HILLSDALE — A mostly new board of county commissioners held their first regular business meeting Tuesday morning to discuss a number of agenda items.With four of the five commissioners being new to the board with the exception of Chairman Mark Wiley, one of the main topics of discussion was the county’s plan to merge all three of the court rooms into the main courthouse building.This project began years ago when the county purchased the former Hillsdale Daily News building on
HILLSDALE — The incoming board of county commissioners, with four new commissioners elected in November 2020, will begin work immediately to address structural integrity issues of the aging Hillsdale County Jail located at 165 W. Fayette Street in the city of Hillsdale.Foulke Construction Company was contracted to perform an invasive structural analysis in the winter months of 2020 and presented their report to the board of commissioners shortly thereafter. The analysis cost the county
Money
From the very start, England s 17th century colonies in America had a problem – a shortage of coins
[T01] The British idea was to grow large amounts of tobacco, cut timber for the ships of their global navy and merchant marine, and so forth, sending in return the supplies they felt were needed to keep the Americans working. In effect, early colonists were supposed to both work for the company and shop at the company store. The investors and the Crown much preferred this to paying in coin what the farmers might ask, letting the farmers themselves buy the supplies – and, heaven forbid, keep some of the profit as well.