Sumpter Clerk explains 48-star American flag now in shadowbox
At the Feb. 22 meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, Clerk Esther Hurst read a prepared statement explaining the background of an American flag from 1912 that was[…]
Three BHS wrestlers, bowling team, 2 female bowlers go to state finals
Belleville High School wrestlers Demond Harrison, Landon Pepper, and Austin Martin all qualified for the Wrestling State Finals at Ford Field on March 4 and 5. The BHS Boys Bowling[…]
VBT planners approve temporary concrete batch plant for I-275
A temporary concrete batch plant with three, large temporary structures will be put in place on 10 acres of landfill property east of the Ecorse/I-275 northbound on ramp. At the[…]
Sumpter OKs ordinance to grow marijuana in Industrial zonings
The Sumpter Township Board of Trustees unanimously passed the first reading of an ordinance amendment that allows the growing of medical marijuana in Light Industrial and General Industrial zoned districts,[…]
VBPS hire non-instructional employees on Feb. 14
At the Feb. 14 meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board: • Approved the hiring of non-instructional employees: Charles Johnson as custodian as of Jan.[…]
BHS Athletics Hall of Fame celebrates two years
On Feb. 11, during half time at the Belleville High School basketball game, the BHS Athletic Department celebrated both the 2020 and 2021 inductees into the Belleville Athletics Hall of[…]
Editorial: Emergency scanner reveals the ups and downs of our area
On Tuesday morning, the Belleville Fire Department was called to 451 W. Columbia Ave. for a fire alarm at the school district’s new Early Childhood Development Center. It turns out[…]
Police: 2 Tyler students taken from school by mother’s ex-boyfriend
On Feb. 16 at about 9:34 a.m., Van Buren Township police officers were dispatched to Tyler Elementary School to investigate a possible kidnapping/child abduction. Van Buren Township Police Chief Jason[…]
No injuries reported in police car-school bus crash on Belleville Road
A Van Buren Public Schools school bus was rear-ended by a Van Buren Township police car just before 7 a.m. on southbound Belleville Road on the bridge over I-94. Damage[…]
VBT board approves Supervisor McNamara’s reappointments to DDA
At the Feb. 15 meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees the board approved Supervisor Kevin McNamara’s three reappointments to the Downtown Development Authority, with terms to expire[…]
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