Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a bill on Nov. 11 that would have refunded fees and forgiven the penalties for businesses that violated COVID-19 mandates, according to the Michigan Legislature website. Republican state Rep. Andrew Fink, a co-sponsor of the bill who represents Hillsdale and Branch counties, said H.B. 4501 would have created precedent that reaches...
Hillsdale art students put together an art gallery this week — including paintings, master copies, photos, sculptures, and graphic designs. “I think that the gallery is a great reflection of the kind of liberal arts culture that we have created at Hillsdale,” sophomore Anna Bassols said. Bassols described how unique it is that all the...
Cowboy boots, Tolkien shirts, massive belt buckles, a sweet southern drawl — those were my first impressions of the man who would be my roommate sophomore year. He was no boring Michigander, but a character straight out of my imagination of the South. I came from a totally different direction: the barely-represented Northeast. I sported...
I’m back for another tour de Penny’s. Now that it’s December, even the most miserly *can’t* refuse my holiday cheer. I came up with all things Christmas coffee and am taking you along for the ride. Cinnamon Roll Latte Formerly one of Penny’s specials, this is just like it sounds: Liquid cinnamon roll...
When Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh fielded Major League Baseball’s first all-minority starting lineup on Sept. 1, 1971, he wasn’t trying to make history. “I put in the nine Pittsburgh Pirates that I thought had the best chance to win tonight,” he said. The Pirates won not only that game, but the World Series the...