Owner Kevin Robinson with new brewing equipment. Thomas McKenna | Collegian A new craft brewery began its soft opening last week and will expand its selection next week. Big Pines Brewing, located next to Ethan’s Donut Factory at 89 McCollum St. in downtown Hillsdale, opened with a limited selection of drinks on Sept. 6. The...
College President Larry Arnn and Judge Patrick O’Grady shake hands under a portrait of Winston Churchill. Arnn has endorsed O’Grady. Courtesy | Wendy O’Grady Wendy O’Grady knew her husband would do great things — and now Judge Patrick William O’Grady is running for the Michigan Supreme Court. “He’s a very smart person, he loves law,...
The Hillsdale County District Court has been releasing about five to 10 inmates per month from the county jail for the past two years, and officials say it could take years to expand the overcrowded facility. Although the jail’s official capacity is 67 inmates, overcrowding has forced it to hold an average 75 inmates on...
Joseph Cella graduated in 1991. Courtesy | State Department A Hillsdale alumnus has partnered with the Michigan Republican Party chairman to stop the construction of a factory in northern Michigan with alleged Chinese Communist Party affiliations. Joseph Cella ’91 — a former ambassador to Fiji and other Pacific islands during the Trump administration — said...
The family of Staff Sgt. Edward Pyle held a funeral for him in Augusta, Michigan on July 24. Courtesy | Scott Rissi Edward Pyle was buried by his family in August, MI When Scott Rissi received a phone call from the Army claiming to have the remains of a family member who died during World...