Sumpter board votes 6-1 to promote Burdick to township manager
At its regular meeting on June 28, the Sumpter Township Board of trustees approved hiring its Deputy Clerk Anthony Burdick of Arkona Road as its new township manager on a[…]
MDHHS recommends Michiganders to avoid foam on waterbodies
As the weather warms up, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recommends that Michiganders and visitors avoid foam on Michigan waterbodies such as lakes, rivers, and streams.[…]
Court Watching: Michael Stone bound over to circuit court, can’t travel to Kansas
Michael Jermine Stone, 41, of Roseville was arraigned by 34th District Court Judge Lisa Martin on Jan. 28 on a criminal sexual conduct first degree charge against a person under[…]
VBT police using Homeland Security to work on bomb threats
Over the past few weeks there have been three bomb threats called in to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on the I-94 North Service Drive in Van Buren Township, the[…]
Editorial: Letter writer thanks everyone for local upgrades
Our reader who wrote to thank everyone for all the upgrades in the City of Belleville where he lives, didn’t realize that there’s a lot going on in Van Buren[…]
VBT board votes to join Waste Management in wetlands lawsuit
After a 45-minute closed-door session June 21, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously in open session to join Waste Management of Michigan in a civil lawsuit against[…]
Deputy Clerk Burdick set to become Sumpter Township administrator
Anthony Burdick, who has served as deputy clerk for Sumpter Township for three and a half years, was the subject of a special meeting of the township’s Hiring Committee at[…]
Sumpter board discusses Nelson Po’s project without telling his name
A special meeting with one item on the agenda June 23 was expected to take just a few minutes for the item to be approved and then the meeting to[…]
School Board approves budgets for 2022-23, plus final amendments
The Van Buren Public Schools annual budget has to be approved by July 1 and at Monday’s school board meeting, with a bare quorum, the 2022-23 budgets were approved, as[…]
Court Watching: Belleville man bound over to circuit court after fight on Carmell
Drew Andrew Gilbert, II, 40, of Belleville was bound over to circuit court for a June 8 arraignment on the information on one count of assault with intent to murder[…]
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