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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One of our readers said he thought his hearing must be getting bad because he couldn’t hear what was being said at a Belleville City Council meeting because nobody else[…]

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At the end of the almost four-hour Jan. 14 regular meeting of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission, it was announced that the proposed data center would be on the[…]

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By Dell Deaton Contributing Writer Discussion of “urgent care” for cars in need while out and about may initially strike many attendees as taboo for any Detroit Auto Show. But[…]

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Keion Jackson of Sumpter Township spoke during the American Farm Bureau convention in Anaheim, CA, Jan. 9-14. Jackson is Young Farmer and Rule Development Chairman of the Wayne County Farm[…]

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The Wayne County Airport Authority has completed a new $63.4 million taxiway at Willow Run Airport (YIP), marking a major infrastructure milestone for the airfield. According to a news release[…]

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