Construction of the Hillsdale County Historical Society’s new museum at the Poor House grounds is on track to finish by this spring, according to member Kathy Fowler. The new museum, Kathy Fowler said, will be home to the historic 1931 Seagrave firetruck and other artifacts like buggies, sleighs, and farming equipment. “Finally having the museum...
Year: 2020
College announces 2020 commencement speaker
Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be the speaker for Hillsdale College’s 168th commencement ceremony, which will be held on May 9. Barrett, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, earned her Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Rhodes College and her J.D. from Notre Dame University, where she currently...
Library replaces printers
The new printers are up and running at Mossey Library. A total of five new printers, two color and three black and white, replaced the five-year-old models that had been in use last fall. With four-floor model Xerox AltaLink B8055 (black and white) and C8055 (color) printers located on the first floor and the fifth...
Christian values, policies persuade libertarian students to join Yang gang
As a presidential candidate, Andrew Yang does it his own way. “I have done the math,” Yang said about the universal basic income, his flagship proposal, at the second Democratic debate. “It’s not left, it’s not right, it’s forward.” Among his distinctive features, this is the most important. Yang claims to be building a coalition...
Grosvenor House Museum Board seeking funds for renovations
The board of Jonesville’s Grosvenor House Museum is seeking $200,000 to restore and renovate the historic house. The Grosvenor House was built in 1874 by Elijah E. Myers, the same architect who designed Michigan’s state capitol building. Over the years, however, the house has fallen into disrepair, board member Ann Johnson said. Johnson said the...




