One person was injured in a single-vehicle traffic accident in Wheatland Township Monday morning. Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to East Bacon Road, near North Waldron Road, around 7:45 am. They say 30 year-old Shiana James, of Osseo, was eastbound on East Bacon when her vehicle had a mechanical failure, causing her to lose control. The car left the […]
A Montgomery man faces arraignment today on felony charges stemming from a high speed motorcycle chase Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred just after 2:00 pm. Hillsdale County Sheriff Scott Hodshire tells WCSR News, a deputy was patrolling on Bacon Road near Spring Street in Hillsdale and was attempting to make a traffic stop on a motorcycle with an expired license […]
Analysts say Michigan’s job market improved significantly in April, marking several months of improvement– The state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April was 3.8-percent, which was down from 4.1 percent the previous month– That’s according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Wayne Rourke of the Bureau of Labor Market Information said there was […]
An Osseo man was seriously injured in a Thursday evening traffic crash in Jefferson Township. Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Hudson Road near South Bird Lake Road around 5:45 PM. They say 60 year-old Charles Vallance of Osseo, was crossing Hudson Road on a bicycle, when he pulled into the path of a vehicle driven by 60 year-old […]
The Hillsdale Municipal Airport will celebrate its 60th Anniversary on Friday and the public is invited to take part. Current Airport Manager Ginger Moore was there the day the airport opened!!!–on May 19, 1963. Moore told WCSR her family lived near the site of the newly constructed facility. Her uncle was a pilot–and Opening Day was her first opportunity to […]
Authorities say a Wednesday evening traffic crash in Cambria Township claimed the life of a Hillsdale man. Michigan State Police investigated the two-vehicle crash that occurred around 7:20 pm on Card Road near Carpenter Road. Accident investigators say a 16 year-old from Hillsdale was driving an SUV and turned into the path of an oncoming motorcycle driven by a 31 […]
With the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, officials with the Branch-Hillsdale-Saint Joseph Community Health Agency have announced changes to the COVID-19 testing services and COVID-19 vaccination scheduling. Effective May 30, the agency will discontinue in-person COVID-19 testing at the Coldwater and Hillsdale locations. A self-service kiosk which offers PCR lab and At-Home testing kits is still operating at […]
After a lengthy public hearing, the Hillsdale City Council voted, Monday, to send a controversial No Camping ordinance back to the Public Safety Committee for some changes. Monday’s public hearing involved comments from more than forty individuals, including members of the clergy and officials from social service agencies. Public opinions were split on whether the ordinance, which would make it […]
The Hillsdale City Council will hold a public hearing, this evening, on an ordinance aimed at curbing homeless encampments on public property. The proposed No Camping ordinance would make it a misdemeanor to set up camp on public property. It would also be illegal to loiter for more than an hour in one place in the public right-of-way. Violators would […]
Thirty competitors took part in Saturday’s 27th Annual Osseo Heritage Day and Great Mushroom Hunt. Hunters were divided into two classes as they vied for prizes and bragging rights in several categories. In the Master’s Class, which is reserved for past winners of the competition, Team Ritchie was crowned Mushroom Champion–They brought in the largest single Morel, weighing just shy […]
