Annette Frederick folds laundry at Share the Warmth. Alessia Sandala | Collegian The shelter is searching for a new building to house the county’s homeless year-round Overnight shelter Share the Warmth of Hillsdale County will open for its eighth and final season at the Sozo Church Nov. 1 before moving to a new building next...
Members of College Baptist’s building committee cut the ribbon for the 4:12 Center. Courtesy | Rachel Cuthbert College Baptist Church dedicated its recently completed building addition, the 4:12 Center, in a ceremony Oct. 19. The center, named after Ephesians 4:12, seats up to 200 people and is designed for teaching and fellowship. The project also...
School board candidates will need to indicate party affiliation on the ballot if a Republican bill in the Michigan House passes. House Bill 4588, introduced by Rep. Jason Woolford, R-Howell, would require candidates for school board races to declare their political affiliation. This would change Section 168.303 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, which deems that...
Hillsdale commissioners reject resolution 4-1 The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners rejected a resolution that opposes ranked choice voting, 4-1, at its Oct. 14 meeting. Ranked choice voting is an election method in which voters list candidates in order of preference rather than selecting just one. All first choices are tallied, and if no candidate...
Scott Sessions served as mayor from 2013-2017. Thomas McKenna | Collegian Hillsdale County Sheriff Scott Hodshire endorsed former mayor Scott Sessions for mayor of Hillsdale earlier this month. “I’m honored and thankful to have the endorsement of Sheriff Scott Hodshire, the leading law enforcement officer for Hillsdale County,” Sessions told The Collegian. “I am extremely...