Known as a man of character and generosity, William “Bill” Grewcock died on Dec. 8, 2018, at the age of 93. Grewcock was the former vice chairman of construction and mining at Kiewit Corp., and he and Berniece, his wife of 70 years who survives him, made considerable charitable donations to Hillsdale College. “He was...
Year: 2019
Hillsdale to host two home meets this weekend
The Hillsdale College Chargers will host Indiana Wesleyan University in a dual meet Friday, and Ashland University and Saginaw Valley State University in a tri-meet Saturday. After bringing back a couple of wins and achieving lifetime best times from the Calvin Invite in December, the swimmers are proud to see their hard work pull through...
Living like a cyclamen flower: What Israel taught me about resilience
I didn’t expect to see my boyfriend on one knee by the Sea of Galilee, where Christ once walked on the water, calmed the storms, and filled Peter’s nets full of fish — but my engagement was not the biggest shock of my ten-day journey in Israel this month. When I first applied to Passages,...
Great Cookbooks: Cooking, life lessons from Julia Child
For Christmas this year, I asked for “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck, a cookbook published in 1961. I couldn’t wait to crack that famous teal-and-white cover and try my hand at a sauce chantilly or a coq au vin. As I pulled back the box-lid on...
TIFA collects bids for Dawn Theater project
The City of Hillsdale Tax Increment Finance Authority is currently accepting construction bids for the Dawn Theater Rehabilitation and Blight Elimination project. They have extended the deadline until Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. “We’re just chomping at the bit now to get this project going,” Hillsdale’s TIFA consultant Mary Wolfram said. According to Wolfram,...




