Thirty-four elementary and middle school teams descended on McBride Middle School on Saturday, Dec. 2, to compete in the Belleville FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge Qualifier Event. The Belleville FLL[…]
Christopher Clement, 51, of 50 Ponderosa Trail in Van Buren Township, died during a fire in his mobile home on Sunday morning. His daughter and a caregiver who lived with[…]
The Van Buren Township Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously to approve the $56,000 professional services agreement with Wade Trim engineers for completion of the Belleville Road Corridor Safety & Complete[…]
Clyde Martin Clyde Martin, formerly of Flint and now serving time with the Michigan Department of Corrections, was present for his zoom hearing on Dec. 6 at 34th District Court.[…]
Belleville Mayor Kerreen Conley stepped down from her position of city leadership on Monday and newly elected Mayor Ken Voigt took the gavel. But, it wasn’t done quietly. Monday’s city[…]
The former Belleville City Council, that included Mayor Kerreen Conley and Councilman Tom Fielder, was seated at a meeting table at the front of the Cozadd room at the Belleville[…]
At a special, one-hour meeting on Nov. 28, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission considered options for colors for brick, stone, and siding for the Hampton Manor project at the[…]
You have to push the buzzer at the front door of Haggerty School to be let in and then you have to walk down and around the long school hallways[…]
Randy Brown of the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce announced the following awards in Saturday’s lighted parade: • Best Children’s Group – Faith Community Church • Most Enthusiastic Group –[…]
In the Nov. 23 edition of the Independent, we reported that a mother came before the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education on Nov. 13 to say her daughter[…]