An annual project sponsored by the Hillsdale Kiwanis Club is causing a stir of excitement for local students this month. Each fall, the club hands out free reference books to students in all the Hillsdale County schools: dictionaries for third graders, thesauri for seventh graders, and foreign-language dictionaries for high school classes. “It’s a really...
Widespread complaints about the Hillsdale welcome signs posted on the edges of town caused the city council to reopen public debate about the town’s motto at the Nov. 7 meeting. City Manager David Mackie said he has received negative comments about the signs’ size, visibility from the road, and their content. “I have a...
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., defeated Democrat Gretchen Driskell in Michigan’s 7th Congressional district on Nov. 8, winning his fifth term in office. At print, with 96 percent of precincts reporting, Walberg has earned 177,366 votes, against Driskell’s 127,755 and Independent Ken Proctor’s 15,910. “I really think what the voters were saying tonight is, we were...
Republican incumbent Eric Leutheuser will represent District 58 in the Michigan House of Representatives for a second time after defeating Democratic candidate Mary Hamaty in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. “It was a quiet campaign. I ran on my record and what I hope to do,” Leutheuser said. “It’s a very Republican district. I’m...
Despite revelations that he violated the Hatch Act during the primary election, Lt. Tim Parker defeated write-in candidate Tammy Dow in the Hillsdale County sheriff election on Tuesday night. Parker took an overwhelming majority early on in the night, and ended the night with 14,940 votes against Tammy Dow’s 1,153. According to an Oct. 6...