School Board buys home at 585 W. Columbia Ave. at special meeting Monday
In a 12-minute meeting on Monday afternoon April 20, the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education approved the purchase of 585 W. Columbia Ave. for $150,000. This is the[…]
Guiding Harbor sets Tea & Tour on May 2 at River of Life Church
Guiding Harbor Foster Care Agency invites the community to join it for an afternoon of tea, connection, and impact at the Guiding Harbor Tea & Tour on Saturday, May 2,[…]
MPA Editorial: ‘Local News Day’ — Local news matters
By John Hiner, president Michigan Press Association I started my journalism career with a typewriter, a notebook and a pretty basic motivation: I wanted to know what was happening in[…]
National Weather Service explains track of April 4 tornado
The tornado that traveled 3.2 miles, from 5:46 to 5:50 p.m. April 4 went about 48 mph across Van Buren Township and the city of Belleville. It all started when[…]
VBT approves $1.097M, plus, for Lakeside Park architecture, engineering
A new Lakeside Park on the former DNR property north of the Belleville Bridge in on track, with bidding set for fall and a final vote scheduled after that for[…]
School district prepares to tear down Haggerty Elementary School
At the April 13 meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education, the board approved putting up a fence that is part permanent and part temporary as the[…]
‘Belleville Three’ returns to Belleville area for Diamondback show
By Alvis Brigis Belleville In a homecoming that bridges the gap between the birth of a genre and the future of electronic music, “The Belleville Three” (Juan Atkins, Derrick May,[…]
Lisha Lewis seeks votes to become Ms. Michigan Corporate America
Lisha Lewis of Van Buren Township is asking for votes for the “Audience Choice Award” as she seeks to become Ms. Michigan Corporate America in the state competition on April[…]
Van Buren Township fire destroys mobile home of mother, son
Jessica Kaba and her son Eddie, 13, woke up just before 7:30 a.m., Saturday, April 11, to the sounds of a fire in their home on Roger Avenue in Town[…]
U-Haul Rental equipment available at Willow Party Store
U-Haul Co. of Michigan announces that Willow Party Store, at the corner of Sumpter and Willow roads in Sumpter Township, has signed on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer. Willow Party[…]
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