At the Feb. 11 meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board, president Sharon Peters announced the following committee assignments for 2025: • Building Committee: Joy Cichewicz, chair; Linda Priest;[…]
We taxpayers paid to build the Belleville Post Office on Charles Street in 1970 and it was built solid, with lots of room. This should be a great building for[…]
In what Belleville Mayor Ken Voigt called an “historic moment,” the city council, in a special meeting on Feb. 6, voted unanimously to purchase the former Belleville Post Office building[…]
Bryce Tan Truong Bryce Tan Truong, 39, of Belleville is charged with operating with blood alcohol content of .17 or more, operating while intoxicated, and failure to stop after collision[…]
Van Buren Community Players will present the youth musical, “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.” in May. Those wishing to be cast members should get ready to rock the stage with all[…]
It takes a rare and extraordinary kind of determination to transform a dream into reality, especially a dream sparked not early in life, but at a time when most would[…]
By Ania Felder Special Writer Aariel Williams is a 36-year-old, full-time, autistic artist who auctions off and donates her artwork locally around Belleville and to the Autism Alliance of Michigan[…]
By Don Sherman Van Buren Township Given the frigid temperatures and wind chill this time of year, bundling up to minimize exposure to the elements is essential. Unfortunately, work crews[…]
Mason Vlademar of Van Buren Township is among the more than 7,300 University of Nebraska – Lincoln students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester[…]
We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]