Kids in costumes, babies bundled in strollers, and people of all ages with checklists in hand roamed the sidewalks of downtown Hillsdale on Tuesday evening for Hillsdale Business Association’s Awesome Autumn event. “We have five kids, and they’re all doing the scavenger hunts,” Joanna Young, Hillsdale Resident and mother of five, said. “It’s a nice...
Clear, blue skies and vividly hued leaves served as the backdrop for Hillsdale Hospital Birthing Center’s 13th annual Walk of Remembrance held at Owens Park on Oct. 14. This year’s lakeside event, put on by volunteers from Hillsdale Hospital’s OB-GYN unit, included a memorial service, rose ceremony, remembrance walk, and balloon release. Designated in 1988...
Seated along a table in the back room of Rough Draft coffeehouse on Sunday, seven local students laughed and chatted as they signed the product of four months of their work: A color-illustrated, 36-page book about Winona, the daughter of Hillsdale’s Algonquin Chief Baw Beese. “It’s cool seeing now how it’s affecting a lot of...
Members of the Hillsdale College Football team are used to volunteering for the community. But this year, they’re doing it differently. Together, they’re encouraging young men in fourth grade at Gier Elementary School to “look good, feel good, do good.” Called “Guys with Ties,” the club, which started in September, gives young boys an...
Postcards encouraging people to “Vote for Peter Jennings” were sent to Ward 1 residents last week. These mailers were delivered despite Hillsdale City Council’s decision in a special meeting on Aug. 1 that Peter Jennings, Ward 1 resident and assistant professor of management at Hillsdale College, is ineligible for office due to durational residency restrictions....