Ruby Labuschewsky holding her award. Courtesy | Hanna Labuschewsky A fourth grader from Jonesville has set the world record for the largest foot for a seven-to-nine-year old girl. Her shoe size at the time she set the record was 10.5. Ruby Labuschewsky, who has since turned 10, received the recognition in January from the organization...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the “right-to-work” repeal Friday. Courtesy | Facebook Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills Friday repealing the state’s “right-to-work” law and restoring prevailing wage rates, reversing two major Republican labor policies passed since 2012. The “right-to-work” repeal under HB 4004 and SB 34 means employees may be required to pay...
Hillsdale residents attending a Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday to discuss AquaBounty. Olivia Hajicek | Collegian Michigan officials are waiting to receive AquaBounty’s monitoring plans to draw water from the Michindoh Aquifer, which provides water to Hillsdale County. The aquaculture company broke ground last year on a salmon farm in Pioneer, Ohio. AquaBounty, a biotechnology...
Gotion Inc. is a Chinese company that manufactures electric vehicle batteries. Courtesy | Facebook State Rep. Andrew Fink, R-Hillsdale, tried to block funding for a Chinese-owned electric vehicle battery company that plans to build a factory near Big Rapids, Michigan. The company faces local scrutiny due to its board members’ ties to the Chinese government...
Dan Cherry holding his book in Rough Draft. Aubrey Gulick | Collegian When the lights went out, Penny Wingate and her twin sisters were watching “The Wonderful World of Disney.” She remembers their dad ushering them into a small well pit in the bathroom and closing the cover. It was Palm Sunday, 1965, and Wingate...