Vern Watson of Sumpter Township, author of the book “Against the Odds, A Story of Inspiration Living the American Dream,” will tell one of the stories from the book at[…]

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James Wigginton of Van Buren Township, a Vietnam-era Marine and multiple world record holder, continued his quest to climb the stairs of the tallest building in all 50 states with[…]

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Although he was absent and excused from the Jan. 14 meeting of the Van Buren Township Local Development Finance Authority, Michael Dotson was reelected chairman of the LDFA for 2025.[…]

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Gloria Jean’s Café and Bakery shut its doors for good on Saturday, making yet another business gone from downtown Belleville. She had been in the new shopping center next to[…]

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At the Jan. 13 organizational meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board unanimously re-elected Amy Pearce as president and Darlene Loyer-Gerick as secretary. The board[…]

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James Glenn Stamper James Glenn Stamper, 55, of Van Buren Township was arraigned by video on March 28 by Magistrate Hindman while in custody of the Sumpter Township Police Department.[…]

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At the end of the Jan. 9 meeting of the Keystone Academy Board of Directors, president Steve Harsant asked for another item to be added to the agenda. At the[…]

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The Huron River Watershed Council is seeking voluntters to search the watershed for winter stoneflies at 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18. Bundle up in your winter[…]

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We are celebrating completion of our 30th year of publication by printing stories from our earliest issues to show what was happening in Belleville, Van Buren, and Sumpter. In our[…]

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Jim Courage was in Florida on vacation on Jan. 9 when he was unanimously elected the new chairman of the Belleville Planning Commission for 2025. He was present by Zoom,[…]

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