Hillsdale’s new city clerk Stephen French is already getting crazy questions, like how to register a Hillsdale College student to vote when her Texas driver’s license has a Michigan state address? French, with 16 years of clerking experience, said the first step is to call the state of Michigan. French was unanimously approved as clerk...
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Hillsdale High BPA wins five regional medals
It was 5 a.m. Jan. 8 when members of the Hillsdale High School chapter of Business Professionals of America started towards Dearborn, Michigan. Fifteen hours later they returned to Hillsdale with five regional gold medals and 25 state qualifiers, and earlier this month it was announced that junior Vice President Alexis Higgins won the Michigan...
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Market House gets makeover
The Hillsdale Market House will soon become the Hometown Hotspot as long-awaited renovations near completion. “We’re really excited for the changes. Our goal is to make Market House the newest Hillsdale hotspot, which inspired the new name for the complex,” Boyd said. The name, Hometown Hotspot, can be seen emblazoned on a brand-new sign in...
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30,000 gallons of raw sewage overflow into St. Joseph River
The Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities received a call about raw sewage flowing out of a manhole located at the intersection of Oak Street and Willow Street at 9 a.m. Monday. About 30,000 gallons of sewage escaped before crews could stop the flow. BPU has not yet identified what caused the blockage in the system....
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Native American skull uncovered in Hillsdale County
Matt Shaffer of Hudson, Michigan said he “didn’t think much of it” when excavators on his property Nov. 19 asked him if he’d ever found bones on his land. Shaffer said he uncovered cattle remains three months ago, but as workers digging a pond on Shaffer’s land continued their job, they came across something else....