With record-breaking weather in Hillsdale this winter, the Hillsdale County Road Commission has spent approximately $323,722 on salt alone from January to March. According to the Commission’s Engineering Manager John Sanders, it’s the freezing rain that’s caused the most trouble. “We had freezing rain three times this year,” Sanders said. “Compare that with the last...
Smooth roads will resurface this summer thanks to a grant from the Michigan Department of Agricultural and Rural Development. The City of Hillsdale received $100,000 under MDARD’s Rural Development Grant, which the city plans to put toward resurfacing Hallett Street from Reading Avenue to the west city limits and replacing a storm drain on the...
Hillsdale City Council members are seeking to make a deal with Eric Hoffman, member of Wickettstick Holdings LLC, regarding a potential 22-condominium housing development on Barnard Road in Hillsdale Township. Wickettstick Holdings LLC, a property holding firm, has proposed a 425 agreement between the City of Hillsdale and Hillsdale Township that would extend water and...
After a long winter of keeping the homeless people in Hillsdale warm, Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County will be closing its nights-only warming center for the season on March 31. The warming center is located in the House of Refuge Church on E. Carleton Road, and has been operating seven days a week since...
Hillsdale Community Schools are feeling the heat after a series of snow day cancellations this year. Throughout the course of the winter, Hillsdale Community Schools were forced to cancel eight school days due to numerous snowfalls and the ‘polar vortex’ that swept through the midwest with frigid temperatures. Now, Hillsdale educators and students may be...