This summer, Shannon Melcher, 21, of Belleville, spent four weeks in Thailand helping animals and learning hands-on what it’s like to be a veterinarian. Traveling with the Boston-based Loop Abroad,[…]
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees approved, on a 6-1 vote, putting a 6.5 mill public safety question before voters at the Nov. 3 election. It would run for[…]
At about 4:40 a.m. Sunday, July 26, a drunk driver ran through a barricade on Main Street in Belleville and T-boned a frozen gelato truck, set up for the week[…]
As part of the annual air show at Willow Run Airport, there will be a Battle for Belleville military vehicle display and World War II battle reenactment on Aug. 28[…]
When her son was making plans to go to college, Suzanne Eidson of Van Buren Township noticed the lack of scholarships for young people with congenital heart defects, like him.[…]
Mark Burns II of Belleville recently competed in Topeka, Kansas among about 1,500 of the best horseshoe pitchers from across the U.S., Canada, and other countries, and won the title[…]
A “Ride for the Red Shield” will be held, rain or shine, on Saturday, Aug. 22, to benefit The Salvation Army of Plymouth and Downriver. The ride begins at The[…]
By David J. Wilson, PhD Van Buren Township Recently the Independent published an article that discussed the various health and environmental hazards resulting from the use of coal tar-based driveway[…]
James Edward Gibson, 50, waived his preliminary exam on a charge of aggravated indecent exposure in Van Buren Township and was bound over to the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice[…]
There are so many good books needing to be recycled by the Friends of the Belleville Area District Library that they will be offering bags of books for low prices[…]