Year: 2013

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Women end season with loss at Findlay

For the first time since 2003-2004, the Hillsdale College women’s basketball team will not be participating in the GLIAC tournament. The Chargers finished the 2012-2013 season in a clash against the 19th-ranked University of Findlay last Saturday, and lost 73-61. The Oilers finished the regular season at 22-4 and Hillsdale stands at 11-14 overall. “It’s...

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Nine track athletes head to nationals

The Charger track team will travel to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the NCAA Division II Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex on March 7 through March 9. The women’s team will take six athletes and the men’s team will bring three competitors. This year’s championship is a festival, meaning that the championships for swimming, diving,...

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Police Blotter

County Sheriff’s Department.   Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department March 3 A 36-year-old Quincy man was arrested for driving while intoxicated, domestic violence, and for cutting/breaking phone lines. No bond was allowed.   March 2 A 37-year-old Hillsdale man was arrested for possession of meth, delivery of marijuana, maintaining a drug house, and a felony charge...

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Benefit Saturday to aid family of Hillsdale bar manager:

Brad Kerspilo, general manager of Here’s To You…Pub ‘n’ Grub, passed away earlier this week. Kerspilo, 37, died at home. Peggy Williams, the general manger of Hillsdale’s Dawn Theater and a “dear friend” of Kerspilo, said that he did not suffer from any long-term illness, making his death very sudden. “The Pub ‘n’ Grub is...

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This week in Hillsdale History

1874 — The great fire. Following the financial panic of 1873 (the most severe until the eve of the Great Depression), Hillsdale College’s original central hall caught fire from an unknown source in the early morning. The intense heat woke the few students still lodging inside during vacation, some of whom escaped right away. Others...