County support for GOP outpaces state. Collegian Staff Three out of every four Hillsdale County voters supported Donald Trump on Tuesday, and the former president won Michigan’s 15 electoral votes with 49.8% of the statewide vote. Former Republican congressman Mike Rogers won 72% of the county’s vote in his bid for the Senate, but he...
Hillsdale students attended Trump’s last campaign rally. Sarah Katherine Sisk | Collegian GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Now-president-elect Donald Trump hosted his final campaign rally Monday night, and some Hillsdale students went to witness the historic conclusion. Attendees stood in line for hours Monday afternoon but Trump didn’t arrive until 12:15 a.m. Tuesday. He spoke until...
Jacob Bruns (Ward 1) Courtesy | Hillsdale College A Hillsdale College Ph.D. student and a retired radio host won city council seats Tuesday. Almost 3,700 ballots were cast in the city out of roughly 25,000 total votes in the county. Grad student Jacob Bruns won a Ward 1 City Council seat with 53% of the...
The symbol of the Democratic Party. Courtesy | Wikimedia Has Hillsdale County always voted Republican? Since the formation of the Republican Party in 1854 — a year after Michigan Central College moved from Spring Arbor to Hillsdale and became Hillsdale College — Republicans have won a majority or plurality of Hillsdale County’s votes in all...
The new subdivision may include the Integrity series of homes. Pictured is Integrity 1610. Courtesy | Allen Edwin Homes City officials tout the plan as a good investment, but critics say it won’t pay off The Hillsdale City Council voted 5-3 to help finance a $15 million development in Hillsdale’s Three Meadows Subdivision, following an...