A local Hillsdale woman, 18, was abducted by a man possessing a gun while walking alone on Hillsdale Street just north of Carleton Road Feb. 23 around 11:15 p.m. The woman escaped unharmed shortly after and reported the attempted kidnapping to the city police. She told the police an unknown white male forced her into...
The Hillsdale County Intermediate School Board voted sole applicant Laurie Brendes to the board Feb. 6 to fill the vacancy left by Parke Hayes. Brendes is on the Hillsdale Community Schools board also and has served there for 16 years. She believes that her knowledge and skill from that experience will be useful to the...
Matthew Walter Barron of Jonesville and Charles Henry Osborn of Osseo — both in their 30s — appeared before Hillsdale County District court Wednesday for a pre-trial examination after each being arraigned Monday on four charges: maintaining a drug lab involving methamphetamine, conspiracy to run a drug lab involving meth, maintaining a drug house, and...
Desiree Jordan Sherman, 21, accepted a plea bargain of no contest to one count of assault and battery in Hillsdale County Circuit Court on Nov. 25. The prosecutor agreed to drop Sherman’s four other charges of assault with intent to commit murder, resisting and obstructing, interfering with electronic communications, and assault and battery of a...
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s department arrested Victor Jason Owens, 59, of Osseo, Mich., Monday after a dispute with a neighbor. Owens was arraigned in the Hillsdale County District Court on charges of first degree home invasion and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. His bond is set at $5,000 with...