In light of renovations and the decline of COVID-19, the Greater Hillsdale Humane Society is now more accessible to both animals and volunteers. Located at 3881 S. Tripp Road in Osseo, Michigan, the humane society serves the community by sheltering abandoned cats and abused dogs. According to its website, the shelter was founded in 1974....
Year: 2021
Former state senator assists in parks commission project
When an outside group proposed to create a plan to save the Hillsdale County Area Parks for $12,000, the Hillsdale County Parks Commission ask a favor. Bruce Caswell, former state representative and senator, offered to assist in the parks project for no cost whatsoever after he thought the cost was high, he said. “That was...
Bob Dylan’s conservative anthems
Bob Dylan’s classic album “Bringing It All Back Home,” celebrating its 56th birthday on March 22, should become an anthem for a generation of conservatives who find themselves preserving things so radically counter-cultural they seem altogether new. Millennials will know Dylan for “Make you Feel My Love,” a song beautifully covered by Adele. Country music...
Udder Side, Coneys and Swirls reopen for the season
Coneys and Swirls in Hillsdale and The Udder Side in Jonesville reopened for the season on March 1. Julie and Julian Kast have owned Coneys and Swirls for 13 years, but it has been in business since the 1950s as a Dairy Queen. It became Coneys and Swirls in the ’80s. Their most popular item...
QUICK HITS: Donald Fox
What is one trend from your teenage years you wish would come back? None. It was the 80s, man. Painful times. It was a time of parachute pants, mullets, and leg warmers. Can’t think of a single trend. If you could spend one day in the life of any fictional character, who would you choose?...




