Court Watching: Ayden Clark bound over to circuit court for methamphetamine
After a lengthy preliminary exam on Feb. 21 before 34th District Court Judge Lisa Martin, Ayden Tyeler Clark, 29, of Van Buren Township was bound over to circuit court on[…]
Deadline April 8: Apply for FEMA grants for 2023 tornadoes, storms
Survivors of the Aug. 24-26, 2023 severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Wayne County and eight other counties in Michigan have until April 8 to apply for federal assistance. Applications[…]
MDOT sets open house April 2 on proposed CAV corridor on I-94
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will host a public open house from 3-7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, on the proposed connected and automated vehicle (CAV) corridor project on[…]
Editorial: Belleville residents tell their animal stories to council
For more than an hour at Monday’s Belleville City Council meeting, residents of the city and nearby townships told their animal stories. This is in response to the proposed first[…]
Sumpter Twp. man dies in head-on collision with truck
At about 7:05 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, the Van Buren Township Public Safety Department and Huron Valley Ambulance were dispatched to Rawsonville Road, south of Martz Road reference a[…]
Balloon Dog sculpture installed at Lakeview Center next to bridge
This nine foot tall, hand-hammered stainless steel sculpture, “Balloon Dog” was installed March 15 on a cement pad at Lakeview Center shopping center next to the Belleville Bridge in the[…]
City Council sells old DPW building to Burhop entity
The old Department of Public Works building at 100 Davis St. was sold by the Belleville City Council to a company to be formed later by Sam Arndt and Leah[…]
Author-storyteller shares story of the Potato Famine that brought Irish to America
Irish-American author Terence O’Leary of Tecumseh told the story of the 1846 Irish potato famine that killed one million people and sent another million to the United States as immigrants.[…]
Belleville DDA approves purchase of 258 Main St. on 6-2 vote
After discussion on the environmental status of a parcel of land at 258 Main St., the Belleville Downtown Development Authority voted 6-2 to buy the land at a special meeting[…]
Court News: YouTube law advice not enough
Alexander Greene Alexander Greene, 24, of Van Buren Township had his March 13 pretrial on a charge of domestic violence on March 1 in Van Buren Township. His final pretrial[…]
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