Pete Hoekstra has yet to endorse one of the two Hillsdale GOP factions. Courtesy | Facebook Former president Donald Trump won Michigan’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, carrying 76.3% of the votes in Hillsdale County and 68.3% statewide. Nikki Haley, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor, took second with...
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Hoekstra to endorse Hillsdale GOP faction within weeks
Pete Hoekstra will endorse one of the two Hillsdale GOP factions. Courtesy | Facebook A top candidate for Michigan GOP chairman told The Collegian he expects to recognize one of the dueling Hillsdale County Republican factions as the official party in the next three weeks. “I’m pretty confident I know exactly where I’m going,” said...
County’s drunk-driving penalties match state average
Drivers in Hillsdale County arrested for drunk driving are about as likely to face a lesser “operating while visibly impaired” charge, as with a harsher “operating while intoxicated” charge, according to state data. But that’s not true everywhere in Michigan. A Bridge Michigan analysis of Michigan State Police data reveals penalties for drunk driving differ...
Mark Simon visits campus, speaks on Jimmy Lai’s plight
As Jimmy Lai spent his 1,197th day in prison on Nov. 20, his “right-hand man” Mark Simon told Hillsdale faculty why the Hong Kong dissident refused to escape the country before his arrest. “Somebody said to him, ‘Jimmy, why won’t you leave?’” Simon said. “He said, ‘I don’t want my kids to think that for...
Remember Penn State’s longest game vs. Michigan 10 years later
The Big House at University of Michigan seats up to 115,000. Courtesy | Live The clock reads “:35” in the fourth quarter. The Penn State Nittany Lions are trailing the Michigan Wolverines 34-27, but quarterback Christian Hackenberg is 37 yards from the endzone. He takes the snap shotgun. He drops back four steps, stands tall...



