Oak wilt, a fungal disease that can infect and kill certain oak trees in a matter of weeks, is a growing problem across Michigan and the eastern United States, according to Plant Pathologist David Roberts from Michigan State University’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Roberts will present about the disease, its spread, and...
More children than ever are crawling, toddling, or running past the circulation desk and into the Hillsdale Community Library this year. The Hillsdale County Community Foundation awarded the library a grant for more than $4,500 on Jan. 3 to fund the library’s early literacy support efforts that continue to draw in more kids and...
Irrigation systems, circuit breakers, open wells don’t mix well with storage of sports equipment. Until now, the Hillsdale Recreation Department has had to cram all of this and more into one room at Field of Dreams. Now, thanks to generous donations from community members and a $9,134 grant from the Hillsdale County Community Foundation,...
Every week, Verina Coward could walk up the eight steps to the sanctuary of Pine Ridge Bible Church. Her husband, Bob, who had brain cancer and was unable to walk, could not. She resolved no other handicapped church members or visitors should feel the same way, so for the last 20 years before she...
Grove City College Touring Choir will stop at College Baptist in Hillsdale for a free performance at 7 p.m. Feb. 27. The choir will travel across the country, across genres, and across centuries as part of their annual spring break tour, performing pieces as diverse as Palestrina, a Brahms requiem, and Moses Hogan. “We...