Hansen Retires From HomeWorks Board, Son Will Step In
Laverne Hansen, a 27-year member of the HomeWorks Tri-County Electric board of directors, is retiring, but there will still be a Hansen serving on the Co-op’s board. Kimber Hansen will be replacing his father, Laverne, as the new District 4 director. Kimber is a farmer, responsible for the daily running of the family farm near [...]
Breaking the Ice
Michigan electric cooperative employees recently took the ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” to promote awareness of the disease and encourage donations for research. Midwest Energy Forty one Midwest Energy Cooperative employees gathered in the co-op’s Cassopolis parking lot for a company ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The co-op and many employees donated to the ALS [...]
Morton Retires From HomeWorks Board After 36 Years
Long-time director Carl Morton (pictured above, right) has retired from the HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative board, as of Sept. 1. Morton has represented District 3 (most of Clinton County) since 1978, when he was first elected by neighbors as part of the “Eagle Uprising,” at a time when the co-op’s electric reliability was poor and [...]
Cherryland CEO Joins Podcast On Renewable Energy
Tony Anderson, CEO of Cherryland Electric Co-op (Grawn), sat down with other local utility leaders in early August to do a Podcast discussion on renewable energy. “It is a wide-ranging discussion that is simply that - a discussion,” Anderson says about the event’s purpose. “We recognize that it is all from the utility perspective and [...]
MSU Food, Ag Leaders Hopeful About Industry, Economy
Leaders in Michigan’s food and ag industry remain optimistic about their businesses and the ability of our economy to continue climbing. Their optimism comes from results of the Michigan Agriculture and Food Index (MAFI), shared during MSU’s annual Ag Expo. The July MAFI is the third of its kind. It gauges the current business climate [...]
How to Get Involved in FCC Rural Broadband Experiments
The FCC has plans, and funding, for experiments that explore how broadband can be expanded at a lower cost in rural America. The experiments are designed to discover if nontraditional broadband providers, such as electric co-ops, will apply for available funds to build the networks needed to provide it in unserved and underserved areas. Co-op [...]