Category: City News

1861 — Immediately following the fall of Fort Sumter, Hillsdale College students answer the Union’s call-to-arms, providing the most enlistees by percentage of any non-military American institution. Despite four years of a tiny and virtually all-female campus, Hillsdale’s resilience would ultimately earn its seat among the mere 20 percent of pre-Civil War colleges to survive...

As winter draws to a close and spring arrives, the Hillsdale farmer’s market prepares to open again in mid-May, the weekend after Mother’s Day. “You can’t fight with Mother’s Day,” said the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market President Glenn Frobel.  “If you want to open a market on Mother’s day, you’ll fail.” The administrative team, led by...

To provide a customer friendly hybrid bar, Broad Street Downtown Market recently added a bar and restaurant-style food service to the store on 55 N. Broad St. Woody Horn, the bartender, said he enjoys the interaction with the bar goers and the chance to create new drinks like the Irish Hillbilly and Southern Comfort.  ...

After spending roughly the past year in Washington D.C., alumnus Kyle Smith ‘12 has returned to Hillsdale — this time as a city employee. The Grand Rapids native graduated with majors in political economy and German. He chose the former because it provided a unique understanding of public policy issues. “It’s an interdisciplinary major. You...

The following is a list of calls compiled and reported by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department.   Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department April 1 A 42-year-old Marion man was arrested on a civil and felony warrant for child support. A $62,466 cash bond was not posted. March 24 A 19-year-old Hillsdale man was arrested for assault...