Category: City News

The Hillsdale Community Health Center continues construction on its new building, which began over one year ago. The new building will allow the hospital to accommodate up to 19 long-term patients. The building is estimated to be completed and in use this upcoming winter. “There is no drop-dead date yet, but sometime this winter we...

Two local drug busts made it to court last week. Leonard Ray Collins Jr. and Corby Eugene Clabaugh will face sentencing Oct. 1 after both men pleaded guilty to drug charges at their criminal pretrials on Sept. 4. Police arrested Collins and confiscated his cocaine and heroin May 29 at the Hillsdale Grab N Go...

Marcia Cole has been dreaming about opening a cupcake shop her whole life. “I’ve always loved cooking, and I recently graduated from a culinary school. I also saw that there was a need for [a bakery] in Hillsdale,” she said. “Also, I like to eat cake.” Her idea will become a reality in November with...

The Hillsdale City Council unanimously voted to allow Paragon Metals, Inc., a spe- cialty automotive components manufacturer, to expand into to Hillsdale, Mich. at its meeting Sept. 4. “We’re very pleased they’ll be locating here,” said City Manager Linda Brown. The Hillsdale plant will be Paragon’s second location in southern Michigan, the other being in Quincy. Paragon...

Father Jeffrey Njus was asked to leave his position at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Hillsdale, Mich., on Aug. 22 after it was discovered he had violated his vow of celibacy before coming to Hillsdale. “It was a blow not only to the Catholic Society but to the entire Catholic community. By now the...