When Hamilton Carhartt first set out along U.S. 12 to sell his new workwear more than 100 years ago, he stopped in Jonesville, Michigan, where he sold his first product to David L. Powers, the founder of Powers Clothing store. Powers Clothing, established in 1890, has since then not only maintained its longstanding relationship with...
Year: 2021
Renovations start at Dow Conference Center
Renovations on the Dow Conference Center began this week, kicking off a construction project that is expected to conclude in the fall of 2021. Dow Hotel Director of Hospitality Aaron Tracey said in an email that the Dow A and B conference room, as well as conference rooms F and G, are being renovated. “A...
Student Federation grants $7,170 to two clubs
The Student Federation granted full funding to the first club proposals of the semester at its meeting on Feb. 25. The Lyceum and Catholic Society both received the funds they requested. “The clubs do hard work to get their funding proposals to us and then we go through it and find that, unsurprisingly, the clubs...
‘Minari’ testifies to the resilience of the American dream
There is something uniquely American about moving to a new place and starting over. This trek can be filled with excitement, dread, but most of all, hope — hope that things will get better, and that what you want will materialize. This hope marks Lee Isaac Chung’s Korean-American film, “Minari,” which tells the story of...
Local artist spruces up Jilly Beans with murals
Jilly Beans Coffeehouse owner Mary-Ellen Sattler brought life to the walls of her downtown Hillsdale shop through scenic nature murals full of birch trees and animals. Sattler asked her niece Danielle Musch, a nursing student at Grand Valley State University, to paint two murals on different walls. Musch finished the first in August 2020 and...




