An Amish buggy in Branch County. Courtesy | Rita Hemker Two vehicle-buggy accidents, causing several injuries and one death, occurred within four days of each other in Michigan last month. Kris Dewey, of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency, presented a project aimed at reducing buggy crashes to the Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners Sept....
Missy DesJardin shows the inside of Camp Hope. Sydney Green | Collegian The makeshift shelter has until Sept. 16 to meet zoning regulations A makeshift shelter for the homeless faces a Sept. 16 deadline from the city to bring its operations into compliance with zoning regulations. Camp Hope, located behind Hillsdale Community Thrift, received the...
Kátia Sherman holds Luna, a rescued cat. Megan Li | Collegian When Kátia Sherman bought her house after accepting a job at Hillsdale College eight years ago, she found an enormous colony of stray cats roaming around. “In one summer, a colony of 20 can turn into a colony of 130, so I neutered...
Hillsdale County will receive more than $2 million from the nationwide opioid settlement that is providing funding to affected states over the next 18 years, with $36,500 approved for the local Civil Air Patrol squadron’s outreach and drug remediation programs, while the Hillsdale County Commissioners are still considering other requests. Through the opioid settlement efforts,...
Cooper’s will serve American and Mexican-style food. Gemma Flores | Collegian The new owners of the Shell gas station on 3311 W. Carleton Road plan to open a restaurant called Cooper’s in the attached building in the next two weeks. Shukri Abdulla purchased the gas station and adjoining building in April and partnered with George...