At the Dec. 8 regular meeting of the Keystone Academy Board of Directors, Principal Jorvonna Drain announced that Keystone had another honor. She said previously she had shared how Keystone’s[…]
In a Nixel alert on Dec. 16 from Sumpter Township the public was informed: “The Wayne County Road Commission has informed us that Elwell Road, south of Arkona, will be[…]
At the Dec. 13 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, Trustee Matt Oddy complained that the Independent headline and story reporting the Nov. 22 Sumpter meeting was wrong.[…]
School Supt. Pete Kudlak, at the Nov. 28 school board meeting said the “coach issue” would be discussed at the next school board meeting on Dec. 5. It wasn’t. He[…]
On Monday, Dec. 5, after a second closed-door session to evaluate the work of School Supt. Pete Kudlak, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education voted in open session[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to sign a memo of understanding with Growth Works to administer a Youth Diversion program for first-time offenders. Van Buren Township[…]
Dr. John Hermann, a well-known veterinarian in the tri-community, was killed Sunday, Dec. 4, in a crash in Van Buren Township. According to Van Buren Police, Hermann was headed south[…]
On Friday, Nov. 18, employees from Bayloff Stamped Products at 5910 Belleville Rd., delivered 15 turkeys to the Emergency Food Closet housed at Belleville First United Methodist Church at 417[…]
St. Anthony’s Men’s Club raised and matched money in the amount of $3,000 and presented it to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4344 at its Nov. 28 meeting. Presenting[…]
Belleville City Councilwoman Kelly Bates did not contract COVID, despite a report in a front-page story in the Dec. 8 Independent. Councilwoman Bates said she was absent from the Dec.[…]