Denderleeuw – On Thursday evening, the lifeless body of 90-year-old Jozef Van Den Brande from Denderleeuw was found in the Dender. He had been missing since noon after leaving home for a walk. – Family notified the emergency services on Thursday when Jozef had not returned home in the afternoon after a walk. Police immediately … Read more
Herenthout – The police are looking for the driver of a black pick-up truck who was seen by several people on Monday morning while he was towing three dead calves behind his vehicle in Herenthout. – The various witnesses talk about a gruesome and shocking scene. The driver of a black pick-up truck drove in … Read more
Houthulst / Moorslede / Ledegem / Hooglede / Sint-Eloois-Winkel – Jordy Dufoort (24) died on Sunday morning after an accident with his quad in the Groenebosdreef in Houthulst. The victim, from Moorslede, lost control of his quad bike and crashed into a tree. – The accident happened around 9.30 am when Jordy and three friends … Read more
Hooglede / Gits – In the residential care center Ter Linde in Gits, former café owner Frank Lagrou (91) died of the corona virus on Sunday morning. Frank ran the well-known café Gasthof De Engel for more than 70 years. “If it wasn’t from that virus, Frank would have lived for years,” says his sister … Read more
Glabbeek – A team of archaeologists from the Studiebureau Archeologie found in the fields between Glabbeek and Attenrode the remains of a pottery from the Gallo-Roman period and the early Middle Ages. – Digging a one-kilometer-long trench through fields and meadows and parallel to Attenrodestraat preceded Aquafin’s sewerage works. The route is located in the … Read more
Herent – In the Hofheide crematorium in Holsbeek, the family said goodbye to political icon and former mayor of Herent Willy Kuijpers on Thursday morning. It was a ceremony full of video messages from friends, politicians and family. – “See us standing here now, with the fifteen of us. Thwarted a second time by that … Read more
Roosdaal / Pamel – The water and soft drink producer Léberg Sources from Pamel is bankrupt. Since its founding in 1933, the company has grown into a vibrant name in the wider region. A curator examines whether a possible restart is possible. – The news about the bankruptcy of bvba Minak, the company behind Léberg … Read more
Axis – Founder Geoffrey Debondt (29) of the part-time musical training Musicalia has his hands in her hair. The municipality of Asse does not want to spend the money from the cultural emergency fund for the time being. However, he can use the support to make up for the losses in recent months. – Head … Read more
Anzegem – Jonathan D’Hondt (40) establishes Mel’s Rose asbl to raise awareness of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He has a good reason for that. His girlfriend Melanie Vaernewyck (34) was suffering from the disease. Although Melanie had been in therapy for years, on June 27 it became too much for her and she passed away. Jonathan … Read more
Deinze / Wontergem / Tielt – 55-year-old pig breeder Patrick M. from Lammekesstraat in Wontergem (Deinze) was crushed on Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 PM between a heavy cover plate that he moved with his forklift truck and a wall. – Despite the rapid intervention of the emergency services, including the fire brigades of Aarsele and … Read more