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...
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...
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...
Construction on the historic Keefer House is now underway to transform the iconic building into a 32-room boutique hotel, featuring three storefronts and a restaurant. C.L. Real Estate LLC, a building developer based out of Peru, Illinois, purchased the Historic Keefer House from Hillsdale’s Tax Increment Finance Authority Oct. 25. TIFA Chair Christopher Sumnar said...
“Bel Canto” may mean “beautiful singing,” but it sure as heck doesn’t mean “beautiful movie.” On Rotten Tomatoes, “Bel Canto,” directed by Paul Weitz and released in September, scored a 60 percent, which tells you exactly what kind of movie it is: mediocre. The only thing that saved it from total disaster was the okay...