Belleville Police Chief Gene Taylor told the City Council on Monday that Strawberry Festival should be cancelled in the future because of the mob of 1,500 that overwhelmed police and[…]
The Belleville City Council hired a fast-talking city manager with neither education nor experience, but with a penchant for stretching the truth. During his March 14 interview for the job[…]
On Sept. 12, the Michigan Tax Tribunal ordered big tax relief to Ecorse Belleville LLC for Van Buren Township tax assessments in 2006 and 2007. VBT Clerk Joannie Payne said[…]
The Belleville City Council met in a brief special session on Monday to discuss the 27 candidates they have for the vacant city manager’s position. The council, plus a representative[…]
Van Buren Township Police Sgt. Charles Bazzy charged into a melee in the audience at the June 2 meeting of the VBT Board of Trustees and came out dragging a[…]
Van Buren Township’s regular June 2 board meeting turned into a rally for fired Public Safety Director Jerry Champagne, who spoke about five different times during the public comment period[…]
Michael Bush, 25, of Sumpter Township was bound over to circuit court for trial following a two-hour preliminary exam June 3 before Judge Brian Oakley in 34th District Court. Bush[…]
After an eight-and-a-half-hour appeals hearing that began Tuesday evening (June 23, 2009) to consider Jerry Champagne’s firing, the Van Buren Township Board voted 4-3 against his reinstatement. It was the board[…]
On Friday, June 26, 2009, General Electric Co. announced plans to open a manufacturing technology center at Van Buren Township’s Visteon Village and eventually employ 1,200 high-tech employees. The decision[…]
On Monday, members of the school district staff and members of the community told the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education that they were disappointed that Michael Van Tassel’s[…]