Proposed text amendments to the township zoning ordinance to include language for Large Energy Solar Systems and Portable Storage Units were approved by the Sumpter Township Planning Commission at its[…]
On page 23 in the Dec. 14 edition of the Independent, it was reported that Van Buren Township Police Lt. Charles Bazzy worked at VBT PD for 27 years and[…]
JOHN THOMAS HENDERSON, JR. (August 3, 1965 – December 14, 2017) John Thomas Henderson, Jr., age 52, a lifelong Belleville-area resident, died peacefully at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital of Superior[…]
Groundbreaking for the new, two-story Belleville Area District Library building in downtown Belleville has been set for 11 a.m., Saturday, April 14, during National Library Week. It will be a[…]
“If we’re going to brand ourselves, we have to start somewhere,” said Van Buren Township Clerk Leon Wright in announcing a change in township addresses from Belleville, MI 48111 to[…]
At the end of Monday’s meeting, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education went into closed-door session again on the subject of the superintendent’s evaluation. Then the board came[…]
After almost three hours of discussion at its regular meeting Dec. 5, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees agreed to put the fifth amendment to the Waste Management Landfill[…]
Rondell Lowell Cook, 28, is being held in a federal lockup awaiting trial on charges of producing child pornography, online enticement of a minor, receiving and possessing child pornography, and[…]
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David J. Allen on Dec. 6 denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to keep the City of Belleville from shutting down its[…]
On Nov. 6, 2007, the voters of the City of Belleville passed a charter amendment that required asking the voters before eliminating the existing police or fire department or contracting[…]