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...

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...

The Call of the Wild

When you are exploring the Upper Peninsula, whether in vacation mode or simply tooling around your hometown, there is a sense that the “wild”...

Michigan Co-ops Empower Future Leaders

Youth Tour Washington, D.C. Highlights Designed to inspire the leaders of tomorrow, Youth Tour teaches the brightest students of Michigan about their past—and helps equip...

Suitcases Packed With Purpose

The recent Partners for Power team reached their goal to build an electric line extension in Guatemala that changed the lives of about 54 families...

Wish Upon a Star at Headlands International Dark Sky Park

Most of us have had the magical moment as a child of wishing on the first star in the night sky. But what if...

Glow In The Dark

Erik Rintamaki has been walking the beaches of Lake Superior all of his life. Rintamaki, now living in Brimley, grew up in the Upper Peninsula...

Submit A Nomination Today!

Michigan Country Lines is on the hunt for entrepreneurial movers and shakers to showcase in our March 2019 magazine. We know co-op members are...

Sunken Treasure

It was on a volunteer trip to Jamaica that Jennifer Dowker saw her first glass-bottom boat. Aside from being captivated by floating above sea...

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...

Cozy Bowl Recipes Due by November 1

Share your favorite “Cozy Bowl” recipe with us by November 1 and you could win a $100.00 credit on your electric bill. Plus, there’s...