The Hillsdale City Police Department arrested a local man who allegedly committed a stabbing on Tuesday evening. Police arrested 39-year-old Shaun David Helton after 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, Hillsdale City Fire and Police Chief Scott Hephner said. Helton allegedly used a folding knife to stab a man multiple times, according to a warrant request...
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Local health agencies distribute thousands of masks to community
Local health agencies recently began distributing thousands of masks to the Hillsdale community, according to a press release from the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency. The BHSJ health agency and the Area Agency on Aging began distributing KN95 masks Feb. 1, according to AAA Director Laura Sutter. Local health agency offices will distribute masks to...
City Police to upgrade fleet
The Hillsdale Police Department expects to add two new Ford Explorers to its fleet, according to Hillsdale Police and Fire Chief Scott Hephner. The city has ordered two 2022 Ford Explorers, one for detectives and one for patrolling, Hephner said. The detective unit will be unmarked, while the patrol car will be marked and come...
Honoring a Hillsdale war hero
Darwin Kinney served on the famed USS Intrepid and won an award previously given to legendary aviators such as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Yet, he originally chose to join the Navy because it was the only branch that didn’t require wearing a tie. A Hillsdale County native, Kinney was inducted to the Hillsdale County...
More than one hundred students to attend March for Life
Hillsdale College for Life will bring more than 100 students to the national March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21. “Our country was founded on the principle that all men are created with unalienable rights: ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’” Hillsdale College for Life president and senior Hannah Stinnett said. “The...




