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Grosvenor House Museum Board seeking funds for renovations
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Grosvenor House Museum Board seeking funds for renovations

The board of Jonesville’s Grosvenor House Museum is seeking $200,000 to restore and renovate the historic house. The Grosvenor House was built in 1874 by Elijah E. Myers, the same architect who designed Michigan’s state capitol building. Over the years, however, the house has fallen into disrepair, board member Ann Johnson said.   Johnson said the...

French fertility bill undermines fatherhood
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French fertility bill undermines fatherhood

France’s motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” arose during the French Revolution, and has since reminded the people of the noble and familial values crucial to the success of their society. The French National Assembly recently approved a bill that would destroy any semblance of a firm communal foundation, spurring a new battle cry from protesters: “Liberty,...

Student vehicles involved in city-wide car thefts
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Student vehicles involved in city-wide car thefts

The Hillsdale Police Department responded to 21 complaints of vehicle thefts over a seven-day period starting Tuesday, Oct. 29, according to Hillsdale City Chief of Police Scott Hephner. The individual or individuals responsible have yet to be found. Hephner said the majority of complaints were made within a 72-hour period, and all of the vehicles...

Roger Butters teaches economics, dabbles in building computers
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Roger Butters teaches economics, dabbles in building computers

Each person has their own path to Hillsdale. For Professor of Economics Roger Butters, the journey involved the Portuguese language, a career change, and building computers. Butters began programming computers when he was 11 years old and bought his first retail computer 10 years later as an undergraduate student. It is much less expensive to...

Hillsdale Senior Apartments: Wallick Communities  waiting on state grant
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Hillsdale Senior Apartments: Wallick Communities waiting on state grant

Wallick Communities, a full-service real estate, general contractor, and property management company out of Ohio, will begin construction on Hillsdale Senior Apartments in the Fall of 2020 if it is granted funding by Michigan State Housing Development Authority.  MSHDA sells tax-exempt notes and bonds and then loans the proceeds to private developers who use the...