The Sultana, loaded down with excess passengers. Courtesy | Facebook The Sultana Historical Preservation Society is campaigning to open a museum in Marion, Arkansas and dedicate a commemorative coin to the 1865 Sultana shipwreck. It was the deadliest maritime disaster in United States history and killed nearly 1,200 people, including 67 Civil War soldiers from...
The Mail Pouch Tobacco barn standing on the land where Meijer will build its Hillsdale location. Courtesy | Facebook The Hillsdale County Historical Society is preserving the historic Mail Pouch Tobacco advertisement from the barn on Meijer’s property. “Meijer was all too happy to hear that we wanted to preserve a historical feature and volunteered...
The City of Hillsdale’s economic development team held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new businesses. Courtesy | Facebook [EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece has been edited for clarity since publication.] The city of Hillsdale welcomed Quality PC Repair and Service, Printer Source Plus, and Willis Information Technologies — which goes by WIN — in a ribbon-cutting ceremony...
The Hillsdale County Community Foundation offers college scholarships to high school students. Courtesy | Facebook The Hillsdale County Community Foundation will soon release its annual scholarships, which totaled more than $242,000 last year. Melinda Eggleston, the director of the program, said the scholarships are open to all high school students and often go to those...
Landlords are struggling to find students to rent off-campus houses. Jack Cote | Collegian Landlords are struggling to find renters after Hillsdale College granted fewer students off-campus permission for next year. “It is very difficult because I have a list of people who really want to sign a lease but simply can’t because they haven’t...