GE volunteers lend a hand at Rawsonville Elementary School
Nearly 500 local General Electric employees from the Van Buren Township GE facility volunteered their time June 5 to make a difference in the community during the 5th Annual GE[…]
BHS Girls Soccer team were league champs, district runners up
Members of the Belleville High School Girls Soccer Team were the champions in their league in 2015 and went on to the district finals where they were runner up. The[…]
SW Wayne Democratic Club leaders take oath of office
The Southwestern Wayne Democratic Club Executive Board members recently took their oaths of office from Wayne County Third Circuit Court Judge Mark Slavens. Sworn in were Dave Haener, Marty Kalasz,[…]
VBT now has ordinance for outdoor dining and table service in C-1, C-2
At its 8-minute meeting on June 2, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved the second and final reading for an ordinance to permit outdoor dining and table[…]
Bryce Walrath honored by Belleville Fire Dept., City Council
Belleville Fire Department officials gathered at the June 1 city council meeting to honor 2015 Belleville High School graduate Bryce Walrath. Present were Capt. Kris Rix, Fire Chief Brian Loranger,[…]
School Board member voices dismay at loss of eight beginning teachers
At a brief meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education on June 8, Trustee Sherry Frazier noted the resignations of eight teachers who had worked for the[…]
Belleville has six new outdoor sculptures for a year
Six new outdoor sculptures have been installed around the Downtown Development District in the City of Belleville. They replace the initial six that have been in place for a year[…]
Former Sumpter Twp. Supervisor Elmer Parraghi dies June 8
Elmer Parraghi, who was elected to four terms as Sumpter Township supervisor, died on Monday, June 8, at his home in Sumpter at the age of 87. A funeral will[…]
Man dies in two-car crash on Belleville Bridge
Kevin William Steffes, 44, of Ortonville was pronounced dead at a hospital following an accident on the Belleville Bridge at around 9:25 a.m. Monday. Van Buren Township Police Sgt. Bart[…]
Prisoner Thomas White moved to Chippewa Correctional Facility
Thomas A. White, the disbarred Belleville attorney who pled no-contest to 20 felonies and was sentenced April 10, finally has been processed into the state prison system. He was at[…]
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