Local teenagers and young adults will practice responding to plane crashes and searching for missing persons at Hillsdale Municipal Airport and potentially Hayden Park April 12 at 9:30 a.m. The event, called Operation Classical, is hosted by the Hillsdale Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol Michigan Wing and will involve a simulated emergency response...
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Silos Fun Park hits the market
Silos Fun Park is listed for $1.3 million. The owners of Silos Fun Park have decided to sell the business they bought six years ago. They’ve listed it for $1.3 million. Donna Olmstead, who co-owns the park, said her husband Brad’s declining health is the reason they are selling. “It’s time for me to make...
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County deliberates as contract for stray dogs nears end
As the expiration date approaches for an animal control agreement with Branch County, Hillsdale County officials are grappling with where to house stray dogs. The 10-year contract allowed Hillsdale County to transport unclaimed strays to Branch County’s facility in Coldwater after a 24-hour holding period at the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. The contract will expire...
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Family homes under construction
Several houses are now framed at the Three Meadows North Subdivision after a developer purchased the roughly 22-acre-property from the city. Three Meadows North Subdivision is a land parcel at 280-286 W. Bacon St. The owner and developer, Allen Edwin Homes, plans to build 61 single-family homes with 80% of those listed at market value...
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Dawn Theater seeks new management
Two management companies face a deadline of April 22 to submit final proposals to run the Dawn Theater, the TIFA Targeted Development Committee decided in a meeting March 26. “Ideally, we’ll have proposals that we can discuss, negotiate and execute in the short term,” TIFA board member Andrew Gelzer told The Collegian. “TIFA is very...