On March 11, Milan Timothy George, 28, of Northville and previously of Sumpter Township, faced charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and domestic[…]
A Book Brigade passed the last 100 fiction books from the old Fred C. Fischer Library to the new Belleville Area District Library at noon on Leap Day, Feb. 29,[…]
The City of Belleville took all non-essential items off its agenda for Monday’s city council meeting and concentrated on an “Emergency Plan.” During an hour-long discussion, the council named interim[…]
At the March 11 meeting of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority, LDFA member John Delaney said he has smelled noxious odors from the Waste Management landfill as[…]
The 2020 U.S. Census count has begun and elected officials throughout the nation are urging their populations to be counted because it will affect federal money coming to their areas[…]
The Belleville-Area Independent won two awards in the 2019 Michigan Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were announced March 12. Members of the Montana Press Association reviewed 3,500 entries[…]
On March 11 at 34th District Court, Justin Cleeve Johnson, 17, of Van Buren Township, who was charged with unauthorized driving away of a motor vehicle on Nov. 25 in[…]
News release from Van Buren Township In an effort to reduce the spread and exposure of COVID-19, the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees voted to shut down all township[…]
Registration is open for Youth Dance Day, a low-cost spring event hosted by Young Dancers Initiative, the educational arm under the umbrella of local non-profit dance company, Jodie Randolph Dance.[…]
The March 10 regular meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board was in its new meeting room in the brand-new library for the first time. The Rotary Club had[…]