Following a preliminary exam on Feb. 14, 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green bound over Christopher Michael Remus, 47, to circuit court for an arraignment on the information[…]
At the Feb. 13 regular meeting of the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees, the board voted 5-2 to opt out of having marijuana as a business in the township. Before[…]
A possible route for the Iron Belle Trail through Van Buren Township was explained to a crowd that gathered Jan. 31 at the Commons at Belleville High School. The session,[…]
GriefShare is a 13-week, non-denominational program that focuses on grief topics associated with the death of a loved one. Meetings will take place at 6 p.m. Thursdays at the Romulus[…]
You are invited to participate in a free dental event coming to Belleville on Sunday, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Edgemont Elementary School, 125 S.[…]
At Monday’s regular meeting the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education discussed four vacant properties it owns, what they are worth, and how it would be nice to own[…]
About 70 people attended Monday’s public forum at Belleville High School to give their opinions on a proposal to start classes before Labor Day. Twenty-two statements were made both in[…]
Leen Kakos planned to give a proposal to the Sumpter Township Board of Trustees at the end of the Jan. 23 meeting during the open-floor part of the session. But,[…]
Joyce Rochowiak of Van Buren Township received the Woman of Achievement Award from the Belleville Area Women’s Club at its Feb. 5 meeting. Present for the special award were are[…]
Hannah Zilka was born Feb. 28, 1995, and she was the first birth announcement published in the Independent after the newspaper started publishing that January. Her grandmother, Lois Mida Zilka,[…]