The Keefer House Hotel, located downtown, is undergoing renovations. Jillian Parks | Collegian The Hillsdale City Council voted 7-1 at its Oct. 6 meeting to grant CL Real Estate Development until Dec. 31 to complete the Keefer House Hotel project. This new deadline will extend a tax incentive under the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act to...
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Justin Jackson joins podcast for discussion of Genesis
Chair and Professor of English Justin Jackson recorded a podcast episode with members of the Duck Dynasty family in Louisiana last month. “Look, I’m an academic through and through with regards to what I read and how I write and all of that stuff, but in face-to-face relationships, I’m not an academic at all,” Jackson...
‘Remembered Here’: College trustee dies at 75
Pearson and his grandchildren, from left to right: Grant Pearson, Sydney Becker, and Hunter Pearson. Courtesy | Heidi Becker John Ervin Pearson, a former member of Hillsdale’s board of trustees, died Aug. 30 at age 75 after a 10-year battle with prostate cancer. “He was a very loving, generous man who loved his family very...
State legislators debate cellphones in K-12 schools
Rep. Mark Tisdel. Courtesy | Michigan House Republicans Website As Lansing lawmakers debate smartphone use among K-12 students, Ted Davis, the superintendent of Hillsdale Community Schools, said he would “strongly support” additional restrictions at the state level. “Every student in our district has access to a Chromebook, which provides all the tools they need for...
Keefer developers seek new extension
The Keefer House Hotel, located downtown, is undergoing renovations. Jillian Parks | Collegian CL Real Estate requested an extension for the Keefer House Hotel project until Dec. 31 at the Hillsdale City Council meeting Tuesday. The extension, if approved by the city council at its Oct. 6 meeting, would extend the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act,...


