Masks optional for VBPS students at Aug. 30 return
Masks for students will be optional when they return to school Aug. 30 in the Van Buren Public Schools. At Monday’s school board meeting, School Supt. Pete Kudlak said he[…]
VBT selects Frank Rewold & Sons as construction manager
Frank Rewold & Sons of Rochester was selected out of eight bids to be the construction manager for the new Van Buren Township community center. The VBT Board of Trustees[…]
Gov. appoints Sharon Peters to committee on early childhood education
Sharon Claytor Peters of Van Buren Township has been appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Early Childhood Investment Corporation executive committee. “I am really thrilled to be back engaged[…]
President Biden proclaims National Atomic Veterans Day
On July 15, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. proclaimed National Atomic Veterans Day as July 16, 2021. On June 8, 2017, the Michigan Senate passed a resolution recognizing July 16,[…]
Belleville DDA votes to partner with city to trim Horizon Park lake bank
Belleville City Manager/Police Chief Dave Robinson told members of the Downtown Development Authority that since the Independent put the proposal to use goats to trim the banks along Belleville Lake[…]
Man apprehended after breaking into home on Menlo Park in Belleville
On Monday, Aug. 9, at about 5:35 p.m., the Belleville Police Department was dispatched to a residence on Menlo Park on a report of a breaking and entering that had[…]
Court Watching: Jury found Jonathon Wilson not guilty of six criminal sexual charges
Jonathon Glenn Wilson, now aged 36, called the Independent last week to report that in 2018 a Wayne County Circuit Court jury found him not guilty of three first-degree criminal[…]
Gov. Whitmer appoints Huron Township police chief to task force
Among the two-dozen people appointed to the Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform by Governor Gretchen Whitmer was Everette L. Robbins, II, chief of police and director of public safety[…]
Gov. Whitmer appoints Doeh to Mental Health Diversion Council
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointment of Eric Doeh of Belleville to the Mental Health Diversion Council. Doeh is the interim president and CEO of Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network.[…]
BHS Class of 1970 holds weekend full of reunion
The Belleville High School Class of 1970 finally celebrated its 50th reunion starting off the weekend with a tour of the high school on Friday, Aug. 6. Then there was[…]
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