Covert News

A 27-year-old Covert man is behind bars and facing drug dealing charges in Van Buren County.

Van Buren Tech students at the recent Business Professionals of America National Conference in Orlando, Fla.

The Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township, Mich., is shown in a undated photo provided by Consumers Energy.

A 27-year-old Covert man was arrested for marijuana possession and intent to deliver Saturday after a traffic stop in Almena Township.

Mike Brosnan, of Dowagiac, looks at a display focused on the replacement of a cooling tower at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant at an open house on May 14.

Its author, Adam Schuitema, has kindly agreed to participate in a live chat with readers at the end of this month.

They have found the cause of the latest leak at the Palisades nuclear plant, and it's not the same leak as before.

NRC Commissioner Kristine Svinicki, left, joins U.S. Rep. Fred Upton as they answer questions during a press conference Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich.

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The latest incident at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant was written off as a minor leak by Entergy and by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The Associated Press reported Monday that a nuclear power plant on the western edge of the state had a " very slightly radioactive water " spill over the weekend, which should probably be alarming, but, in fact, is no big deal.

Congressman Fred Upton is expressing some of the same concerns about the latest leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant that critics of the facility have been complaining about for years.

Readers must be missing the lake. "Freshwater Boys," by Adam Schuitema won the MLive Book Club summer reading poll by a wide margin, picking up 65 percent of the vote.

A federal safety official says that 79 gallons of "very slightly radioactive water" from a leaky tank at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant spilled into Lake Michigan.

In an order issued last week, the appellate court granted an application for leave to appeal filed by the Michigan Attorney General.

Operators of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern say they removed it from service because of a water leak.

Appealing 1977 murder conviction: In 1977, it took a jury 88 minutes to convict Leo Raymond Terlisner of murder in the brutal slaying of a well-known Covert business owner.

In 1977, it took a jury 88 minutes to convict Leo Raymond Terlisner of murder in the brutal slaying of a well-known Covert business owner.

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant will host an open house May 14 in South Haven to answer questions from the public.