Some residents will face thousands of dollars in new taxes as the city council approved a road reconstruction project in the Westwood area on Monday night, amid resistance from locals and council members. The council approved the project in a 6-3 vote, with Mayor Adam Stockford, Councilman Ray Briner, and Councilwoman Cindy Pratt in opposition. ...
Year: 2022
Women’s cross country takes seventh at Louisville Classic
The Hillsdale College women’s cross country team placed 24th overall at the Louisville Cross Country Classic 5k race on Sept 30 and Oct 1. The Chargers placed seventh among Division II teams, besting several Division I teams in the process. “This race is fast and big enough to simulate a nationals race, so the overall...
Lauren Fink’s Apex Painting hits million-dollar milestone
A new painting business has just hit $1 million in annual revenue, and now the alumna who started it seeks to expand into masonry, drywall, spray insulation, and housekeeping over the next few years. “I’m just an entrepreneur at heart,” said Lauren Fink ’07, who founded Apex Painting last year. “I think about what people...
Secure borders was never the plan
Vice President Kamala Harris stirred up controversy last week with her claim that the southern border is secure, drawing ridicule from conservative pundits as well as some Texas Democrats. Yet few commenters have considered that she might genuinely mean what she says: the border is exactly as secure as Democrats intend. Over the last year,...
Men’s XC split for Louisville and Lansing Races
The Hillsdale men’s cross country team was represented in two different meets this past weekend. Eight members of the men’s team ran in the Blue Division race of the Louisville Cross Country Classic, and another five members of the team raced in the Lansing Community College Invitational. The Lansing meet took place on Friday, September...


