Alex Bertram (left) and Tim Stockdale (right) at the Railroad Festival hosted by Hillsdale Renaissance in October. Courtesy | Scot Bertram Real estate development firm Hillsdale Renaissance recently purchased the historic railway freight house, located at 16 Hillsdale St., which it plans to convert into a community hub. Luke Robson ’17 said he is working...
Roughly 200 people attended the Fayette Township planning commission meeting Jan. 19. Christina Lewis | Collegian Fayette Township residents oppose solar project that would cover more than 1,000 acres. Residents of Fayette Township and the City of Hillsdale once again spoke against a project to turn 1,350 acres of farmland into a solar farm as...
The Keefer House Hotel in downtown Hillsdale. Gemma Flores | Collegian The Hillsdale City Council voted 6–3 at its Dec. 15 meeting to grant CL Real Estate Development until June 30 to finish the Keefer House Hotel, its sixth extension for the project. The vote extends a tax incentive under the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act...
Counselors in Michigan can now provide patients struggling with gender dysphoria talk therapy that affirms their biological sex after a Dec. 17 decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision in Catholic Charities of Jackson Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties v. Whitmer blocked Michigan law HB 4616, which categorized “compassionate counseling,” a form of...
A resident speaks at a Fayette Township board meeting Jan. 12. Christina Lewis | Collegian While the state of Michigan races toward a mandate of 100% clean energy by 2040, Fayette Township in Hillsdale County is weighing whether to allot 1,350 acres of farmland to construct a solar farm. Ranger Power, a Chicago-based solar energy...