A tornado watch was issued for Tuesday afternoon and evening in 19 Michigan counties.

Chad Young, 50, of Hillsdale, pled guilty to assault on a public officer.

A 50-year-old Hillsdale man has been bound over for trial on one charge of making a false report or threat of terrorism for allegedly threatening an elected sheriff.

Soon-to-be retiring Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak has become the chairman for a conservative Michigan college.

A city in West Michigan is debating criminalizing public camping due to a growing concern about the homeless community.

A warehouse in Hillsdale is filled with hundreds of thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer and disinfectant cleaner.

A proposal for South Dakota's public school standards for American history was influenced by a conservative private college enjoying outsize influence among top Republicans.

An 11-year-old girl died this week after she fell off of an inflatable tube into a Michigan lake and was struck by a boat driven by a lifeguard who didn’t realize she had fallen into the water, officials said.

Jeremiah "JJ" Hodshire received an M.S. from Concordia University Ann Arbor in Organizational Leadership and Administration in 2016.

Consumers Energy announced today its agreements to add 300 megawatts of clean energy, enough to power 150,000 homes, from two Michigan solar projects being developed in Genesee and Hillsdale counties.

Gretchen Whitmer and questioned him when he told them voter fraud was not a factor in the state’s presidential outcomes. In the video, Shirkey was asked about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in Washington D.C. That was all prearranged.”AdREAD: Man charged in US Capitol riot worked for FBI, lawyer saysThe video was posted Feb. 4 on YouTube by R.O.A.R. When asked about the video, Whitmer said she hadn’t seen it but had been told of comments being made. “That’s what I’m going to continue putting my energy toward.

(AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)DETROIT – Michigan’s top Republican called the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, which resulted in five deaths including a Capitol police officer, a hoax, in a video posted to YouTube last week. Michigan GOP Senate Leader Mike Shirkey appears in a video posted on Feb. 3 by the “R.O.A.R. The video appears to show Shirkey meeting with Hillsdale County Republican Party officials, one day before the county voted to censure Shirkey. The reported video comes right after the New York Times published an article detailing Shirkey’s involvement with Michigan militias, who held armed protests at the Michigan Capitol last year over COVID-19 restrictions. For all these reasons, Mike Shirkey should be out.

ANTRIM COUNTY, Mich. – A Hillsdale man has been arrested after an eight-hour standoff with police in Antrim County Thursday. According to report from WPBN, police received a complaint that a man, later identified as 42-year-old Kip Miller, was driving erratically in Emmet County and may have intentionally swerved into another vehicle. Investigators said four children were in the vehicle with Miller, who claimed that they were living out of his vehicle. A chase ensued through Emmet County into Antrim County. Miller is expected to face additional charges in Emmet County.

HILLSDALE, Mich. – There is controversy surrounding a graduation ceremony at Hillsdale College. An in-person commencement is planned for this weekend, despite concerns from health officials. The local health department is worried about a potential coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The commencement is being held Saturday, despite warnings from the health department. “Concern is that folks will be in town that do not recognize that they have COVID-19 and are spreading it,” public health officer Rebecca Burns said.

HILLSDALE, Mich. - Local 4 Consumer Investigator Hank Winchester scored grills around Metro Detroit to see if others had the same problem. He found loose bristles to be a common problem. When he ran a magnet through grills at a few homes in the area, the results were surprising. There are other brushes that don't use metal bristles. Help Me Hank used one simply to illustrate how many bristles can be found in a typical grill.