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Opera Workshop to premiere this weekend
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Opera Workshop to premiere this weekend

Voice faculty and students are bringing a bite-sized opera experience to campus with the annual opera workshop. The workshop will be at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 and 26 in McNamara Rehearsal Hall at Howard Music Hall, with no tickets required.  Student vocalists will perform scenes from various operas and musicals in the original languages,...

Hillsdale Academy dedicates new wing after enrollment spike
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Hillsdale Academy dedicates new wing after enrollment spike

Hillsdale Academy and college staff dedicated a new wing of the K-12 school, with students performing recitations and choral music Oct. 2. The new wing includes an atrium, a music room, two classrooms dedicated to the teaching of Latin, and classrooms for grades five through eight, said Hillsdale Academy Headmaster Mike Roberts during his welcome...

A Michigan State Police car at the Lansing post. Courtesy | Twitter
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Toddler killed after walking into Allen street at night

A Michigan State Police car at the Lansing post. Courtesy | Twitter A toddler died from injuries after a car hit her near her home in Allen Township on U.S. Highway 12 on Sept. 13. “Preliminary investigation shows this to be a tragic crash with the loss of life of a child,” Michigan State Police...

Fair to feature Chris Lane, demo derby
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Fair to feature Chris Lane, demo derby

Chris Lane will perform Monday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. Courtesy | Instagram Big, Big Plans for ‘The Most Popular Fair on Earth’ The 174th Hillsdale County Fair will feature a notable country singer, a demolition derby, tractor pulls, and a rodeo. Hillsdale County Fair Manager Lori Hull said this year’s biggest change is the...

Hillsdale grad works to stop factory with alleged CCP links
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Hillsdale grad works to stop factory with alleged CCP links

Joseph Cella graduated in 1991. Courtesy | State Department A Hillsdale alumnus has partnered with the Michigan Republican Party chairman to stop the construction of a factory in northern Michigan with alleged Chinese Communist Party affiliations. Joseph Cella ’91 — a former ambassador to Fiji and other Pacific islands during the Trump administration — said...