Hillsdale County Farm Bureau’s annual “Give Bushels” campaign is in its final month of fundraising for the South Central Michigan Food Bank in Battle Creek. Hillsdale County Administrative Manager Janelle Walworth said the Michigan Farm Bureau has a larger campaign, “Harvest for All,” and every county farm bureau does something different to raise money for...
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s office is implementing a variety of new technologies to update its systems and streamline its processes. Since the first of the year, the Sheriff’s office has made upgrades to their report-writing systems as well, as their Jail Management Solution (JMS). It also plans to implement an electronic citation system in the...
In a deal on March 4, the local startup malting company Independent Barley & Malt agreed on an exclusive source for its barley as it starts production of malted barley, which is the main ingredient in brewing craft beer. The Andersons, a diversified company with specialties in transporting and growing commodities such as corn and...
A “Quartermania” fundraiser held by the Hillsdale County Heritage Association on Saturday raised enough money for Heather Tritchka, an executive board member on the Hillsdale County Heritage Association, to set a completion date for her years-long project: On June 7, she’ll unveil three bronze bear statues by Baw Beese Lake. “If we hadn’t made enough...
With two generous new donors offering a match-grant for all donations made to the Hillsdale Community Schools band instrument fund through the Hillsdale County Community Foundation, more and more awareness of the program has echoed through the local community in the past month. The band instrument fund was set up with the assistance of Hillsdale...