Month: November 2012

1900 — The legendary “Grand Old Man of Hillsdale,” benefactor, professor, and theologian Ransom Dunn is laid to rest before the community, in a symbolic conclusion of the 19th century for Hillsdale College. 1914 — The night before a rival football game, a “procession” of Hillsdale students marches downtown and burns a contrived Albion College...

If everything goes according to plan, Richard Wunsch soon will be running a second business out of his current store, Volume One Books at 98 North Broad St. in downtown Hillsdale. Wunsch filed paperwork this week to start a new business called, “Book, Art, & Spiritual Center of Hillsdale.” The bookstore will remain “Volume One...

Sprague will perform at the Dawn Theater on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m. He began playing music at age 13. Today he boasts over 20 years of performance experience and entertains at various locations across the Midwest.   What prompted you to become a career musician? My father is a musician, so I have...

A plague has come to south-central Michigan. It has killed thousands, in up to 30 counties. But humans don’t have to worry about coming down with a case of Epizootic hemorrhagic disease, colloquially known as Bluetongue Disease. It only affects whitetail deer. “In most years, we get reports of about 1,000 deer dying in about...

On Nov. 30, the one year anniversary of the closing of the United Way, Hillsdale County Community Foundation will host its second annual Match Day fundraiser. The community event will transfer the money raised to 15 non-profit organizations in Hillsdale. HCCF will match the first $4,000 for each organization that participates in the fundraiser. HCCF...