Belleville City Council approves new police union contract
At its regular meeting on May 16, the Belleville City Council approved a new, 3.5-year union contract with police department employees that gives them a 2% raise retroactive to July[…]
Police capture suspect involved in Rawsonville Woods incident
On Friday, May 20, at approximately 8:55 a.m., Sumpter Township Police were called to a residence on Greenmeadow Drive, inside the Rawsonville Woods Mobile Home Community, 10825 Rawsonville Road, on[…]
Editorial: Are attorneys running Van Buren Public Schools?
It’s been suggested that the school district attorneys are running the Van Buren Public Schools. And, maybe they are. The school board seems afraid to make any decision unless Collins[…]
Sinking Fund can’t pay for McBride paving; project off for now
At Monday’s 4 p.m. work/study session of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees and later at the 7:30 p.m. workshop of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education,[…]
Jewel Leonard announces retirement from Sumpter Township
Jewel Leonard, Administrative Assistant to the Sumpter Police Department, is retiring after 30 years serving the township. At its April 26 meeting, the township board accepted her resignation effective May[…]
VB School Board selects 6 candidates to interview for superintendent
The Van Buren School Board met on Monday to review applicants for the superintendent’s position. The board felt the candidate pool was excellent with 32 applicants and decided to interview[…]
BHS Top Ten of Class of 2016 announced
The Top Ten academic achievers in the 2016 graduating class at Belleville High School are: 1. Valedictorian Leah Hardy 2. Salutatorian Timo Budiono 3. Nicole Pearce 4. Carlynn Gasser 5.[…]
District Library to ask for 0.75 mill increase
At the May 10 regular meeting of the Belleville Area District Library Board, the board voted unanimously to seek 0.75 mill in additional tax to build a new library. This[…]
State Rep. Pagan sets Environmental Town Hall on May 19
State Rep. Kristy Pagan, D-Canton, invites the public to an Environmental Town Hall Forum that she is hosting at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 19, in the Belleville High School Commons.[…]
Congresswoman Dingell visits BHS New Tech
On May 5, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, D-MI, visited with the Belleville High School juniors in the New Tech program to discuss their “Witness to War” project. They talked about[…]
Weather