After cultivating a close relationship with Associate Professor of English Dwight Lindley and his family in her first year at college, sophomore Tess Owen chose to spend her second year at Hillsdale living with the family instead of returning to an on-campus residence hall. “I knew this would be a very unusual situation,” Owen said....
Author: Josh Hypes (Josh Hypes)
Q&A: Scott Walter, Capital Research Center
Scott Walter is president of the Capital Research Center, a research organization in Washington, D.C., that studies how foundations and nonprofit groups spend their money. What is the goal of modern education? In my day, in the 1980s at Georgetown University, my good professors would complain that the kids thought education was a means...
North Adams man charged with conducting criminal enterprise
A North Adams man awaiting sentencing for a probation violation is now facing a separate criminal enterprising charge, according to the Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s Office. The office charged Shane Edward Mitchell, 45, with criminal enterprise relating to his tree-cutting company, Mitchell’s Tree Climbers. His bond is set at $50,000, according to court documents. Prosecuting Attorney...
How he rose from the dead: ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
Star Wars returns once more to the dust-coated deserts of Tatooine to see the gritty rise of the intergalactic crime lord and former bounty hunter, Boba Fett. The Disney+ exclusive began streaming on Dec. 29. “The Book of Boba Fett” is a spin-off of the wildly popular “Mandalorian” series. As of publication, Disney released four...
Redistricting Commission splits Hillsdale County into two state Senate districts in new political map
Hillsdale County will be split into two different state Senate districts under a plan approved by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Dec. 28. On the new map, Hillsdale and Jonesville are in district 16 and Allen and Reading are in district 17. The new maps enacted by the commission give Democrats a chance...




