Category: City News

  Hillsdale college alums Duane and Bev Taylor received a preservation award for improvements on their historic 19th century home on State Road in a reception at the Will Carleton Poorhouse hosted by the Hillsdale County Historical Society Monday. During their annual Renovation, Preservation, and Beautification awards, members of the historical society gave awards to...

Hillsdale County’s courthouse annex offices will move out of their building on Howell Street as soon as renovations are completed in the old Hillsdale Daily News building, which they purchased last year. City Commissioner Ruth Brown thinks it will benefit Hillsdale to have the old Daily News building occupied again. “That building has sat there...

The looming factory building behind Saucy Dog’s Barbeque in downtown Jonesville, built to be the J.J. Deal and Sons Carriage Factory before becoming the Kiddie Brush & Toy Company — making Holly Hobbie and Barbie dolls until 1972 — is now being redeveloped into an apartment complex for low-income families and senior citizens. This is...

Former Hillsdale Municipal Airport Manager James Scheibner said he was surprised when City Manager David Mackie decided last month not to renew his contract. On Sept. 29, 2015, Scheibner received a letter from Mackie saying that the city would not renew its contract with Scheibner and his business, Hillsdale Aero. The letter blindsided him, Scheibner...

In the frigid, early-morning Saturday of fall, local vendors for the Hillsdale Farmers Market wake up early to assemble in the parking lot under the shadow of city hall and come together for commerce. Gina Gray, the head cook at Hillsdale Community Schools at Gier, has come to the farmers market to sell her bread,...