Voter turnout for the Nov. 6 midterm elections is expected to be higher than usual in Hillsdale. Hillsdale City Clerk Stephen French said he has already received double the amount of absentee ballots than he typically would in a midterm election year. He also noted that a lot of people have come into his office...
Michigan voters will decide next week whether the Great Lakes State will become the tenth state in the union to legalize recreational marijuana. Proposal 1 comes a decade after Michigan legalized medical marijuana, which will remain legal regardless of the election’s outcome. “Our goal is to end marijuana prohibition because we feel that prohibition has...
When Scot Bertram, the general manager of Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM, came into work on Wednesday morning, he was greeted by three men dragging something heavy out of the doors of Dow Hotel and Conference Center. He spotted limbs on what he originally thought was a large piece of luggage, and as he parked...
Only three years old, Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM is already winning national recognition. Seniors Ryan Kelly Murphy and Jenna Suchyta both placed in the annual College Broadcasters Inc. National Student Production Awards. Murphy took third place for Best Audio Newscast, and Suchyta took fourth in Best Audio Documentary for her production “A Problem of...
State Sen. Mike Shirkey hosted a public town hall Oct. 25 at Hillsdale County Senior Services to inform attendees about the content of the three ballot proposals and discuss them with the crowd. Despite the complexity of the proposals, Shirkey said that citizens have to know about them. Shirkey began the town hall by defining...