Hillsdale’s Cottage Inn Pizza should be operating out of its new location at Silos Fun Park by mid-January or February of 2020, according to owners Donna and Brad Olmstead. “We’re anxious to get it opened back up for the community,” Donna Olmstead said. “We plan to have the arcade and the restaurant open before the...
Author: Gladys Oster (Gladys Oster)
Dirt path to Howard paved
After years of students trudging over the dirt path between Hillsdale St. and Howard Music Building, Hillsdale College has finally taken the hint and paved a sidewalk. Rich Péwé, Hillsdale’s Chief Administrative Officer, explained that the sidewalk has been on the construction agenda for quite a few years but was bumped up the list to...
Local businesses organize first annual ‘Boo Bash’
More than 40 local businesses have partnered to participate in Hillsdale’s First Annual Boo Bash, and sign-ups are still open. All proceeds will go to Hillsdale’s Court Appointed Special Advocates, an organization that trains members of the community to advocate for children affected by abuse, neglect, or abandonment. The Boo Bash event will be on...
Rough Draft hosts non-student artist
Friday nights at Rough Draft are about coffee, conversation, and if you’re lucky, live music. This past Friday students and locals enjoyed the music of indie folk singer Two-Faced Wilson, a solo artist on a “mini tour” around the Midwest. From 8 to 10 p.m. Two-Faced Wilson performed original songs and various covers while...
Hillsdale performs drama of a hometown judge’s murder trial
In the sleepy Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a small coastal town of 319 people still boasts their claim to fame: a 1952 murder of bartender and former police officer Mike Chenoweth. On July 30, 1952, Coleman Peterson, a lieutenant recently assigned to Big Bay, Michigan, waited for his wife, Charlotte, to come home. Shortly after...




