GLE names Bill Scott to succeed Steve Boeckman
At their meeting held earlier today, the GLE board of directors passed a resolution naming Bill Scott as President and Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes Energy effective March 29, 2016. Bill is the current CFO/COO for Great Lakes Energy and will succeed Steve Boeckman who will retire on March 28, 2016. A replacement for [...]
Michigan Students Participate in Washington, D.C. Youth Tour
Student representatives from Michigan co-ops joined approximately 1,700 students from across the country at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. (June 13-18). Michigan was represented by 18 students from eight electric co-ops, including Cherryland, Cloverland, Great Lakes, HomeWorks, Midwest, Presque Isle, Thumb and Wolverine. While in Washington, the Michigan students traveled [...]
Midwest Gets MPSC Approval For Funding Rural Broadband
On June 3, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a request by Midwest Energy Cooperative to be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC). This affords Midwest’s fiber division, Midwest Connections, access to federal sources of capital designed to support their rural southwest Michigan utility communications and data and voice project. In March 2015, [...]
Alger Delta Draws Record Meeting Crowd, Elects New Board President, Director
Karen Alholm, New Director for District 2 Nearly 750 people were at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba June 13 for Alger-Delta Cooperative’s 77th annual meeting. About 50 people attended in 2014. The co-op’s members elected Karen Alholm to represent District 2 (Harvey/Deerton). Alholm is a retired attorney and a volunteer mediator who [...]
Cherryland Re-elects Lautner, Maciejewski
At Cherryland Electric’s 77th Annual Meeting, June 11, the co-op’s members re-elected Terry Lautner and Betty Maciejewski to the board of directors. The current board officers were also re-elected, including Terry Lautner as president; Jon Zickert, senior vice president; Melinda Lautner, secretary; and Rick Deneweth, treasurer. Over 1,200 members attended the event, held at Incredible [...]
Cloverland Re-elects Three Directors
The results of Cloverland Electric Cooperative’s board elections were announced at its annual meeting on June 11 at the LSSU Cisler Center in Sault Ste. Marie. Incumbent director Richard J. Newland (DeTour Village), was re-elected in District A. Charles F. Litzner (Sault Ste. Marie), was re-elected in District B. Ronald D. Provo (Manistique), was re-elected [...]