The following is a list of calls compiled and reported by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department. Hillsdale City Police Department Nov. 24 A 40-year-old Hillsdale man was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 10 percent of a $2,500 bond was posted. A 43-year-old Pittsford man was arrested for driving with a suspended license....
Year: 2012
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City council discusses economic development
In a Nov. 19 meeting, the Hillsdale City Council discussed taxation, utilities, and economic development plans. First, the council deliberated over how best to move forward after city voters rejected an income tax proposal. Tax revenue would have been used to fund residential road repair and maintenance. Despite the defeat, Councilperson Ruth Brown said that...
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Area man arrested for igniting field fires
Norman James Goodwin was arrested for resisting and obstructing a firefighter and a deputy on Nov. 11. The 71-year-old man lit three separate fires over a nearly 10-mile radius, using diesel fuel as an accelerant and car tires that he found on the side of the road. He was driving around the county in a...
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The 3 Minute Interview
Elchert works for Celebrations LLC, a wedding, event and party supplier, in Hillsdale. She is also helping to organize the first annual Light Up Hillsdale Parade, which will take place Dec. 1. How did the idea for the first parade come about? [The] idea was talked around a couple years ago, and I’ve been involved...
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Local parish receives organ transplant
Holy Trinity Parish, Hillsdale’s Anglican church, recently acquired and refurbished a traditional pipe organ. According to Father Duane Beauchamp, the parish’s rector, the pipe organ replaced an Ellen electronic organ the church used for the past decade. The newly acquired organ was built in 1969 and installed in the Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colo....