The race for District 5 Hillsdale County Commissioner has been called after a delay due to a write-in candidate. Brent Leininger was elected to a two-year term as county commissioner. Leininger was the only candidate on the ballot and received 3,581 votes. His write-in challenger, Namrata Carolan, received 265 votes. The Hillsdale County Clerk office...
Author: Sarah Weaver (Sarah Weaver)
Hillsdale students should dress to respect
American fashion designer Rachel Zoe once said, “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” When choosing what to wear, you are choosing how to present yourself to others.Your peers notice, your professors notice, and yes, you notice. In other words, what you wear says a lot about what you...
In ‘Letter to You’ Springsteen is at peace and all grown up
“I’m in the middle of a 45 year conversation with these men and women I’m surrounded by,” Bruce Springsteen says in “Letter to You,” the documentary created in conjunction with the album of the same name. Springsteen’s newest album reflects on the past with the honest wisdom of a man who has loved and lost,...
Lucas Morel joins D.C. graduate program as visiting prof
Hillsdale graduate students in Washington, D.C., welcomed a new visiting professor this fall, Lucas Morel, to teach on the life and statesmanship of Frederick Douglass. Morel, the John K. Boardman Jr. professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, is currently teaching a one-credit intensive course on Douglass for Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby Jr....
Gelzer’s Hardware to Move to New Location
Gelzer’s Hardware, currently located in the heart of historic downtown Hillsdale, is moving to a bigger facility. Andrew Gelzer, the great-great-grandson of the hardware store’s founders, said the new location will offer a bigger store, better parking, and “room to grow the business in the future.” The move will allow different departments to expand at...




