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ODK hosts receptions, aims to strengthen community

Hillsdale’s leadership honorary will host two receptions Saturday to connect college students and community members in hopes of strengthening the city-college relationship. Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honorary hopes the relationships formed from these invite-only events will produce service projects, strengthen the community, and boost economic development in the city of Hillsdale and local schools. “Anytime...

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City clerk should get $18,000 raise, accountant says

The person who fills the position of Hillsdale city clerk and treasurer should be paid $18,000 more than they currently are, according to local accountant Greg Bailey. Bailey, of Bailey, Hodshire & Company, delivered a report to the Hillsdale City Council Monday in which he recommended that the clerk/treasurer compensation should be $26,000. It’s currently...

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Rose pleads guilty to drunk driving

Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities Director Rickie J. Rose pleaded guilty to one count of driving with a high blood alcohol content (over .17 percent) this week, on the condition that days he will spend in treatment will count for jail time. Rose was arrested for drunk driving after crashing into a tree in Reading,...

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Dial-A-Ride celebrates 40 years: Hillsdale appreciates transportation service since 1975

Faculty and staff gathered at the Dial-A-Ride facility Tuesday to celebrate its 40th year serving the Hillsdale community. Hillsdale bus service Dial-A-Ride transports people to various destinations with a single phone call. It was the 13th such service to start in Michigan through a federal grant written by past Hillsdale Mayor Herb Hine.  Dial-A-Ride has...

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Alumna returns to Hillsdale for piano performance

From the “middle-of-nowhere” Oregon to the halls of Howard Music Hall to the stage in Rochester, New York, Hillsdale College alumna Cameron Wilkens ’09 now practices piano about forty hours every week as a professional pianist and doctoral student. She will return to Michigan this Sunday to perform a sacred and classical piano recital, showcasing...