The Hillsdale City Council unanimously passed a motion to recommend three city logo and tagline options for the City of Hillsdale on Monday. According to Mayor Adam Stockford, the city hired the graphic design company Muldrow & Associates to design a new typeface for the city. These new designs come after the last round...
Hillsdale County’s new drug treatment court program received nearly $500,000 from three grants this fall to help rehabilitate “high-risk, high-need” offenders. The U.S. Justice Department provided most of the funds, awarding the program $400,000 to cover its expenses, according to treatment court administrator Brian Hansen. The state of Michigan gave two grants totalling $37,200, and...
The Hillsdale County Fair Board of Directors recently named lifelong resident Lori Hull its new fair manager. Hull, who grew up on a local dairy farm, received an Agricultural Communications degree from Michigan State University in 1988 and became involved with the fair after her children started doing 4H, a program in which youth complete...
During Hillsdale’s first Adoption Day, seven children found new homes and “forever families.” Judge Michelle Bianchi presided over the event, reading reference letters vouching for the adoptive families, reading observations made by caseworkers, and allowing people to make statements about the adoptive families. Local families gathered in the Hillsdale County Courthouse to finalize adoptions on...
Demolition work began at 115 E. Carlton Road this week for the new location of H.J. Gelzer & Son Hardware Inc. The hardware and sporting good company in downtown Hillsdale will move just a couple of blocks for a larger and more open space, more room for parking, and the opportunity for further expansion. In...