A local Jackson College student has competed her way up the pecking order with an unusual subject matter — chickens. Competing as part of the Future Farmers of America, Haley Lemle, 18, has won or placed in a variety of science competitions, most recently placing fourth in the national FFA competition. Her project studied...
The Hillsdale Garden Club gave Hillsdale residents the opportunity to begin preparing for Christmas, discover their green thumb, and support beautification projects throughout the city with its annual green sale, which concluded Oct. 15. Now that the nonprofit garden club has finished taking orders, members are beginning to construct 150 floral arrangements, wreaths, roping,...
Derek Spiteri, son of Checker Records owner John Spiteri, opened the sandwich shop Handmade in the old Oakley building on Hillsdale Street last week, after a year of renovations. The old Oakley-style bread is back, with all sorts of new additions: the sandwich shop also features specialty coffee drinks, ice cream, and a cool...
One hundred and five carloads of people gathered at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds for the 83rd annual Lewis Emery Treasure Hunt on Oct. 22, waiting to hear the first of 12 clues that would lead participants throughout Hillsdale County to Lewis Emery Park, where two tokens, signifying the end of the scavenger hunt, and...
Go back to high school. Local student Makiah Hanning dropped out of school to pursue a job that ultimately didn’t work out. Luckily, however, a caring teacher caught up with her and convinced her to return. “I was really close to graduating, but I got a job and I dropped out because I thought that...