Applications for Hillsdale College’s class of 2025 are up 56% from last year, according to preliminary data from the admissions office. It’s the biggest increase the college has seen in at least seven years. One reason for the leap in applications, according to Senior Director of Admissions Zack Miller, is how the college has handled...
They’ve played at Lollapalooza. They’ve produced music for films. They’ve even opened for Kanye West. Now, the power-pop band Jukebox the Ghost is headlining SAB’s annual Centralhallapalooza. The band was set to perform at last year’s CHP but the show was canceled due to COVID-19. This is the band’s first in-person concert since December 2019...
Frank Engle spends his days caring for Hillsdale residents located six feet in the ground. With the formal title of Cemetery Sexton, Engle is responsible for the city’s two final resting places. He is a full-time employee at the Hillsdale Department of Public Services and juggles both the normal labors of the job — such...
Seven months after setting fire to Briner Oil in Jonesville, convicted arsonist Douglas Michael Jones, 50, was sentenced to nine months in prison and three months probation Monday. Jones, a former employee of the oil and fuel distribution company, set fire to the building in Sep. 2020. Local police confronted Jones soon after identifying him...
On March 29, Hillsdale County Health Department expanded COVID-19 vaccine distribution to ages 16 and up, leading to a climb in vaccination numbers in recent weeks, as county officials call for greater vaccination rates. While the State Health Department mandated counties expand distribution to ages 16+ on April 5, a week earlier, county health officials...