With 43 confirmed COVID-19 cases and three deaths in Hillsdale County as of April 6, the Hillsdale City Police and Hillsdale County Sheriff Department are taking strict precautions with their officers and the public to slow the spread of the virus. Both departments risk losing the ability to police as effectively if one of their...
Local businesses in Hillsdale have adjusted their services or closed down temporarily due to the impact of COVID-19 on safety and health. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” directive, issued March 24, suspended all in-person operations not necessary to sustain or protect life, with a few exceptions for exercise or caring for the...
Hillsdale residents may be surprised when they turn their radio dial to 1340 AM or 99.5 FM and now find a local country station instead of the usual Radio Hillsdale full-service content. If they turn to 92.1 FM, however, they will still find the WCSR content they are used to. At the end of February,...
Synagogues have suspended worship. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints services are cancelled worldwide. Catholic masses cannot be celebrated with congregations across the nation. The spread of COVID-19 has stripped away our means of worship from us, leaving us alone and diminishing outreach for our souls. Although our lives have changed drastically in...
On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that he would extend social distancing recommendations through April 30 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. It’s the right call. The administration’s move to extend the recommendations appears to be driven by alarming mathematical models. In a Sunday morning interview on CNN’s “State of...