The Hillsdale City Council may refuse to seat Ward 1 councilwoman-elect Jill Hardway. The council’s Operations and Governance Subcommittee held a meeting Nov. 10 to consider Hardway’s eligibility for office. The meeting addressed concerns brought by city administrators over Hardway’s company, JB Office Building LLC. The subcommittee reviewed Hardway’s eligibility under the city charter, which...
‘Rocky’ 50th Anniversary poster. Courtesy | Instagram Fifty years following its original release, “Rocky” captures a story of the grit that once defined American culture. Sylvester Stallone’s Italian Stallion rocked Hollywood when the movie first played in 1976. For its 50th anniversary, “Rocky” returned to theaters this week through Fathom Entertainment in nearly 1,000 locations,...
Melissa DesJardin, executive director of Your Way Home, has two weeks to evict a dozen homeless people living at a shelter near Hillsdale Community Thrift, a judge has ruled. Judge Megan Stiverson entered a default judgment due to a lack of counsel against BMAK Charity Thrifts, the nonprofit wing of the thrift store, Oct. 29....
The probable cause conference for Hillsdale County Sheriff Scott Hodshire was moved to Nov. 18 as lawyers comb over discovery. Hodshire faces a pair of felony counts — obstruction of justice and misconduct in office — authorized by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office. He was formally arraigned Sept. 2 before specially assigned visiting judge Daniel...
Courtesy | Unsplash For the last 30 years, the Catholic church at Stanford University has baptized about four adults annually. This Easter, its pastor baptized 16, almost all of them Stanford students. What is happening at Stanford is the same across the country: Young Americans are converting to Catholicism. This makes sense, because 2026 is...