After recounting ballots cast in Nov. 8’s general election, Hillsdale County election officials discovered 19 votes for write-in candidates not reflected on Election Magic, the website centralizing and disseminating the vote data. Citizens of Hillsdale’s Ward 4 and Allen requested the recount during the Nov. 9 canvasser meeting after seeing zero votes were recorded...
During exit interviews conducted at the Hillsdale Community Library voting precinct by The Hillsdale Collegian, voters shared their thoughts regarding the issues that mattered to them in the 2016 general election. “I’m a little disappointed in the national candidates, how they were all about downing each other and sharing bad news about each other,” Hillsdale...
The city of Hillsdale’s backup generators have been out of service for the past four years, but in two months they will be completely upgraded with newly-installed cooling towers. Total repairs — which began in 2015 — cost more than $470,000, funded by the Board of Public Utilities’ budget. Assistant Director Chris McArthur said the...
Widespread complaints about the Hillsdale welcome signs posted on the edges of town caused the city council to reopen public debate about the town’s motto at the Nov. 7 meeting. City Manager David Mackie said he has received negative comments about the signs’ size, visibility from the road, and their content. “I have a...
Quick-witted, capable, and strongly opinionated, Burt Cox does not act like he is turning 100 on Nov. 19. Most could not live alone at his age, but Cox does, on the oldest farm in Hillsdale County, Cox Farm, which his ancestors purchased in 1834. “I don’t really feel like I’m an old person,” said Cox,...