Keystone Academy charter school student absentee rate drops to 8%
Keystone Academy principal Jorvonna Drain reported as of the school’s board of directors’ meeting on Nov. 13, the student absentee rate had just dropped to 8%. That was down from[…]
Court Watching
Sunshine Wallace Sunshine Wallace of Van Buren Township was video-arraigned in custody on Nov. 14 on a charge of domestic violence on Nov. 12 in Van Buren Township. Her personal[…]
Belleville Meijer store donates $10,000 to Emergency Food Closet
Once a year, the employees and staff at the Belleville Meijer store at 9701 Belleville Rd. select a local charity to receive a $10,000 donation which will be used to[…]
Editorial: Independent paper struggling to survive
This is the giving season and we are reaching out to our readers for help. First, let me tell you our story. We have been publishing local news since Jan.[…]
Retiring the flag
On Nov. 5, Cub Scout Pack 793 held a Flag Retirement Ceremony in honor of Veterans Day. The Pack was assisted by Boy Scout Troop 793. Both groups are chartered[…]
Van Buren Public Schools bond passes by 46 votes
Although the $77 million bond proposal of the Van Buren Public Schools on the Nov. 4 ballot was turned down overall by Wayne County voters in Belleville, Van Buren Township,[…]
Unofficial tally of write-in votes, Nov. 4, Belleville election
Absentee Counting Board Kissel 5 Kissell 4 Julie Kissel 57 J. Kissel 1 Julie Nessel 1 68 Beebe 5 Jeremy Bebe 1 J. Beebe 1 Jeremiah Beebe 50 57 Precinct[…]
Update on Denton Road Bridge
The concrete bridge deck on the Denton Road Bridge providing two vehicle lanes and one bike lane is complete. What remains to be done is constructing the vertical side rails[…]
City Council holds special workshop to discuss fire dept.
A one-hour-14-minute workshop was held by the Belleville City Council on Monday to discuss, again, its plan to hire an advisor to be embedded in the department to direct its[…]
Warning: Sinkhole on Martinsville Road in Sumpter Twp.
On Nov. 10, Sumpter Township announced that Martinsville, south of Dunn, will be closed for an extended period due to a large sinkhole caused by the collapse of a culvert.[…]
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