Growing Organically
In 2014, when Anne and Brian Bates started looking for a piece of land where they could start organic farming, they had a wild...
Electricity Changes Everything
More than 1.6 billion people in the world remain without electricity. That’s a pretty staggering statistic considering health, safety, education and economic growth all...
On The Road: Norm Rosema Takes Electricity For A Spin
Norm and Donna Rosema loved taking drives together.
Norm, now 82, lost his beloved wife of 57 years unexpectedly in February, 2018 in an automobile...
Adventure Ahead At Deer Tracks Junction
While Deer Tracks Junction Adventure Park and Site 57 Safari isn’t an animal rescue, it might be hard to convince any of the hundreds...
Co-op Careers Offer Paycheck And A Purpose
October is National Cooperative Month! Every day in this country, more than 75,000 men and women go to work at America’s electric cooperatives to...
The Call Of The Michigan Wild
In the Midwest, hunting and fishing are more than just seasons, they are often traditions. For a group of childhood friends from Escanaba in...
Slow Down, Go Around Roadside Utility Workers
Summer travel, which lines up so neatly with utility construction and maintenance season, is just around the corner.
And Joe McElroy, safety director for the...
Taking The Long Road
If Emerson’s ethos holds true and life really is about the journey and not the destination, then the folks at Long Road Distillers are...
Honoring Veterans One Cane At A Time
Guest writer: Jim Carpenter, Line Superintendent at Cherryland Electric Cooperative
The idea came about in 2004 when Jack Nitz of Tulsa, OK, watched a news...
Now Accepting Youth Tour Applications
Youth Tour teaches students of Michigan about their past—and helps equip them with the skills they need to be Michigan's next generation of energy-minded...















