The Hillsdale water tower has a new paint job, but not everyone is pleased with the makeover. Former Board of Public Utilities director Mike Barber said the tower hadn’t been painted since 1997. Renovating it required sandblasting, both inside and out, and recoating it with a special epoxy paint. In June, the city council unanimously...
The Hillsdale County Fair Board of Directors recently named lifelong resident Lori Hull its new fair manager. Hull, who grew up on a local dairy farm, received an Agricultural Communications degree from Michigan State University in 1988 and became involved with the fair after her children started doing 4H, a program in which youth complete...
The Hillsdale College volleyball team lost for the first time since September in a season-ending loss to the University of Findlay during NCAA regional quarterfinals last week. The Chargers finished their season with a 28-4 overall record, and the Oilers went on to a 3-0 loss to Rockhurst University in the next round of the...
Placed among an elite caliber of Division-II institutions, Hillsdale student athletes received the President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the second-year running. The award recognized the academic success rate, which is the percentage of students who graduate within six years of enrollment in the period of 2000-17. Tying for the third highest score, Hillsdale was...
Fresh off the training of the fall track program, the Hillsdale College men’s track team displayed a strong showing at Saginaw Valley State University last weekend. Seventeen Hillsdale athletes participated on the men’s side at the SVSU Holiday Classic. Head coach Andrew Towne said he had almost zero expectations going into the Classic. He explained...