Officer Beth Egerer named Officer of the Month in Sumpter
Sumpter Township Police Officer Beth Egerer has been named Officer of the Month for July by her department for her work in getting two local sex offenders convicted. At the[…]
Two bound over to Circuit Court on home invasion charges
Judge William Szlinis bound two Sumpter Township residents over to Wayne County Circuit Court for trial on charges of first-degree home invasion. Judge Syzlinis, retired from the 34th District Court bench,[…]
Strawberry Festival OKs stop-payment fee on check from Foley
Monday’s meeting of the Belleville National Strawberry Festival Board of Directors was considered a wrap-up session, with reports from various committee chairman on the festival with intentions to improve next[…]
Eight people file for seven seats on District Library Board
Eight people are running for seven seats open on the first election held for the Belleville Area District Library Board. The candidates include six who had been appointed to the[…]
VBT Board of Construction Appeals
After a two-hour, lively discussion on July 8, the Van Buren Township Board of Construction Appeals granted the appeal of the developer of Cobblestone Ridge Villas on West Huron River[…]
VBT grants 12-year tax abatement for General Electric at Grace Lake
A 12-year, 50% tax abatement agreement with General Electric was approved unanimously by the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees at its July 6 regular meeting. Although by the township’s[…]
School Board approves eight more contracts for BHS construction
At Monday’s meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board approved eight more contracts for construction of the new $79 million Belleville High School, now under[…]
Sumpter police nab 2 for home invasion, as home occupants sleep
Sumpter Township Police arrested two men for pulling a daytime home invasion that was so quiet the home’s occupants slept through it all. The two men could be looking at[…]
Flags demolished at VBT cemeteries set off patriotic fire storm
Van Buren Township’s Flag Lady, Marie Krouse, with her arms full of tattered and broken American Flags, told the VBT Board of Trustees at its July 6 meeting about the[…]
Storm rips SE Michigan
Yet another violent storm ripped through this area on Sunday afternoon – the fourth storm during the month of June that required sounding of the emergency sirens in the City[…]
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