The Hillsdale College Chargers swept Ohio Valley University in four games over the weekend, outscoring the Fighting Scots 67-21 in the four contests. The Chargers put 21 runs on the board in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader, a new single-game season high. With the four wins, Hillsdale moves above .500 in the G-MAC, and is...
Year: 2019
Third annual Beer and Wine festival to raise funds for fairground maintenance
The Hillsdale County Fair and County National Bank will host the third annual Beer and Wine Festival as a fundraiser for the Hillsdale County Fair. The event will be held at the fairgrounds on Saturday, May 4, from 3-8 p.m. and is open to everyone 21 or older. There will be about 75 brands of...
Campus at the witching hour
It is almost impossible to imagine what someone might do on campus in the predawn hours on a weekday. Most dutiful Hillsdalians traffic the same few buildings and walk across the same sidewalks to the same desks in the library almost every day of the week, and then turn back to go home by 2...
WOW air bankruptcy cancels Icelandic trips, brings student nostalgia
Iceland had 2.3 million visitors in 2018, according to the Rejkjavik Grapevine, a prevalent Icelandic tourist magazine. With about 338,000 people living in Iceland, the number of tourists makes up nearly seven times the country’s population. But after Iceland’s ultra low-cost airline, WOW air, went bankrupt at the end of March, many predict Icelandic tourism...
Once in their shoes, Colleen Fritsche provides support for women’s basketball team
When the Hillsdale Chargers women’s basketball team travels for away games, about half the time they’re accompanied by head coach Matt Fritsche’s wife, Colleen Fritsche, and their two children, Kellan and Kinley. Bringing the whole family along on travel weekends brings Colleen and the kids closer to the team, which has made their move to...




