Coneys and Swirls in Hillsdale and The Udder Side in Jonesville reopened for the season on March 1. Julie and Julian Kast have owned Coneys and Swirls for 13 years, but it has been in business since the 1950s as a Dairy Queen. It became Coneys and Swirls in the ’80s. Their most popular item...
Hillsdale Hospital is now allowing two healthy grandparents to visit laboring mothers and newborn babies as of Feb. 25. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, visitors to the birthing center were restricted to one adult support person throughout the duration of the laboring mother’s stay for most of 2020, according to a press release. As the number...
Scott W. Atlas received Hillsdale College’s highest honor, the Freedom Leadership Award, at a National Leadership Seminar in Phoenix, Arizona on Feb. 18. “We’ve given it to Ronald Reagan, and we’ve given it to Margaret Thatcher, and we’ve given it to Clarence Thomas,” Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn said at the event. “That means leadership,...
Tensions ran high at Monday’s Hillsdale City Council meeting after Councilman Robert Socha introduced a new resolution regarding government overreach. The resolution, originally published on Socha’s Facebook page on Feb. 25, addresses government overreach during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the recently proposed House Resolution 127, which could increase firearm registration and limit the...
Olivia Tritchka, Hillsdale Academy sophomore, founded Hillsdale County’s first high school pro-life club at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. Tritchka said she was inspired after attending Protect Life Michigan’s Life Advocacy Training program over the summer. “One speaker challenged us and asked ‘What are you going to do to go back to your...