Timothy Dixon resigned this week from the Hillsdale City Council. The Ward 2 councilman submitted a letter of resignation to Mayor Adam Stockford and the other councilmembers, which the council accepted unanimously at its meeting Monday night. “I purchased a different home and now no longer have a recognized address located within the City...
With cameras and two young models dressed in 19th-century costumes, five high schoolers trekked to Baw Beese Lake one day this summer to stage photos for their four-month-long project: a book about the young Winona, the daughter of Chief Baw Beese, who ruled the Algonquin tribe in Hillsdale County in the 1800s. Samuel Beach, Gretchen...
After 19 years of ownership, Prapai Ringenberg is ready to step down from management and sell the Coffee Cup Diner. “I work more than full time,” Ringenberg said. “My groin, lower back, and legs hurt and at my age it’s quite a bit.” Ringenberg has been in the restaurant industry for 50 years and she...
By Kara A. Johnson Hillsdale Hospital is offering a free program called “Stop the Bleed,” designed as a hands-on training session to teach local residents and students how to respond to serious traumas. “Stop the Bleed” classes provide attendees with a lecture on what a trauma looks like, how to respond to the incident at...
It’s where everybody knows your name. Due to efforts of President Coty Foster and President-elect Connie Sexton, The Hillsdale Business Association is growing: within the past two years, the association doubled their membership. The Hillsdale Business Association, which serves not only businesses in downtown Hillsdale but throughout Hillsdale County, is a nonprofit organization that provides...