More than 200 people turned out for a public information meeting on a proposal to discharge millions-of-gallons of wastewater from a Pioneer, Ohio salmon farm into the East Branch of the Saint Joseph River. Aquabounty has received a permit from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, (DNR) to withdraw up to 5,000,000 gallons of water daily from the Michindoh Aquifer, […]
For the past 20 years the Free Health Clinic at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church has served residents of Hillsdale County who are uninsured or underinsured, The clinic has operated in the lower level of the church in downtown Hillsdale since it was established in 2002. Since then, volunteers have helped to treat a large number of local residents. Services include […]
Hillsdale College was ranked in the top 50 colleges in the country in a recent survey by U.S. News & World Report. Hillsdale tied with Union College in Schenectady, New York and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington to be the 48th ranked liberal arts college in the U.S. […]
Around 2,000 Consumers Energy customers remain without power as a result of severe thunderstorms that rolled through Hillsdale County Monday afternoon. The utility now says some customers may not have their power restored until Friday morning. A number of line workers have been on the job since shortly after the storms struck. More than 120,000 Consumers Energy customers were affected […]
(Hillsdale) The Hillsdale Department of Public Services will conduct a one-time special brush collection to assist residents in cleaning up the damage from Monday’s severe thunderstorms. Residents are asked to begin placing brush at the terrace today (Wednesday.) Brush should be no longer than eight feet–and no larger than eight inches in diameter. (Reading) Due to the recent storm, the […]
An Allen Township man was handed a lengthy prison term, stemming from his arrest for drug possession a year-and-a-half ago. 52 year-old Scott Allen Mullins appeared for sentencing in Hillsdale County Circuit Court, Monday, on charges of delivery & manufacture of a controlled substance, operating a vehicle without a license and operating without insurance. Mullins was arrested following a February […]
(Hillsdale) No injuries were reported when a tree fell on a home on Westwood Street, in the city of Hillsdale, Monday afternoon. Hillsdale City firefighters were dispatched to the home, at the height of a late-afternoon thunderstorm, around 5:30 pm. Deputy Fire Chief Mark Hawkins tells WCSR News, residents of the home escaped without injury. The tree caused considerable structural […]
(Hillsdale) The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners has voted to add two members to the Hillsdale County Road Commission… At Tuesday’s regular meeting, the commissioners voted 3-2 to expand the Road c Commission from three members to five members… Supporters of the expansion said it is necessary for the efficiency of the organization… They said communication between any two members […]
