Few memorials to Martin Luther King Jr., pay tribute to the true bases of his civil-rights progress — which “pivoted on ideas that are much less popular now,” argued Jim Spiegel, professor of philosophy and religion at Taylor University. Speaking to an audience of about 30 people in a lecture at Hillsdale College on Thursday,...
With cameras and two young models dressed in 19th-century costumes, five high schoolers trekked to Baw Beese Lake one day this summer to stage photos for their four-month-long project: a book about the young Winona, the daughter of Chief Baw Beese, who ruled the Algonquin tribe in Hillsdale County in the 1800s. Samuel Beach, Gretchen...
“Want to talk about marijuana?” Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey, the Republican incumbent, asks the ten or so Hillsdale County constituents gathered near him for an open Q&A session at Jilly Beans coffee shop on Monday. Nodding, they do. Polls suggest the legalization ballot initiative might not pass, though it’s close, Shirkey says, knocking on the...
A bumper-car operator at the Hillsdale County Fair was arrested by Hillsdale City Police and charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct this week. William Presley, a New Jersey native, allegedly befriended a 19-year-old woman while she was riding the bumper cars before leading her away from the fairgrounds to have sex with him. “She said...
The tens of thousands of people who flood the Hillsdale County fairgrounds for the 168th annual county fair Sept. 23-29 will find familiar staples: grandstand shows, the animal birthing tent, rides, and fried food. But the grandstand itself will sport a makeover, and a new optional alert system will keep attendees informed throughout the event....