Sumpter Township officials are in serious talks with surrounding communities to consolidate dispatch and lockup services in line with Gov. Rick Snyder’s call for cooperation. At Sumpter’s June 14 meeting,[…]
A public hearing has been set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 27, before the next regular meeting of the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education to consider the school[…]
As of Monday, these are the units expected to be in Saturday’s Strawberry Festival Parade. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Belleville High School and proceeds down[…]
Strawberry Festival Entertainment: Friday (open noon to 11pm): The Beer & Wine Tent is open 5-11pm; Underground Pilot, Rock & Roll, 6-11pm Admission is $3, must to 21 to enter Saturday[…]
Diane Wilson, director of the Belleville Area Museum, was among the three Van Buren Township employees present at the June 7 board meeting to accept their service awards. Eleven[…]
On Wednesday, June 8, at 4:27am, the Van Buren Fire Department was dispatched to Westbound I-94 near the Southport Apartments (between Haggerty and Belleville roads) for a tanker accident with[…]
Mark Thibert, 27, of Windsor, Ontario, is fighting for his life in the University of Michigan Burn Unit with burns over 80% of his body. Michigan State Police identified Thibert[…]
The Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education officially laid off 30 certified teachers and additional employees – for a total of 49 — during Monday’s regular meeting in an[…]
The first concert in this summer’s Music Lakeside series at Horizon Park in Belleville will be held next Thursday, June 23, at 7 p.m. featuring the Paul Keller Jazz Orchestra.[…]
On Wednesday, June 8, at 9:10 p.m, the Van Buren Township Fire Department was dispatched to 10001 Endicott for a house fire. As responding fire engines approached the scene, heavy[…]