Category: City News

The Coffee Cup Diner has seen a 40 percent increase in customers since investing in a new credit card payment system called “Square.” Square is a small, plastic card scanner that attaches onto any iOS or Android device’s audio jack and can accept all major credit cards. “It has increased our business by 40 percent.”...

Marcia Cole, owner of Cake Thyme in downtown Hillsdale, saw her dream realized Saturday, Oct. 5, at the grand opening of her bakery’s storefront. After working from a booth at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market and on an order-by-order basis for a few years, Cole’s shop is now open for business. “This has been kind of...

The Hillsdale Church of the Nazarene will host a homecoming celebration Oct. 12 and 13, marking its 75th anniversary. Saturday will feature a concert by The Olivetians, a 12-person group from Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois, followed by an ice cream social. The church will hold a celebration service Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. with...

The grounds that were filled with children’s laughter and pig squeals, the sweet scents of cotton candy and elephant ears a week ago saw a very different kind of fair at the new merchant’s building Monday night.              More than 300 Hillsdale County high school students attended the Hillsdale County College Fair. For seven years now,...

On Aug. 26, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder kicked off the largest blight removal effort in state history, and the City of Hillsdale is attempting to follow suit. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority is spending $100 million to reduce the number of vacant and abandoned properties in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac, and Saginaw. Mary...