The Hillsdale College symphony orchestra will hold its winter performance on Nov. 20 and 21 in Christ Chapel, featuring faculty soloists Brad Blackham and Emily Douglass. Blackham, an artist-teacher of piano and director of keyboard studies for the college, will be performing Ravel’s “Piano Concerto in D Major (for the Left Hand.)” “It was commissioned...
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Jonesville seeks to redevelop former manufacturing plant downtown
The city of Jonesville seeks to redevelop the former Klein Tools manufacturing plant and bring a new business into the downtown riverfront property. “It’s a challenge, of course, to reuse a factory,” said City Manager Jeff Gray, “but there’s a great opportunity there with all of the space.” The city is especially interested in “retail,...
City replaces police vehicle totaled by parolee on meth
The city of Hillsdale’s Finance Committee convened on Nov. 1 to discuss the replacement of a police vehicle totaled by a parolee on methamphetamine. The man, who was alone in the vehicle, totaled it in August 2020, according to Jake Hammel, director of public services. “A parolee on meth was able to get his cuffs...
Students at Radio Free Hillsdale win national awards
Two Hillsdale students won national awards on Friday for content they produced for the campus radio station, WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM. Senior Rachel Kookogey won both first and fourth place for Best Sports Reporting, and sophomore Abigail Snyder won second for Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program in the College Broadcasters Inc. 2021 National Student...
‘Like a family in the hotel’: Student housekeepers serve community
An escape from homework. A place to build relationships. The satisfaction of serving other people—and you even get paid to do it. Working as a student housekeeper at the College’s Dow Hotel is a lot more than just folding bedsheets. “I just kind of wanted a job on campus, just to kind of keep...




