At the end of a three-and-a-half-hour meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 11, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission unanimously postponed action on the Belleville Yacht Club’s proposal to be designated as[…]
An 89-year-old Sumpter Township man died when his car was hit by a train on Rawsonville Road between Willis and Bemis roads in Augusta Township at about 1:45 p.m., Wednesday,[…]
At 8:36 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, Michigan time, Jim Wigginton of Van Buren Township sent the Independent a message: “DONE. NEW WORLD RECORD: 7 jumps, all 7 continents in 6[…]
Belleville High School swimmer Thomas Okubo qualified for the Boys Division 1 state meet on Saturday in the 100-yard Butterfly with a time of 54.59. The state meet will be[…]
Tiger Drama will present the second-annual “Random Acts of Theater: A Night of Student-Directed Scenes” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, and Saturday, Jan. 21. Tiger Drama Director, Belleville High[…]
We know you can’t force people to stay in official positions just because people in the community elected them to serve, but the whole thing gets confusing sometimes. In the[…]
On Jan. 9, at the regular meeting of the Belleville City Council, 34th District Court Judge Lisa Martin swore into office the two new councilmen appointed to fill two vacancies[…]
At its last meeting of the year on Dec. 21, the Belleville Downtown Development Authority agreed to set up sub-committees to study, brainstorm, and bring back recommendations for projects to[…]
The Belleville High School Varsity Wrestling Team won a first-place trophy on Jan. 7 after the team competed with 18 other teams at the Wyandotte Invitational. Wrestlers who placed individually[…]
The Friends of the Belleville Area District Library will be holding their 2023 annual membership meeting at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Cozadd Room of the library. Members[…]