When local author Dan Bisher walked into Broad Street Market on Oct. 16 to promote his new book, “Faded Memories: Examination & Profiles of Hillsdale County’s Pioneer Period” he had 40 copies to sell. He left with only 7. Broad Street Market hosted Bisher as part of Hillsdale’s Awesome Autumn festivities. Bisher, a native of...
Year: 2014
Post
Driving Mr. Sasse
Most job interviews last less than twenty minutes. Peter Staab’s took all day. In August of last year, Staab volunteered his car to drive an obscure Nebraska Republican around the state for a few town-hall meetings. The next week, Staab became the official driver and first staffer for the Ben Sasse Senate campaign. Now the...
Post
How ’bout them apples
One bite of a Michigan Honeycrisp. That’s all Damon Glei thinks it will take. Every week, trucks drive 10 minutes from Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses to deliver more than 1,200 apples to Bon Appetit, Hillsdale College’s food service. Beginning with 50 trees and 40 acres, the Glei family has grown apples for nearly a century....
Post
The unholy Church Road
A car moves slowly along a single-track dirt road, its wheels treading cautiously. They alone break the silence. Against cloudy skies and a night already fallen, its headlights challenge a darkness that crushes from all sides. To the left, through a thicket of trees, stands a dilapidated barn with no visible means of access. To...