COVERT — Police how have identified a suspect they believe shot and killed a 43-year-old Covert Township man last week.
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Saturday, October 16, 2021
COVERT — Police are investigating the homicide of a 43-year-old Covert Township man.
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
COVERT — In less than a year, the economic landscape of Van Buren County is expected to change significantly with the closure of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant.
Friday, August 27, 2021
COVERT — A nonprofit is inviting area students and parents to pick up school supplies Saturday in Covert.
Sunday, August 15, 2021
COVERT — The Covert Township Police Department is investigating a Sunday morning shooting that left a 28-year-old South Haven man dead from gunshot wounds.
Thursday, July 08, 2021
COVERT — If state and federal regulatory agency approval is granted, Consumers Energy Corp. will become the new owner of the Covert Generating Station, a facility that generates natural gas.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
COVERT — Police are reopening a 28-year-old cold case of the murder of Maurice Walker.
Friday, June 18, 2021
COVERT — Southwest Michigan got a boost from the federal government this week in anticipation of the Palisades Power Plant next spring.
Saturday, May 01, 2021
COVERT — In about 395 days, Palisades Power Plant in Covert will stop producing nuclear power.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
COVERT — Stephanie White lives in South Haven now instead of her childhood home of Covert.
Friday, April 09, 2021
COVERT — Covert Public Schools is one of 13 school districts in Michigan that will benefit from a program that gives students greater access to the internet, according to a news release.
Friday, April 02, 2021
Twenty-eight years ago, Maurice Walker, a Covert High School student, went fishing but never returned home. Later, the popular junior student was found shot to death; his fishing rod nearby.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
SOUTH HAVEN — Police have released more details about a fiery crash on Friday evening that killed two people near Covert on I-196.
Friday, January 22, 2021
COVERT — A 24-year-old Covert man with three outstanding warrants for selling LSD could be facing even more drug charges.
Saturday, December 12, 2020
COVERT — A panel will soon form to provide for open communication, public involvement and education on the decommissioning of the Palisades Power Plant, Van Buren County officials announced Friday.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
COVERT — Two candidates who have been involved with Covert Township governance for more than a dozen years, will be competing for the supervisor’s seat.
Friday, October 16, 2020
COVERT — The Covert Township Community Foundation has received a $5,000 grant from Entergy-Palisades, board member Wayne Rendell announced Thursday.
Friday, September 25, 2020
SOUTH HAVEN — A Hartford woman faces four felony charges after being involved in a car crash that resulted in the death of a 7-year-old Covert boy and serious injuries to his mother.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
COVERT — The community here is mourning the loss of a 7-year-old Covert boy who died Saturday in a car crash that involved four vehicles.
Saturday, August 01, 2020
COVERT — Two incumbents and a challenger are on the ballot Tuesday for two Covert Township trustee positions.
Friday, July 31, 2020
COVERT TOWNSHIP — Change may be in the air in Covert Township, where several positions are being contested in the Aug. 4 primary.
Friday, July 03, 2020
COVERT — National Weather Service meteorologists are still determining whether a severe thunderstorm that ripped through sections of northwest Berrien County and Van Buren County on June 26 was the result of straight-line winds or perhaps a tornado.
Saturday, May 30, 2020
COVERT — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week announced a new resident inspector to Palisades Power Plant.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
COVERT TOWNSHIP — Two Covert Township men face a number of drug-related charges after police say they found heroin in their vehicle.
Saturday, February 08, 2020
COVERT — What happens after a nuclear power plant closes?
Record-high water levels on Lake Michigan have been creating problems for property owners all along the lakeshore since last summer.
Tuesday, January 07, 2020
COVERT — Residents in Covert plan to honor the contributions made by one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders during the annual event, Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Saturday, January 04, 2020
As the saying goes, just because you’ve always done something a certain way, doesn’t mean it makes sense to keep doing it.
Thursday, December 19, 2019
COVERT — Nuclear fission and boric acid.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
COVERT — One month after firing its superintendent, the Covert school board has hired a new one.
Monday, November 25, 2019
COVERT — Darrell Corbin, site vice president at Palisades Power Plant, was just 19 years old when he made a trip to a recruiter’s office in Indiana to join the military.
Friday, November 15, 2019
PAW PAW — A Van Buren County organization that fights domestic abuse will soon open an office in Covert.
Monday, July 08, 2019
SOUTH HAVEN —Keeping an open mind is something 17-year-old Linh Hatch prides herself on.
Thursday, June 20, 2019
COVERT — A new leader will soon take the helm at Palisades Power Plant near Covert.
Saturday, May 25, 2019
COVERT — Covert Township Fire Department plans to offer a basic course next week to teach people basic skills in bleeding control.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
COVERT — Deeper cuts to Covert Public Schools’ 2019-20 budget are needed than previously anticipated, school board trustees learned Monday.
Saturday, January 05, 2019
COVERT — Palisades nuclear power plant operators manually shut down the reactor Thursday after fluctuations of a turbine governor valve.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
COVERT — Only one more planned outage remains between now and the closure of Palisades nuclear power plant in spring of 2022.
Saturday, December 01, 2018
COVERT — Covert Township residents can put their holiday decorating skills to the test next week when Covert Branch Library hosts “Deck the Halls” competition.
Friday, November 16, 2018
COVERT — A through-wall leak was found at Palisades nuclear power plant last Saturday during a visual inspection of the reactor head, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported Wednesday.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
COVERT — A 75-year-old Covert Township man died Friday morning after a fire broke out in his mobile home. Misuse of a propane heater is the suspected cause.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
COVERT — A packed Board of Education ballot awaits Covert voters when they head to the polls Nov. 6.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
COVERT — The Palisades nuclear power plant is starting its second week of a repair outage, which comes in advance of a planned refueling outage, the plant and federal regulators reported.
Thursday, October 04, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency is pursing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, The Associated Press reported this week.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
COVERT — The Covert Board of Education has approved a $1 million tax refund to New Covert Generating Plant, but the district still might owe more.
Thursday, August 02, 2018
COVERT — Palisades nuclear power plant will get an accelerated decommissioning after it closes in 2022, Entergy Corp. announced Wednesday.
Friday, July 27, 2018
COVERT — Covert Township Fire Department operates out of a new $2.8 million, 20,000-square-foot complex that it shares with the police department.
Friday, June 22, 2018
COVERT — Covert Board of Education members have adopted a budget hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
A 12-year-old Covert girl died Thursday after being shot in the neck while visiting her stepfather in Chicago.
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
COVERT — It's been three decades since state police troopers discovered a human skeleton lying in a ditch along Interstate 196 in Covert Township.
Friday, June 01, 2018
COVERT — When it comes to classroom discipline, teachers make the rules and hope students comply.
