After 18 years of faithful service to the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds, home to “The Most Popular Fair on Earth,” manager Scott Dow is stepping down. Dow said he is retiring to take care of himself, after fighting for his health over the past few years. Mark Williams, who formerly worked in the investor side of...
District court charges against David Fayez Gadelkarim, 54, of Hillsdale were temporarily dismissed on April 7, according to court documents. Hillsdale Police Chief Scott Hephner confirmed that further investigations are ongoing, but that charges have been dropped at present because of concerns for the defendant’s constitutional right to due process. Gadelkarim, who owns both the...
U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) continued his three-month streak of participating in coffee hours when he met with locals at Jilly Beans Coffee House for an hour Tuesday morning, speaking about issues he’s working on in Congress and answering questions. According to his communications director Dan Kotman, Rep. Walberg has done 20 coffee hours over...
A Hillsdale alumna’s track record of teaching at-risk students how to read and improving test scores landed her a position at Williams Elementary School. Jonesville Community Schools hired Hillsdale alumna, Michelle Angel ‘92, to be a literary specialist for the school district, a new position created from Michigan’s Section 31a Program, which is a fund...
In Kelly Robinson’s garage, a Frankenstein machine slowly burned coffee beans that would produce the finest cup of coffee Robinson ever tasted. Dubbed a “Frankenstein machine” by Robinson, who used to be an Apple software designer by day and amateur coffee roaster by night, this coffee roasting machine also produced the worst cup of coffee...