Four-year-old beginning cheerleader Riley McNair stood atop her teammates’ shoulders for the first time, eyes squeezed tightly shut. She was terrified. Riley had never been lifted into the air before, and to someone her age, the three-and-a-half feet between her sneakers and the blue-carpeted tumbling floor felt like miles. “Ok, now open your eyes....
State Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Jackson is working to improve safety on the road for areas of Hillsdale County that encounter automobile and Amish horse-and-buggy collisions. According to Shirkey, road safety concerns seem to be a big issue for the county, and he plans to speak with Amish bishops in the area to understand how...
Two Hillsdale High School athletes qualified for the New Balance National Indoor meet, held at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York City March 10-12, becoming the first Hillsdale Hornets to compete at a national level. Senior Rees Nemeth qualified in pole vault after jumping a height of 14′ 3.25″ at an indoor...
More often than not, the first face greeting customers at Nature’s Call pet shop is soft, fluffy, and downright adorable. Although Rollo — the free-range bunny that hops through the shop in downtown Hillsdale — started out as a caged rabbit, his containment didn’t last long. “Like any animal, give them enough time and they’ll...
OSSEO, Mich. — Even though this winter’s warm weather has left the layer on local lakes too thin for safe ice fishing, the 57th annual Tip-Up Festival still drew nearly 400 people on Sunday, the four-day event’s final day. The festival, named after a device placed on the ice of frozen lakes to catch fish,...