The Hillsdale Community Library will hold an open house to welcome its new director, Bryonna Barton, next Thursday Dec. 9 from 4-6 p.m. The event will include snacks, drinks, and a grand prize drawing for a “Welcome to Hillsdale” gift basket, along with drawings for other gift cards to local businesses. The Library Board will...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a bill on Nov. 11 that would have refunded fees and forgiven the penalties for businesses that violated COVID-19 mandates, according to the Michigan Legislature website. Republican state Rep. Andrew Fink, a co-sponsor of the bill who represents Hillsdale and Branch counties, said H.B. 4501 would have created precedent that reaches...
A local Christian organization could face foreclosure at the end of March 2022 due to taxes accrued in 2019 when the organization was denied tax exemption by the city of Hillsdale. Rev. Cindy Eckhardt, president and founder of One Step Ministries, said that while the organization is a church, it does not hold traditional Sunday...
Local restaurant owner Rick Tropiano says he has had to cut hours and may close his restaurant on Mondays. “By the end of the week, most of my kitchen staff and some of the servers are very exhausted and on overtime and that makes it more difficult to operate profitably,” said Tropiano, who owns and...
Michigan will forbid the teaching of “racial stereotypes,” if a bill co-sponsored by Republican state Rep. Andrew Fink ’06 becomes law. The state’s House of Representatives passed the bill on Nov. 2. Known as House Bill 5097, it establishes “core academic curriculum content” which includes banning “race or gender stereotyping,” but does not explicitly mention...