The Economic Development Partnership is increasing Hillsdale County’s youth awareness of skilled trades by hosting a Skilled Trades Career Exploration event on Feb. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. This free event is open to people of all ages who have an initial interest in skilled trades and will take place at the Litchfield Regional...
An abandoned house near the Baw Beese Trail, which served as a shelter to a homeless couple, burned to the ground in a blaze on Jan. 29. No one was in the home at the time of the fire. The couple had been living in the house long-term, though without any utilities, according to Hillsdale...
The Hillsdale College women’s track and field team competed on its home track at the Wide Track Classic last weekend.The Chargers made strides toward improvement, but work still needs to be done to prepare for the fast-approaching conference meet, according to head coach Andrew Towne. “We’ve got to keep working,” Towne said. “But, it was...
In a scene reminiscent of a toddler disinviting one of his friends from a birthday party, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference Matt Schlapp took to Twitter to announce that Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, was “formally NOT invited” to the February conference. Schlapp disinvited Romney because the senator voted to hear from more witnesses...
Track 1: “The Trenches.” Underscored by ambient whistling, rifle shots, and single notes struck on a piano, Brad Birzer’s voice fades in softly at first, repeating, and echoing over itself. He speaks C.S. Lewis’s description of his experience in World War I: “The frights, the cold, the smell of human excrement, the horribly crushed men...