Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state legislature passed a budget during the final hours of Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown, but Whitmer vetoed 147 line-items from the budget proposed by Republicans, resulting in almost $1 billion in cuts. According to James Hohman of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, the budget that the...
State Rep. Eric Leutheuser is eyeing a run for the state senate in 2022. “The next logical step for me would be to run for the state senate,” Leutheuser said. “But a seat will not open up for another two years, when Mike Shirkey leaves office.” On Oct 10, he will host an Oktoberfest Birthday...
A deadly mosquito-borne virus has not threatened Hillsdale County as of yet, but neighboring counties have been declared high-risk areas for the virus. Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Calhoun counties are all considered high-risk areas for EEE, a mosquito-borne virus found mostly in the eastern regions of the United States. Sixteen Michigan counties have been declared high-risk...
Car Seats in South Central Michigan hosted a car seat check-up on Sept. 19, in which team members determined whether attendees’ car seats met the safety requirements and gave families a new seat if theirs didn’t pass. Hillsdale County residents lined up in their cars at the Market House on West Carleton Road to get...
The Family Video store on E. Carleton Road in Hillsdale will be closing its doors on Monday, Sept. 30. Everything at the store is being sold at liquidation prices until Sept. 29. The parent company of Family Video, Highland Ventures Ltd., will continue to own the building but will lease the space out to Dollar...