Antrim County Circuit Court Judge Charles Hamlyn sentenced Shawn Michael Fix, 41, of Sumpter Township to 3-20 years in prison. Fix’s co-defendant Brian Higgins of Wisconsin was sentenced to 36[…]
The following letter was sent on Dec. 1 to residents and property owners on Haggerty Road in Van Buren Township. It is from the Wayne County Public Services Department concerning[…]
At the Dec. 18 regular meeting of the Belleville City Council, City Manager Jason Smith announced the city had advertised for bids to replace the leaking city hall roof and[…]
At its regular meeting on Dec. 13, the Van Buren Township Planning Commission granted final site plan approval for Zippy Auto Wash at 11600 Belleville Rd., on the west side[…]
McBride First Tech Challenge Team 14670 robotics team ranked ninth in its division at the First in Michigan State Championship recently at the Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center.[…]
On page 15 in the Dec. 14 edition of the Independent, we identified Tammy Dohring with the wrong title. She is Deputy Director of Community Services for Van Buren Township.[…]
In a letter to the editor on page 5 and in the Things to Do column on page 14 in the Dec. 14 edition of the Independent, a mistake was[…]
There were about 30 people present at the Dec. 6 cooperative meeting of the three planning commissions for the tri-communities of Van Buren Township, Sumpter Township, and the city of[…]
Van Buren Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara and Director of Planning and Economic Development Dan Power announced that Tractor Supply has submitted an application to build at the corner of Sumpter[…]
The Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the 2023 Winter Fest Soup Crawl. Eight restaurants participated and more than 130 “judges” participated in the event that Clement[…]