Nine departments have already put Hillsdale County almost $40,000 over budget, but this overspending will be offset later in the year by other departments spending under budget, finance manager Derek Ringman said at the Hillsdale County Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday. According to Ringman, the county has spent only 14 percent of its annual budget so far;...
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March 19, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Airport advisory committee member resigns
Follow Kate on Twitter Jeff Buchhop quit the Airport Advisory Committee Monday, because he said he is unable to do his job when council fails to consult the committee on airport matters. He was responding to the Hillsdale City Council’s Monday approval of the first of three contracts to begin construction on a taxiway at...
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March 19, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Former teacher cooks up culinary arts club
Nancy Dunlop stood in front of a group of high school students, showing them the final steps of making the “Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookie.” “Once you’re done, then you say a prayer and hope that you did everything right,” Dunlop said. “But you will do everything right because you’re good listeners.” After school on Wednesdays,...
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March 19, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Alternaprint opens April 1: Hillsdale natives return from Chicago to re-locate business
Alternaprint, a combined custom screen printing and comic book store, will open on April 1. Located on North Howell Street, the screen printing and custom shirt-design business will take over the storefront formerly occupied by Threads, between The Hunt Club and Jilly Beans Coffee House. Andrew and Catie Gibbs, Alternaprint owners and Hillsdale natives, moved...
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March 5, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Checker Records contends for state’s best coffee shop
A list of Michigan’s top 10 coffee shops was released today, and Checker Records earned sixth place. Checker Records qualified for the competition after being named Jackson area’s best coffee shop in an online poll of MLive readers in February — beating out other local favorites like Hillsdale’s Jilly Beans and the Jackson Coffee Company in...