Belleville mayor Ken Voigt said the 90-minute city council workshop on Jan. 22 was just to discuss how to fill the vacant city manager post and not to make any[…]

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Michigan’s manufacturing leaders and community partners have united to plan the annual Michigan Rosie the Riveter Day, to be held on Friday, March 13, at the Capital Region International Airport[…]

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Although the Belleville Downtown Development Authority’s plan had been to rehire the Goose Control business to keep Canada geese out of Horizon Park, at its meeting on Jan. 21, the[…]

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At its regular meeting on Jan. 20, the Belleville City Council approved ten special events in the city for 2026. They are: • Tootsie Roll Drive by the Knights of[…]

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Canton Township supervisor Anne Marie Graham-Hudak was elected chairperson for 2026 of the Conference of Western Wayne at its Jan. 9 meeting in Westland. Circuit Court Judge Sean Cox swore[…]

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The council meeting room in the new city hall building at 330 Charles St. was intended to be a flex space like the library’s Cozadd Room, with the city council[…]

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Jarell Deonte-Irell-Fitzjeri Seuell, 31, of Ypsilanti and formerly of Sumpter Township, was arraigned by 34th District Court Judge Teresa Patton in custody on Jan. 21 on 11 bench warrants. Five[…]

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Michael Dotson was re-elected chairman of the Van Buren Township Local Development Financial Authority for 2026 at its regular meeting on Jan. 13. Re-elected as vice chairman was Pete Kudlak,[…]

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Kaleb Augustus Chelli Kaleb Augustus Chelli of Van Buren Township was charged with domestic violence on Nov. 5 in Van Buren Township. He was scheduled for remote arraignment/pre-trial at 34th[…]

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We are looking back at the Jan. 18, 1996 edition of the Belleville-Area Independent and the big, front-page headline that reads: “VBT news blackout over.” The 12-week police news blackout[…]

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