The Hillsdale City Council has approved a plan for revitalizing the park system at Baw Beese Lake. Recreation Director Michelle Loren has been working with the Department of Public Services over the past year on the plan, which includes the removal and replacement of outdated playground equipment. Officials have been working with Sinclair Recreation to explore options for upgrading the […]
A Cement City Man is free on bond following his arrest in connection with a fatal traffic crash on US 127. 45 year-old Joseph Tyler Yager was booked, Monday, on a misdemeanor charge of A Moving Violation Causing Death. According to charging documents, Yager was driving on US 127 near Harper Road on June 6th, when the vehicle in front […]
A Hillsdale College faculty member is the winner of the 2022 Michigan Department of Natural Resources deer patch design contest. Brian Shaw is a teacher of graphic design at Hillsdale; He entered the winning design for this year’s 50th anniversary Michigan Deer Cooperator patch. Shaw’s design was one of more than 250 that were entered into the spring contest. He […]
A man with a lifelong history of service to the community has been named Hillsdale County Veteran of the Year. Jeffrey Francis is a Vietnam veteran. He has been a member and served as an officer of the Hillsdale Exchange Club since the mid 1980s. He has also served as the Chairperson of The Cross Project which honors all Hillsdale […]
A local bank has a new president and CEO. CNB Bancorp has announced that Joseph R. Williams has been chosen to head the company and its subsidiary, County National Bank. Williams currently Serves on the CNB Board of Directors. He was chosen after what company officials said was a comprehensive search… Williams, who has nearly 40 years of banking experience, […]
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. […]
LANSING, Mich. – The release of the Fall and Winter Travel Guide is a sign that the weather is starting to cool, spectacular fall colors are near, and snow-laden playgrounds are right around the corner. For those looking to start planning their fall and winter getaways, the free 2022 Pure Michigan Fall/Winter Travel Guide is available in print and a digital and […]
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 […]
