Two Hillsdale County Republican Party groups are preparing for a legal battle. “We’re the sanctioned, official party,” Jon Smith, the original HCRP secretary said. “They are a bogus party.” When the HCRP’s “America First” executive committee barred delegates from the county convention in early August, County Commissioner Brent Leininger held an alternate convention. The Michigan...
More than 100 people gathered Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Hillsdale Municipal Airport for the seventh annual Patriot’s Day Fly In, despite inclement weather. Cars lined the tarmac, parking two rows deep to accommodate the large number of attendees. Multiple large tents housed the pancake breakfast with tables and chairs, where people enjoyed food catered...
Carlos and Lina Alvarez are achieving their dream after opening Zilantros Tacos, a food truck, on Cinco de Mayo in 2022. After moving to Michigan from Mexico in 2010, Carlos Alvarez said his family was determined to open a food truck. It took four years before they opened. “We were surprised the very first time...
Though Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer leads her Republican opponent Tudor Dixon, the race is far from decided. Whitmer led her Republican opponent Tudor Dixon by 11%, in a poll of likely voters last month. But Whitmer may have to win over a number of Michiganders to remain in the governor’s mansion, as more than half...
Hillsdale County is home to only two electric vehicle charging stations, at a time when federal and state programs aim to increase electric vehicle usage and create a national electric vehicle charging network. The two charging stations are in Jonesville, according to the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center. There are no stations...