“It’s not easy being a Democrat in this area.” Jan Hill, 76, stood behind the Hillsdale County Democratic Party booth at the county fair on a drizzly Friday night. He and his wife, Mary Hill, 74, have been involved with the HCDP since her retirement 10 years ago. With an open grin, Jan stands to...
The Greater Hillsdale Humane Society’s 28th annual Wiggle Waggle Pet Walk-a-Thon raised an estimated $1,500 in donations to help cover the monthly costs of its animal shelter on Saturday, Oct. 8. Housing about 150 dogs and cats, the animal shelter’s monthly bills average between $10,000 and $12,000. The Humane Society, a nonprofit, does not...
The morning crowd at Jilly Beans coffee shop sips their coffee and chats softly over the strains of Christian contemporary music playing in the background. A gentleman, book in hand, walks slowly to the back of the shop where a sign sits on a coffee table. The sign reads: “Reserved for the ROMEOS. Tues-Fri 10:00...
Although law enforcement has found nearly 70 credit card skimmers—small devices that capture credit and debit card information—at gas station pumps across the state of Michigan, none were in Hillsdale County. Gas stations in Coldwater were the closest locations at which law enforcement found skimmers in a recent Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural...
With the financial assistance of a $28,000 federal grant aimed at helping rural communities, the Hillsdale police department plans to purchase another police vehicle and body cameras for all of their officers in hopes of increasing community transparency. “We do periodically have issues brought up about how an instance was handled by an officer...