Joseph W. Mauck Elementary School at 113 E. Fayette St. is just one of several vacant buildings in the City of Hillsdale that are being repurposed and filled. Hillsdale College bought Mauck Elementary School for $390,000 on June 1, and the college plans to begin using the building for various purposes while it discerns...
When Lorie Nichols’ phone rings, she knows that answering it might put a life in her hands. Sometimes a call comes in the middle of the night, a last grasp at life from a suicidal person who listens to a deeper instinct, or a desperate plea for assistance from the person’s friend. A member...
Volume One Bookstore will reopen as Volume 2 Bookstore next week. Long-time store owner Richard Wunsch retired at 78 years- old and transferred ownership to Daniel Brown, Emily Wunsch, Sedrich Brown, and Tina Sanchez, who formed an LLC. The new owners are remodeling the store to make it into a community center and bookstore....
In honor of national child abuse prevention month, the sheriff’s department and the Hillsdale branch of Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness held a rally at noon Wednesday on the courthouse lawn. Surrounded by the blue pinwheels that are the symbols of the movement, speakers from law enforcement, the prosecutor’s office, and around 20 community...
The Palace Cafe is open late nights on weekends again — but only until the end of the spring 2018 semester. According to owner Leslie Meredith, she decided to reopen for late nights so students celebrating the end of the year would have a place to go in the dead hours. “It’s really for...