Author: Jack Butler (Jack Butler)

At its meeting on Monday, April 15, the Hillsdale City Council discussed its goals for the 2013-14 fiscal year and a video services contract. Mayor Doug Moon proposed the list of five potential goals for the council. They included improving the streets, reducing blight, increasing jobs, enhancing communications, and removing obstacles. Moon said that each...

After spending roughly the past year in Washington D.C., alumnus Kyle Smith ‘12 has returned to Hillsdale — this time as a city employee. The Grand Rapids native graduated with majors in political economy and German. He chose the former because it provided a unique understanding of public policy issues. “It’s an interdisciplinary major. You...

In a meeting on Monday, April 1, the Hillsdale City Council received updates about the Hillsdale County Senior Services Center and considered the extension of a contract with government services provider Granicus. The Hillsdale County Senior Services Center is a private non-profit founded in 1983. Terry Vear, senior center executive director, spoke to the council...

  In a meeting on March 18, the Hillsdale City Council discussed code enforcement, a loan to the Hillsdale Historical Society, and summer events. City Manager Linda Brown began a discussion of code enforcement, which involves keeping certain buildings up to a certain level of maintenance. Brown said that she asked Chief Building Inspector Marty...

For now, wind power will stay out of Reading Township. That was the decision of residents of Reading, a township 11 miles southwest of Hillsdale, in a referendum on Feb. 26, the vote followed a long, fierce debate over Duke Energy’s proposed Hillsdale Windpower Project. Reading Township Supervisor Jon Burrell said it was an “overwhelming”...