In the past two weeks, four local schools have temporarily closed, largely due to influenza making its way through Hillsdale County. Hillsdale Hospital Infection Control Officer Randy Holland said since September 2019 there have been 520 cases of influenza B confirmed through the hospital’s laboratory, and 12 cases of influenza A. Holland said the number...
Since the beginning of the semester, Hillsdale’s newest sports team, the hockey club, has played four games—winning three and losing one—in a men’s league in Jackson. Sophomore Zach Niebolt, the president of the club, tried to start a team last year, but only recruited around 10 players. Last semester, he met freshman Ben Hanson who...
Once again, the Hillsdale College Chargers were within 10 points on the scoreboard in both of their home games last week, but again, they couldn’t quite come out on top. The Chargers fell to first-place Walsh University 70-69 on Thursday, and to third-place Malone University 82-76 on Saturday. The game against Walsh is the only...
The City of Litchfield, just a 15-minute drive from Hillsdale, is adding to its city infrastructure with new pavement, a new public pool, new water lines, and a natural gas plant. Douglas Terry, Litchfield’s city manager, said the city is looking forward to each of the new projects. Litchfield secured a grant recently from Michigan’s...
Six weeks after throwing a chair through a window at his workplace, a Taco Bell employee pleaded guilty on Jan. 27 to the “attempted malicious destruction of a building” in Hillsdale County Circuit Court. Dakota Joblinski, a 22-year-old manager at the store, was arrested shortly after trashing the Taco Bell on Carleton Road where he...