With a rendition of Adele’s “To Make You Feel My Love,” senior Isabelle Parell kicked off the third annual Hillsdale Idol “Unplugged” music competition March 21 at Johnny T’s Bistro. Funds from the musical evening went toward the Hillsdale County School of the Arts Summer String Festival, a musical boot camp for children ranging...
In a deal on March 4, the local startup malting company Independent Barley & Malt agreed on an exclusive source for its barley as it starts production of malted barley, which is the main ingredient in brewing craft beer. The Andersons, a diversified company with specialties in transporting and growing commodities such as corn and...
Hillsdale Community Schools are feeling the heat after a series of snow day cancellations this year. Throughout the course of the winter, Hillsdale Community Schools were forced to cancel eight school days due to numerous snowfalls and the ‘polar vortex’ that swept through the midwest with frigid temperatures. Now, Hillsdale educators and students may be...
Guided by an SAB pamphlet with clues about local Hillsdale businesses, Hillsdale College students walked the streets downtown Friday with souvenirs and cards from shops they had visited. “I have never really been in any of the shops downtown but I always kind of drive by and walk by and see them and think, ‘Oh...
Permit restrictions could force the “Hillsdale, It’s the People” sign on M-99 to come down, unless the City of Hillsdale decides to adopt the sign. At Monday’s city council meeting, resident Ted Jansen, who headed the project last summer to reinstall a sign in the city with the slogan, “Hillsdale, It’s the People,” addressed the...