Al Franken Over the past month, 156 women stood on a podium in a small Lansing courtroom, microphones to their mouths, weights in their chests. Standing there, all eyes on them, they faced a monster — a monster many of them did not know was theirs to face. Larry Nassar, a once nationally-renowned sports doctor,...
City Councilman Adam Stockford was elected mayor on Nov. 7, carrying 56 percent of the vote and defeating incumbent Scott Sessions. Hillsdale residents also voted on four open city council seats. City Councilmen Will Morrisey and Bill Zeiser ran unopposed, holding their seats in Wards 2 and 3. Ray Briner, a senior credit analyst at...
Ashley Diane Hoath, 27, pleaded guilty to second degree murder on Oct. 31 — days before she was supposed to testify in a jury trial regarding the murder of 37-year-old Jeremy Alan Barron. The details of the plea bargain have not been released. A group of Amish children found Barron’s body in April, while riding...
The Hillsdale County Democratic Party held a meet-and-greet with Shri Thanedar, a Democratic candidate for governor, in its meeting on Wednesday. Jessy Vigelow, vice chairman for the group, said the Hillsdale County Democrats invite all Democratic candidates in order to get the Democratic voice out and provide more options for voters. “We get a lot...
A Michigan National Guard veteran says Hillsdale County and state authorities wrongly forced him to register as a sex offender, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. In the lawsuit — filed against Hillsdale County, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy, a former assistant prosecutor, three Michigan State Police troopers, and two Michigan...