Midwest Propane Donates $9,000 To Charity
Picture-perfect weather created a great backdrop for Midwest Propane’s first annual “Fueling the Fight Family Movie Night” in August. “Hundreds of guests joined us under the stars at the Cass County Council on Aging for a variety of activities to raise money for the West Michigan Cancer Center,” reports Patty Nowlin, communications director for Midwest [...]
MECA Testifies For Co-ops Before Energy & Technology Committee
Earlier this year, Sen. Mike Nofs, chairman of the Senate Energy & Technology Committee, invited Michigan electric co-ops to weigh-in on the state’s current energy statutes and plans regarding renewable energy, contained in House Bill 438. Representing the co-ops, Art Thayer, energy efficiency programs director for the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA), testified on Sept. [...]
Cherryland Lineworker Rescues Citizen From Burning Car
At 2 a.m. on Aug. 6, Kyle Folgmann, a power quality technician for Cherryland Electric Cooperative, was heading home after a long day of after-storm restoration work when a drunk driver speeding at over 100 mph passed his truck. Kyle saw the scene unfold as the driver lost control, clipped several light poles, hit the [...]
Great Lakes Co-op Teen Wins NRECA Award
Photo: Emily Kurburski was Great Lakes Energy’s representative to the 2015 Rural Electric Youth Tour (front row, third from left) and has received a generationOn grant from NRECA for a community service project. Emily Kurburski, a member of Great Lakes Energy, has received a 2015 generationOn grant from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). [...]
Three Incumbents Re-elected To GLE Board
Incumbents Paul Byl (Shelby), Mark Carson (Boyne City), and Paul Schemanski (Petoskey), were recently re-elected by Great Lakes Energy members to three-year terms on the Co-op’s board. Carson and Byl defeated challengers in their district to earn another term, and Schemanski ran unopposed. Schemanski is from District 1 (Emmet County), and is a healthcare technology [...]
Wolverine Ships Supplies For Guatemala Project
Pictured (L-R) above are Hydaker-Wheatlake employees who played a lead role in gathering materials for Michigan’s “Partners for Power” project in Guatemala: Craig Felos, Kevin Hills, Dan Nelson, Steve Hooker, and Rich Langworthy (not pictured). A 40-foot container filled with transformers, fuse cutouts, wire, tooling and other hardware needed to bring electricity to the village [...]