The Belleville Downtown Development Authority is using the redesign of Fourth Street in front of the new library as its Placemaking Project. At the 28-minute Zoom meeting of the Belleville[…]
A 19-year-old Ann Arbor man was arrested in northwestern Michigan after a chase that went for 32 miles. He was driving a white Toyota Corolla stolen from Van Buren Township.[…]
Belleville City employees say there were more funerals last week than they’ve ever seen as more people are moving freely about the state and country. City Manager Tracey Schultz Kobylarz[…]
The Independent received a letter to the editor from a lady who had dared to go out with a friend to the recent Belleville citywide yard sale. She said everyone[…]
All homes and businesses in Van Buren Township will get new water meters at an estimated total cost of $2.4-$2.8 million because the township’s present system is being phased out[…]
A ground-breaking has been set for 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, at the construction site of the Van Buren Public Schools Early Childhood Development Center at 451 W. Columbia Ave.[…]
Voters will be asked to fill four seats on the Belleville Area District Library Board in the Nov. 3 general election. There are three 4-year seats open and one 2-year[…]
On Sept. 23 by Zoom, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission held a one-minute, Zoom public hearing, at which nobody spoke, and then approved amendments to the RM, Multiple Dwelling[…]
The Van Buren Township Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a photo contest, inviting residents to submit their fall color photos online or by email for the whole month of[…]
Brenden Deasfernandes of Van Buren Township is a member of the incoming undergraduate class at the University of Iowa that has topped previous records in achievement with a higher average[…]