After six years of planning and preparing, co-owners Zack Bigelow, 37, and Joe Kesselring, 31, have announced groundbreaking for Ramshackle Brewing Company will begin in April, once the Small Business Administration loan has been processed. It will tentatively open around September. Located on 208 E Chicago St. in Jonesville, Ramshackle will be a family-friendly...
IDF soldiers sharing their stories Sunday
Two reserve soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces traveling the Midwest on a speaking tour will end their trip with a special stop at Hillsdale College. The soldiers will discuss life in the IDF and Israeli culture Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Phillips Auditorium. Hillsdale’s Students for Middle Eastern Discourse and StandWithUs — the international,...
Mike Ilitch was a Ball Player
It has been said that every American male is a failed baseball player. Mike Ilitch was no different. The son of Macedonian immigrants nearly realized the dream of every kid who grew up in the shadow of Detroit: playing for the Tigers. After serving in the Marine Corps for four years, he returned to Detroit....
Reliving once-in-a-lifetime experiences with study abroad programs
If “you only live once” is America’s best expression for living in the moment, the French have an even better one: “profiter du moment.” “It means to ‘profit’ from the moment, to get all you can from an experience because it’s not going to last,” junior JoAnna Kroeker said after spending four months in Tours,...
Forensics team shifts focus to nationals
Hillsdale College’s forensics team placed in several events at the Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League State Championship Saturday held by Northwood University. Despite limited practice in some events, the team earned several awards in the small tournament, earning awards for performances in total as well as individual events, before shifting its focus to the national competition....




