Nine departments have already put Hillsdale County almost $40,000 over budget, but this overspending will be offset later in the year by other departments spending under budget, finance manager Derek Ringman said at the Hillsdale County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday. According to Ringman, the county has spent only 14 percent of its annual budget so far;...
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February 26, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Jail nears maximum occupancy, police purchase new vehicles
The Hillsdale County Jail is running close to maximum occupancy, with fluctuating cell availability, County Commissioner John Burtka said in his public safety report during the Hillsdale County Commissioner’s meeting Tuesday. “There are not usually available consistent cells to attempt to lease out to other entities,” he said. “I had a conversation today with the...
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February 26, 2015July 12, 2022News
Orthodox Christian Fellowship reads Gregory of Nyssa
As Christians enter Lent and begin the journey toward Christ’s Holy Week ascent to Mount Calvary, Hillsdale’s Orthodox Christian Fellowship is fittingly contemplating Moses’ parallel ascent to Mount Sinai — and the Christian soul’s ascent to Paradise — in St. Gregory of Nyssa’s work “The Life of Moses.” Associate Professor of English Justin Jackson leads...
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February 19, 2015July 12, 2022Culture
Benedict Whalen lectures on New Historicism
The school of literary criticism known as New Historicism rightly perceives the importance of historical context in illuminating texts, but can downplay the individual artistry of the author, Visiting Assistant Professor of English Benedict Whalen said Friday at a lecture in the Formal Lounge of the Grewcock Student Union. Whalen’s talk was organized by the...
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February 12, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Dial-A-Ride receives grant
Hillsdale’s Dial-A-Ride program received a $100 Social Isolation Grant from the Area Agency on Aging to provide transportation services to senior citizens in Hillsdale County. Dial-A-Ride offers transportation in and around the city of Hillsdale for a small fee. Seniors often use Dial-A-Ride for rides to Wal-Mart, the doctor’s office, and other places where they...