The Hillsdale Rotary Club sponsored the development of a new basketball court at Sandy Beach Park as a part of a multi-year project to renovate the recreational facility located near Baw Beese lake. According to Michelle Loren, director of the Recreation Department, this is only one phase of the project the Rotary Club has undertaken....
In a battleground district where Republicans have won three of the last four elections, Democrat Gretchen Driskell is hoping her views on trade and the economy will draw voters to polls this November. Driskell, the former mayor of Saline and current Michigan assemblywoman, is running against incumbent Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., for Michigan’s 7th Congressional...
Hillsdale residents should prepare for a winter laden with more snow and sub-zero temperatures than usual, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac’s prediction. A colder winter could adversely affect Hillsdale’s farming industry by increasing farmers’ risk of losing crops. “When you plant in the spring, sometimes it’s really good, and other times the ground is...
When Republican Rep. Eric Leutheuser talks political philosophy, he uses a trinity of institutions as his guiding principles in Michigan’s House of Representatives. “Family, church, and local community support American civil life when they are successful,” Leutheuser said. “When those institutions are under attack, our society wobbles. Local communities are weakened all the time when...
Sheri Ingles has driven 70 miles round trip every day for the last 16 years to her human resources job in Jackson County because Hillsdale jobs don’t pay enough for her position. She’s lived in Hillsdale County for 35 years, but when the auto industry began to decline in the late 90s, Ingles started...