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...
Year: 2012
The 3-minute Interview: Jerry Sprague
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...
Disease strikes local deer
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...
Local foundation bolsters nonprofits
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...
Inter-Frat Council hold clothing drive
The Inter-Fraternity Council is hosting a clothing drive this week. The fraternities will be going to each dormitory and house to collect bags of clothing on Thursday, Nov. 15 to donate to the local Salvation Army. “Everybody has clothing they don’t wear anymore,” senior Kurt Masciovecchio, vice president of the Inter-Fraternity Council said. “It would...