Quick-witted, capable, and strongly opinionated, Burt Cox does not act like he is turning 100 on Nov. 19. Most could not live alone at his age, but Cox does, on the oldest farm in Hillsdale County, Cox Farm, which his ancestors purchased in 1834. “I don’t really feel like I’m an old person,” said Cox,...
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., defeated Democrat Gretchen Driskell in Michigan’s 7th Congressional district on Nov. 8, winning his fifth term in office. At print, with 96 percent of precincts reporting, Walberg has earned 177,366 votes, against Driskell’s 127,755 and Independent Ken Proctor’s 15,910. “I really think what the voters were saying tonight is, we were...
Republican incumbent Eric Leutheuser will represent District 58 in the Michigan House of Representatives for a second time after defeating Democratic candidate Mary Hamaty in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. “It was a quiet campaign. I ran on my record and what I hope to do,” Leutheuser said. “It’s a very Republican district. I’m...
Despite revelations that he violated the Hatch Act during the primary election, Lt. Tim Parker defeated write-in candidate Tammy Dow in the Hillsdale County sheriff election on Tuesday night. Parker took an overwhelming majority early on in the night, and ended the night with 14,940 votes against Tammy Dow’s 1,153. According to an Oct. 6...
Last Thursday, the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities trucks drove around Hillsdale College’s campus, flushing water out of fire hydrants as a part of the city’s bi-yearly effort to purify its water supply. “We’re doing this now and we’ll do it again in the spring. Flushing out fire hydrants ensures that any hardness or clogs...