MPA Editorial: ‘Local News Day’ — Local news matters
By John Hiner, president Michigan Press Association I started my journalism career with a typewriter, a notebook and a pretty basic motivation: I wanted to know what was happening in[…]
National Weather Service explains track of April 4 tornado
The tornado that traveled 3.2 miles, from 5:46 to 5:50 p.m. April 4 went about 48 mph across Van Buren Township and the city of Belleville. It all started when[…]
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VBT approves $1.097M, plus, for Lakeside Park architecture, engineering
A new Lakeside Park on the former DNR property north of the Belleville Bridge in on track, with bidding set for fall and a final vote scheduled after that for[…]
School district prepares to tear down Haggerty Elementary School
At the April 13 meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board approved putting up a fence that is part permanent and part temporary as the[…]
‘Belleville Three’ returns to Belleville area for Diamondback show
By Alvis Brigis Belleville In a homecoming that bridges the gap between the birth of a genre and the future of electronic music, “The Belleville Three” (Juan Atkins, Derrick May,[…]
Lisha Lewis seeks votes to become Ms. Michigan Corporate America
Lisha Lewis of Van Buren Township is asking for votes for the “Audience Choice Award” as she seeks to become Ms. Michigan Corporate America in the state competition on April[…]
Van Buren Township fire destroys mobile home of mother, son
Jessica Kaba and her son Eddie, 13, woke up just before 7:30 a.m., Saturday, April 11, to the sounds of a fire in their home on Roger Avenue in Town[…]
U-Haul Rental equipment available at Willow Party Store
U-Haul Co. of Michigan announces that Willow Party Store, at the corner of Sumpter and Willow roads in Sumpter Township, has signed on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer. Willow Party[…]
Belleville council sells Savage Rd. property to neighbor for $300,000
At its regular meeting on April 7, the Belleville City Council accepted the $300,000 cash offer from Savah Rabiah of Blue Sky Cannabis Co. for the property at 420 Savage[…]
VBT planners suggest denial of special land use for car wash, restaurant
After more than an hour of discussion at its regular meeting on April 8, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the township board denial of[…]
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