Local high school football players Gavin LaFollete and Ben and Nick Affholter will join the Hillsdale College Chargers’ football program in the fall of 2020. Hillsdale College Head Football Coach Keith Otterbein said all three players have been involved with the college’s summer football camps from a young age and have “good football IQ.” “These...
Distracted driving, particularly among teens, has caught the attention of Michigan legislators, who are considering a cellphone-restricting bill that may soon become law. The Michigan State House of Representatives is seeking to reduce accidents caused by distracted driving by banning hand-held cellphone use for all drivers under the age of 18. Passed Dec. 11, 2019,...
Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn crowned seniors Michelle Reid and Dietrich Balsbaugh as queen and king of the 2020 President’s Ball court at the annual event Saturday. Arnn announced Balsbaugh and Reid’s new titles after confirming that the rumors about him and his “girlfriend” Penny Arnn being an item were in fact, “true.” The crowning...
An abandoned house near the Baw Beese Trail, which served as a shelter to a homeless couple, burned to the ground in a blaze on Jan. 29. No one was in the home at the time of the fire. The couple had been living in the house long-term, though without any utilities, according to Hillsdale...
Hillsdale faculty applauded and criticized aspects of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, as well as Democrat reactions. Trump spent much of Tuesday night pointing to American history and claiming that America is stronger and better than it has ever been. He also touched on themes of Manifest Destiny and the last frontier....