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Business owner files suit over alleged harassment by city and county officials
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Business owner files suit over alleged harassment by city and county officials

A local property owner has sued three Hillsdale county and city officials alleging harassment. On Oct. 7, Lance Lashaway, owner of Ultimate Holdings LLC, filed a lawsuit in the 1st Judicial Circuit Court and named City Manager David Mackie, County Building Inspector Ray Taylor, and City Zoning Administrator Alan Beeker as defendants. This lawsuit brought...

Newest Spanish professor is the ‘dream colleague’
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Newest Spanish professor is the ‘dream colleague’

By day he’s a Spanish professor, but any other time he is the cofounder of a puppetry troupe.  Jared White, associate professor of Spanish, is one of the newest additions to the Hillsdale College faculty. In his first semester, he is teaching two sections of Spanish 101 and Spanish 413: Spanish Literature: 1140-1700.  White grew...

Volunteers prepare food at Father's Table Food Pantry. Courtesy | El Bethel Pentecostal Church
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Local food pantries see ‘unusually high numbers’ as COVID-19 federal aid, stimulus checks run out

More people are seeking help from local food centers, according to the directors of two pantries. “So far as our lunch programs have gone, we have seen a steady increase in lunches since June,” said Kathy Stump, office manager at the Hillsdale Salvation Army.  Stump said continued shutdowns due to COVID-19, a disrupted food chain,...

Helping Hands pregnancy center hires ’21 graduate as new director
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Helping Hands pregnancy center hires ’21 graduate as new director

Helping Hands Pregnancy Resource Center recently hired Bryce Asberg, a ‘21 Hillsdale graduate, as their new executive director.  The center, located in Hillsdale, Michigan, provides both spiritual and material services to men and women in the community facing challenging pregnancy situations.  “There was a need and I was asked to consider filling it,” Asberg said. ...