Year: 2013

The following is a list of calls compiled and reported by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department.   Hillsdale City Police Department Jan. 27 A 30-year-old Grand Rapids woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated. 10 percent of a $2,000 bond was posted. Jan. 26 A 36-year-old Hillsdale man was arrested for felonious assault. No bond...

Bowen is the Christian Educator at Hillsdale First United Methodist Church. This past September, she helped her church begin a new after-school program for youth in the community. She is now the director of the program, which she calls “That After-School Place,” which meets on Thursday nights.   Why did you decide to start this...

Father Duane C. Beauchamp, commonly known as “Father B,” will be officiating an Evensong Prayer at The Holy Trinity Anglican Parish of Hillsdale on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. The service, entitled “An Anglican Evensong: The Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple,” will feature music on organ, string instruments, and choral selections from...

1853 —  Citizens of Spring Arbor, Mich., fight to keep then-called Michigan Central College from changing its location, declaring the attempt “an act of gross injustice and ingratitude.” Other choices of city included Adrian, Marshall, Jackson, Coldwater, and Hillsdale. Jackson, which remains the largest of the five, was ruled out by the committee of the...

Jeffrey Stalhood, 45, was sentenced on Jan. 23 to 15 years in prison for a drunk driving accident that killed two men. On Aug. 22 of last year, Stalhood left a bar in Pittsford, Mich., with two men in the car: 21-year-old Calvin Russel and 43-year-old Chris Root. Stalhood was driving 113 mph westbound on...