Two new businesses geared toward helping people with disabilities will open in downtown Hillsdale. The Hambleton family will be opening The Knowledge Emporium, a homeschool curriculum center, in May, and Sempre Pizza Etc., a restaurant, in the fall on 12 and 14 South Howell Street. The first business to open, The Knowledge Emporium, will both...
Hillsdale County plans to make Lewis Emery Park handicapped-accessible with more than $200,000 in grant funds from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. Douglas Ingles, a Hillsdale County commissioner, said former commissioner Bruce Caswell applied for Department of Natural Resources grants as part of a five-year plan for Lewis Emery Park. The grant application required...
As supply chain and hiring issues grip the nation, local restaurants in Hillsdale are learning to cope with staff shortages, price increases, and delivery hiccups. “We can’t find new help,” said Terri White, manager at The Hunt Club. “We can’t find people that want to help.” Covering for unfilled openings and frequent call-outs, White works...
The hunting season for bobcats in Michigan will be nine days longer than it used to be, according to a memorandum from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued last month. Populations “have remained stable, despite several expansions of opportunity (for hunting) over the past decade, suggesting a robust and resilient population,” according to the...
One Step Ministries and Hillsdale Justice Project, two nonprofit organizations that were denied tax exemption by the City of Hillsdale, no longer face imminent foreclosure following show cause hearings on Feb. 15, County Treasurer Stephanie Kyser said. At the hearings, Kyser agreed to give both organizations an additional year to pay off delinquent taxes or...