Republicans in both houses of the Michigan Legislature recently introduced bills to amend existing laws governing the creation and administration of local historic preservation districts. The new House and Senate bills would amend the 1970 law and create a higher bar to establish the districts, change how the historic district study committees are governed, and...
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CAPA to host first annual charity ball
The Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness of Hillsdale County will host its first Children’s Charity Ball at Johnny T’s Next Door on Saturday at 5 p.m. The proceeds from the charity ball will go to the Baby Think It Over campaign. Junior Taylor Lee currently works on staff at CAPA since January 2015. “They were...
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Rick Snyder signs Flint funding bill
As the U.S. House Oversight Committee commenced with hearings on the Flint crisis Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., Gov. Rick Snyder announced that his upcoming budget proposal will include a $30 million request for water bill repayments for residents of Flint. Snyder also signed a $28-million appropriation bill to send relief to Flint at the...
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No arrest warrants issued yet for drug-related Litchfield fire
Local and state police responded to an explosion on Friday evening at the Riverside Apartments just north of Litchfield, 12 miles north of Hillsdale. “I was upstairs in my apartment feeding my two-month-old,” Litchfield resident Ashley Perks wrote in a Facebook message to the Collegian. Perks lives in an apartment above the crime scene and...
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HHS students educate city council on water safety
Eight Hillsdale High School students presented to the Hillsdale City Council on how the city’s water filtration system removes contaminants and advocated for smart resource consumption at the council meeting Monday. The students, members of Hillsdale High School’s Envirothon team, brought two models complete with running water to educate the public on how the city makes groundwater...