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Champions return: a look back at greatness
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Champions return: a look back at greatness

It’s been three decades since the ’85 Hillsdale College football team brought home the Chargers’ first NAIA championship title. But when they returned to Hillsdale this past weekend for homecoming, the members of that historic team were able to turn back the clock. “During our team picture one of the guys huddled us up and...

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GMOs have merits in food production, Farm Bureau says

Corn, cotton, alfalfa, papaya, soybeans, canola, sugar beets, and butternut squash, all genetically modified farm products in America, were the subject of debate among the Hillsdale County Farm Bureau on Monday. More than 20 people attended a discussion on modified crops Monday. Bob Boehm and Kate Krepps, representatives from the bureau, spoke on the costs...

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Courthouse annex offices to move to old Daily News building

Hillsdale County’s courthouse annex offices will move out of their building on Howell Street as soon as renovations are completed in the old Hillsdale Daily News building, which they purchased last year. City Commissioner Ruth Brown thinks it will benefit Hillsdale to have the old Daily News building occupied again. “That building has sat there...

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The staple of fall: Apple orchards and colored leaves

The brilliant leaves and brisk October mornings signal to Michiganders that it is time to visit local apple orchards for the freshest cider. Our college’s location makes visiting two fantastic orchards with incredibly tasty cider possible. Both are stocked with bags of apples, fresh produce, and best of all, fresh cider and baked goods Glei’s...

Music major takes Manhattan: Senior Grace Hertz spent her summer interning at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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Music major takes Manhattan: Senior Grace Hertz spent her summer interning at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Senior Grace Hertz explored interests related to both her English major and music major during a dream internship in New York City last summer. For two months, Hertz lived in Greenwich Village and worked compiling, editing, and writing playbills for events at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. “It was a life-changing experience,” Hertz...