Eighteen million dollars. That is how much unfunded pension debt burdens the Hillsdale Intermediate School District, according to official state audit reports. It’s worth nearly 80% of the district’s assets. For Chuck North, superintendent of the special education district, this number isn’t alarming — it is a sign of a teacher pension system being reformed...
The Fayette Township planning commission held an emergency meeting Jan. 23. Thomas McKenna | Collegian Fayette Township Board holds emergency meeting to accept resignations from clerks. Residents in and around Fayette Township are concerned that the company behind a plan to turn 1,350 acres of farmland into a solar farm will ask the state government...
Residents from Oak and South streets are gathering signatures to reject the city’s special assessment district proposal before a Monday deadline. “I believe the real mission is just getting the word out there so that everyone understands what’s going to happen if we don’t stand together on this,” said Jill Hardway ’89, one of the...
The Hillsdale City Council scheduled public hearings for Feb. 16 to establish 2026 Special Assessment Districts. Director of Public Services Jason Blake and City Engineer Robert Stiverson introduced a three-phase SAD plan for the 2026 construction year. The plan would repair just under two miles of roads deemed dilapidated by the city and would cost...
A couple from Grandville, Michigan, sells everything from golden loveseats and Coca-Cola fridges to license plates and comics at their thrift store, Le Vintage Rose, in Allen, Michigan. The property of the Antique Village was abandoned and forgotten for more than a decade, until Mary Nguyen-Frei and her husband, Emerson, filled it with their collection...