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Hillsdale residents pen letter demanding resignation of two city council members over Jan. 6 D.C. protest attendance
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Hillsdale residents pen letter demanding resignation of two city council members over Jan. 6 D.C. protest attendance

Correction: An earlier version stated seven residents signed the letter, this has been updated to state that the actual number is around 30 Two Hillsdale city council members and a Tax Increment Financing Authority board member are facing calls to resign after attending the Jan. 6 march in Washington, D.C., that turned violent inside the...

The Doc is still in: 37-year veteran of military history returns for swan-song semester
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The Doc is still in: 37-year veteran of military history returns for swan-song semester

Retirement is not the end of the road, it is the beginning of the open highway—a popular, unattributed quote reads. For Tom Conner, recently retired professor of history, this open highway turned out to be a quite familiar, well-traversed one.  After officially retiring in August from 37 years as chair of military history at Hillsdale...

‘An Exceptional Man’: Family, friends, and colleagues remember former Hillsdale Hospital CEO Chuck Bianchi
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‘An Exceptional Man’: Family, friends, and colleagues remember former Hillsdale Hospital CEO Chuck Bianchi

Chuck Bianchi had a saying: “I don’t know the right way to do things, I just know what works.” His unconventional yet visionary leadership allowed him to see the best in people and inspire them to achieve more than they thought possible.  Bianchi died peacefully at his home on Feb. 15 from complications of prostate...

View from the ground: Trump thanks supporters with Walter Reed hospital drive-by
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View from the ground: Trump thanks supporters with Walter Reed hospital drive-by

Hundreds of Americans waving flags and homemade signs, a spontaneous presidential motorcade, and numerous TV cameras capturing the action. This was the scene on Sunday, Oct. 4 outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.  President Donald Trump spent three days at the military hospital after he announced early on Oct. 2 that...

COVID under control in county, says hospital chief
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COVID under control in county, says hospital chief

As the COVID-19 death toll in the United States approaches 180,000 people, the pandemic is under control in Hillsdale County, according to Hillsdale Hospital CEO J.J. Hodshire. Since March, Hillsdale County has seen 294 cases and 26 deaths, including six new cases in the last week, according to Rebecca Burns, health officer for the Branch-Hillsdale-St....