Year: 2014

The city-wide WiFi network Hillsdale FreeNet will be updated this spring in hopes to increase the internet speed. While FreeNet is available throughout the city, most Hillsdale College students studying downtown said they prefer to use local business’ WiFi, such as Jilly Beans. “[FreeNet] not super fast. I can check my email and do basic...

Eric Leutheuser, who just announced his candidacy for 58th district Michigan state representative, has always been interested in politics. His father, Paul Leutheuser founded Leutheuser Buick GMC dealership — which Erice now owns — and served as mayor of Hillsdale. A product of both Hillsdale public schools and Hillsdale College, he took advantage of his...

“There are people cutting down trees in our front yard,” a woman said on the phone to her husband. “It’s alright. I told them they could,” he said. The tree cutters sought firewood to warm their houses during the propane shortage that has gripped Michigan since January, said Christopher Busch, professor of English and neighbor...

Homeless people in Hillsdale and Jonesville, Mich., should be permitted under the law to openly panhandle within the village limits, according to a recent court decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Eight communities in Michigan, including Jonesville, have been notified by the American Civil Liberties Union that their ordinances against...