Rollover accident on I-94 injures Sumpter woman, 2 dogs
A 45-year-old Sumpter Township woman was unresponsive and appeared to be suffering from a head injury, chest injury, and was not breathing very well on her own when emergency crews[…]
LDFA asks Van Buren Twp. Board to move on Visteon
The Local Development Finance Authority met Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 11) and voted to ask the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees to meet with Visteon to settle expected bond payment[…]
Sybil Buchanan promoted to Water Dept. Clerk in Sumpter Twp.
Sybil Buchanan, who has been serving as a “floater” in the Sumpter Township offices, has been promoted to a permanent assignment as Water Department Clerk, effective Sept. 4. The promotion[…]
Delria Crippen of Detroit named new Edgemont Principal
Delria Crippen-White of Detroit is the new principal of Edgemont Elementary School, effective immediately. She was chosen from four outside applicants, with no internal candidates for the position. Pay for[…]
Three BHS seniors plead guilty to unarmed robbery, one goes to trial
Three Belleville High School seniors are expected to be sentenced to 5-15 years apiece on two counts of unarmed robbery, plus an additional count of felony firearm which carries a[…]
Concerns voiced on increased traffic from a Menard’s store in VBT
A public hearing was held before the Van Buren Township Planning Commission Aug. 22 on a proposed rezoning of .61 acres of land to make way for a Menard’s store.[…]
VBT Planners OK final site plan for Hoosier co-gen plant on 5-2 vote
After more than two years of study and consideration, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission at its Aug. 22 meeting approved the final site plan for a landfill-gas-to-energy plant on[…]
Hal Berriman returns to serve as Interim Police Chief in Belleville
Former Belleville Police Chief Hal Berriman returned to his old office on Monday, Aug. 27, as interim chief until current Chief Gene Taylor returns from sick leave. At the Aug. 20[…]
Kovach vs. VBT case to hear oral arguments on Sept. 12 in Circuit Court
Attorneys for Louis Kovach and Van Buren Township met with Circuit Court Judge John Gillis, Jr. on Friday, Aug. 17, and agreed to postpone oral arguments in the law suit until[…]
Court Watching: Four VBT teens to to court again Aug. 31
Four Van Buren Township teenagers charged in the March 22 armed robbery in Wagon Wheel South mobile home park — where a home’s front door was kicked in and a[…]
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