick-red barns. A soft murmur passing between chirping birds fills the natural hush of the countryside, and a couple cats yawn as they loll about on the front porch. Welcome...
“It’s not easy being a Democrat in this area.” Jan Hill, 76, stood behind the Hillsdale County Democratic Party booth at the county fair on a drizzly Friday night. He and his wife, Mary Hill, 74, have been involved with the HCDP since her retirement 10 years ago. With an open grin, Jan stands to...