The former Klein Tools Factory in downtown Jonesville will transform into storefronts, in an agreement the Jonesville City Council approved on March 16. “There is a huge opportunity there for additional retail and other commercial uses to support our downtown,” Jonesville City Manager Jeff Gray said. Under the agreement DH Roberts Construction will purchase the...
Chef Ezra Bertakis is bringing years of culinary experience, a passion for quality sushi, and homegrown organic produce to Hillsdale. Originally from Hillsdale, Bertakis worked under Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto in New York after training at the Florida Culinary Institute. After moving back to Michigan in 2011, Bertakis ran several restaurants in Detroit as executive...
County National Bank promoted eight employees at the end of 2021, two of whom serve at the Hillsdale Branch. Kelly Lantis ’86 was promoted to vice president, commercial credit officer; Ray Briner was promoted to Commercial Loan Officer. CEO John Waldron said it is uncommon to promote so many employees at once, but that the...
Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey endorsed Tudor Dixon, a Republican, for governor on March 23. Shirkey is a Republican who represents all of Hillsdale, Branch, and Jackson counties. He said he supports the conservative commentator and businesswoman from Norton Shores due to her leadership qualities and dedication to conservative causes. “I’m excited to endorse...
A federal judge will hear a motion on May 18 to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a local health agency’s quarantine order last year. Among other things, the order required schoolchildren who had been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 to be quarantined. Health Officer Rebecca Burns of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency issued...