Aubrey Bumpus, a server at Spangler’s Family Restaurant, pours a cup of coffee. Thomas McKenna | Hillsdale Collegian Hillsdale College student employees may see their hourly pay jump by as much as two dollars this February under a new Michigan minimum wage hike. But state lawmakers are working to slow the increase as local businesses...
City Council greenlights college to acquire two streets
A mockup, using Google Earth, of the college’s plans to acquire parts of East Galloway Drive and Summit Street. Measurements not to scale. City News Staff | Collegian The Dow Hotel will expand onto parts of East Galloway Drive and Summit Street The Hillsdale City Council approved Hillsdale College’s plan to acquire sections of East...
Fink wins GOP nomination for state Supreme Court
How the Republican lawmaker from Hillsdale beat a Trump-endorsed judge Rep. Andrew Fink represents Hillsdale in the state legislature. Courtesy | Michigan House Republicans Michigan Rep. Andrew Fink, R-Hillsdale, won the Republican nomination for state Supreme Court in a nail-biting vote at the party convention Aug. 24. Running to fill a seat vacated by another...
City Council approves college hotel expansion
The college will also fund a $1.7 million endowment for essential city services This rendering shows the planned Dow Hotel expansion. Courtesy | Hillsdale College Hillsdale College plans to expand the Dow Hotel and Conference Center after an 8-0 vote and one abstention in the Hillsdale City Council meeting on Aug. 19. The plan includes...
Meijer to open May 14
Store Director Kelli Quintana presented Davis Middle School Principal Marsha Webster with a $10,000 check from Meijer to help develop the school’s science department. Jillian Parks | Collegian Meijer will open its new store in Hillsdale on May 14, offering everything from sushi and ready-to-go hot food to fresh flowers and live aquarium fish in...




