The Hillsdale County Community Foundation expects to invest more than $171,000 in Hillsdale County students looking to attend college in the fall. The foundation gave away $171,000 last year and has given over $5 million to students in Hillsdale County since 1991. The HCCF gave away 175 scholarships ranging from $150-5,000, adding up to...
Author: Casey Harper (Casey Harper)
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Local man sentenced for deadly car crash
Jeffrey Stalhood, 45, was sentenced on Jan. 23 to 15 years in prison for a drunk driving accident that killed two men. On Aug. 22 of last year, Stalhood left a bar in Pittsford, Mich., with two men in the car: 21-year-old Calvin Russel and 43-year-old Chris Root. Stalhood was driving 113 mph westbound on...
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College spends $50,000 on pipe repairs
Once the repairs finish and the invoices are paid, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé anticipates that Hillsdale College will have paid around $50,000 to recover from a burst sprinkler head that flooded the Knorr Family Dining Room with 2 to 3 inches of water Jan. 23. The college will spend $10,000 on building repairs, $20,000...
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Sprinklers burst, flood Saga
Hundreds of gallons of water flooded the Knorr Family Dining Room just before midnight Tuesday, filling the lower level of the Grewcock Student Union with 2-3 inches of water. A sprinkler head burst on the southeast side of the building, said Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. Water began streaming into the gap between the ping-pong...
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Ingrid Jacques: From the Dale to Detroit
Ingrid Jacques, `02 Hillsdale College graduate, did not write for The Collegian when she was an undergraduate student. She did not, however, let that keep her from pursuing journalism professionally. Jacques is the deputy editorial page editor for The Detroit News. An English major and Pi Beta Phi sister, Jacques currently takes on issues from...