This year’s Hillsdale County Fair will have a concert for the first time in three years and also feature a new competition: KOI Drag Racing. From Sept. 22 – 28, Fair Manager Lori Hull said she anticipates 75,000 – 100,000 people will make their way through more than 200 vendors at the 169th annual county...
Author: Julia Mullins
Visiting dance company ‘life-changing’
Giordano Dance Chicago company dancer Adam Houston said his experience with Giordano has been life-changing. “You could be a dancer involved with it, you could be a board member involved with it, you could be a dance enthusiast coming to our shows, and it’s truly a life-changing experience once you feel that energy and...
City Council approves ‘consent agreement’ to demolish structure on Westwood Street
The Hillsdale City Council voted 7-0 to approve an order of public nuisance and demolition of 65 and 65 1/2 Westwood St. in a public hearing on Sept. 16. Last month, the council passed a resolution declaring the structure a public nuisance and gave owner Marvin Salyer 30 days to take care of the issue...
Theatre department visits Canada, sees six plays
Few theaters around the world offer productions of obscure plays like Shakespeare’s, “Henry VIII” and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s, “Nathan the Wise.” A group of Hillsdale College students and faculty, however, had the rare opportunity to watch professional productions of both of these plays at the Stratford Musical Festival in Ontario, Canada this past weekend. ...
Fourth annual Patriot’s Day Fly-In brings community together
Residents throughout Hillsdale County may have heard planes flying above them all day on Sept. 8 due to the 70 planes that partook in a fly-in. To view all of these planes, more than 1,500 people attended the Hillsdale Municipal Airport’s fourth annual Patriot’s Day Fly-In this past Sunday. Airport manager and professional pilot Ginger...




