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Alert: Fatal Hit and Run Suspect Identified
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Alert: Fatal Hit and Run Suspect Identified

The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the suspect in an Aug. 21 fatal hit-and-run accident, and is asking for the public’s help to locate him.  Police are searching for Dylan Lee Jones, 24, on a felony warrant with two counts: reckless driving causing death, and failure to stop at the scene...

Pipes burst in Olds Residence
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Pipes burst in Olds Residence

Water gushed into the basement of Olds Residence at 2 a.m. on Aug. 30. “Water was pouring under the door to the boiler room,” freshman Magdalena Shaltanis said after discovering the leak during a phone call. By the time Shaltanis retrieved a resident assistant for help, the water at the base of the stairs had...

New GOAL program  begins to serve  Hillsdale widows
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New GOAL program begins to serve Hillsdale widows

  Junior Kathryn Luke started a new GOAL program called Widows Connecting Point, serving the widows of Hillsdale County by connecting them to students on campus, as well as one another.  “Imagine this scenario,” Associate Dean of Men, Jeffery “Chief” Rogers, who first noticed the need for the program in the community, said.  “You have...

DC professor publishes second childrens book
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DC professor publishes second childrens book

Telling the tale of a young swan navigating New York City and learning his identity, Matthew Mehan’s most recent book offers advice to all readers — both young and old.  Mehan published his second children’s book, “The Handsome Little Cygnet,” on July 20, providing children with a counter-culture narrative about discovering who they are meant...

Professors react: Afghanistan
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Professors react: Afghanistan

After 20 years of military occupation in Afghanistan, American troops have been fully withdrawn from the region. The Biden administration’s ongoing evacuation was completed Aug. 30, as the last C-17 Globemaster departed the Kabul airport at 11:59 p.m. local time, leaving Afghanistan under Taliban rule.  Over the span of the two-decade occupation of Afghanistan, many...