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Police to use USDA grant for body cameras for all officers, a new patrol car
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Police to use USDA grant for body cameras for all officers, a new patrol car

  With the financial assistance of a $28,000 federal grant aimed at helping rural communities, the Hillsdale police department plans to purchase another police vehicle and body cameras for all of their officers in hopes of increasing community transparency. “We do periodically have issues brought up about how an instance was handled by an officer...

Folsom to retire in December
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Folsom to retire in December

After teaching on entrepreneurship, new deal policies, and economic history for more than 14 years, Hillsdale College Professor of History Burt Folsom is announcing he will retire in December. “One of my goals in teaching was that I would know when I should retire before my students knew it,” Folsom said with a laugh. “I...

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Biggby opens its doors, offering study spaces and Hillsdale-themed coffee

After announcing the addition of a Biggby Coffee to their family supermarket over a year ago, Market House co-owner Brandy Boyd said the Michigan-based coffee franchise will officially open its doors on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the complex of the supermarket’s Hometown Hotspot. The Biggby will be Hillsdale’s first ever franchise coffee store, and although...

Former student loved nature, people
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Former student loved nature, people

Known as a lover of the world around her and the God above her, former Hillsdale College student Rhianna Dilworth died on Sept. 17 suddenly in her sleep from a heart condition at the age of 22 at the University of Montana. Dilworth attended Hillsdale from 2012-2014 and studied biology. With aspirations of becoming a...

#NeverApple: Fancy new features come at high cost
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#NeverApple: Fancy new features come at high cost

When Sprint offered me a brand new iPhone 7 for next to nothing after my iPhone 5c crashed, I wasn’t relieved. I felt like a kid being bullied on the playground. Apple’s new iPhone 7 is nothing short of subpar, and they’ve attempted to coerce their loyal customers to buy its overpriced mediocrity in one...