Local musician Kelly Bracey plays at Meckley’s. Cassandra DeVries | Collegian Families and friends lined up for cider flights, scented candles, and homemade wooden spatulas at Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm’s Friendsgiving Festival Nov. 23. “We like to have a holiday festival every year to celebrate Thanksgiving, generally the Sunday before the holiday,” former Meckley’s manager,...
Hillsdale County will receive more than $2 million from the nationwide opioid settlement that is providing funding to affected states over the next 18 years, with $36,500 approved for the local Civil Air Patrol squadron’s outreach and drug remediation programs, while the Hillsdale County Commissioners are still considering other requests. Through the opioid settlement efforts,...
A new nonprofit organization seeks to connect veterans with resources to find transportation, jobs, and support groups in Hillsdale County. Hillsdale County Veterans Coalition’s mission is to “embrace, empower, and enrich the lives of military veterans within our community,” according to Melinda Eggleston, program director of the Hillsdale County Community Foundation. Eggleston said the organization...
The Michigan State Police arrested an Osseo man on charges relating to possession of methamphetamine, assault, and home invasion on March 31, according to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. State troopers booked 39-year-old Charles Renard Pettiford into the Hillsdale County Jail just after 1:30 a.m., according to JailTracker. “The Michigan State Police arrested him,” Deputy...
The Michigan State Police arrested two suspects in a Hillsdale County drug bust on April 7. MSP troopers arrested 29-year-old Kyle Bertok and 44-year-old Larry Estel in execution of a search warrant, according to Cmdr. Sean Street of the Region of Irish Hills Narcotics Office, a division of the MSP. Police searched Bertok’s residence on...