The Belleville City Council at its March 4 regular meeting unanimously approved the city manager’s recommendation to hire Lexipol grant writing service to write the larger grant requests that take[…]
Before putting unpaid water bills on residents’ property tax bills, the city of Belleville should make sure the bills are as accurate as possible. There have been moves to get[…]
No concerned citizen was present for the Feb. 20 Belleville City Council public hearing on a special assessment roll to add delinquent utility bills to the summer 2024 tax bills.[…]
Belleville City Manager Jason Smith said he will put together a new ordinance to prohibit barnyard animals in the city and present it to the council for consideration at an[…]
Robin LaPorte, the wife of Sumpter Township Trustee Don LaPorte, submitted an unsolicited offer of $53,500 for a 9.32-acre piece of township property near their home on Sumpter Road and[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with Wayne County at its Feb. 20 meeting that authorizes the county to reimburse the township for its[…]
In late January Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue, a no-kill shelter located in Sumpter Township, received a call over the weekend that someone wanted to bring in a mother cat[…]
At the Feb. 26 regular meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board approved the 2023-24 budget amendment which turned out to be $6 million more[…]
At a preliminary exam at 34th District Court on Feb. 22, six serious charges were dropped against Vivaldy Morel Nganongo-Mbosso, 35, of Ypsilanti and the case closed. Nganongo-Mbosso was charged[…]
Last Thursday, Feb. 22, a bucket of fresh roses was put in front of the former pharmacy on Main Street in downtown Belleville with its message: “Take or give a[…]