“What we now want is a country—a free country—a country not saddened by the footprints of a single slave—and nowhere cursed by the presence of a single slaveholder,” Frederick Douglass said, as recorded in “The President and The Freedom Fighter” by Brian Kilmeade. Kilmeade’s 2021 biography “The President and The Freedom Fighter” offers a new,...
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State police arrest two, seize meth and guns in drug bust
The Michigan State Police arrested two suspects in a Hillsdale County drug bust on April 7. MSP troopers arrested 29-year-old Kyle Bertok and 44-year-old Larry Estel in execution of a search warrant, according to Cmdr. Sean Street of the Region of Irish Hills Narcotics Office, a division of the MSP. Police searched Bertok’s residence on...
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Fighting the flames: Local farmers remember field fires
“It was so smoky that you couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face.” Local farmer Ron Poling stood watching as his barn burned down in Oct. 2021. The Hillsdale community has been struggling with farm fires over the last several months. The most recent farm fire took place in Camden township in...
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Local Nazarene church to host free breakfast, concert
The Hillsdale Community Nazarene Church will host a free breakfast and a performance by The Stronghold Quartet on Sunday, April 3. “It’ll definitely be a full house,” Pastor Mike Prince said. “It’ll be a nice community event.” Hillsdale Community Nazarene will host a free breakfast at 9:30 a.m., according to a church press release, and...
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Police arrest 2021 shooting suspect
The City of Hillsdale Police Department arrested a suspect in a 2021 shooting, Jeremiah Da Michael Broady, on March 21. Police arrested Broady on a felony warrant for two charges of aggregated assault with intent to murder, along with felony firearm possession, according to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies booked 19-year-old Broady into the...