The walls of Olds Residence enclose a little-known slice of paradise, and house director Linda Gravel is working with her residents to expand it this year. In the middle of the women’s residence are two open courtyards. Gravel already transformed one into a garden with benches and a picnic table during her first year at...
Year: 2017
Local law enforcement responds to Las Vegas shooting
Hillsdale Police Chief Scott Hephner stated Hillsdale law enforcement is working to ensure a quick response if a terror-driven tragedy should occur in Hillsdale, following the mass shooting Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday evening. Speaking at a City Council meeting on Monday, Hephner said both police and fire departments are trained to respond to these...
Summer’s last drops of honey
Hudson — When the amateur apiarists of the Lost Nations Beekeepers Association extracted honey from their hives in the Sugar Shack, they were too focused to lick their fingers. And although it was his first extraction, 14-year-old Derek McClory was no exception. September is extraction month, and Saturday was the last extraction day for members...
Local pilot named airport manager
Although she’s only been Hillsdale Municipal Airport manager for five days, Ginger Moore already has almost a lifetime of experience with the airport. Since childhood, Moore has been surrounded by flight. Both her parents were pilots, and as a child, she was present with them when the Hillsdale airport opened. She became a commercial pilot...
U.S. House passes ban on abortion for pain-capable unborn babies
I was glued to CSPAN all afternoon. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act has passed the House twice — in 2013 and 2015. But I was still on the edge of my seat, yelling at my laptop in the Grewcock Student Union. U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Arizona, introduced the bill, which passed the House on...




