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...
10 Tips For Enjoying Michigan’s Dark Skies
Michigan is surrounded by the Great Lakes, which shroud the state in near-total darkness. This makes it the perfect destination for some of the...
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...
Growing A Business Organically: Cultured Kombucha Co.
When Courtney Lorenz first tried her hand at brewing kombucha, an effervescent fermented drink of sweetened tea that is made from cultures of bacteria...
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...
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...
An Insiders Peek At Youth Tour 2018
Electric Cooperative Youth Tour teaches students about their past and helps equip them with the skills they need to be Michigan’s next generation of...
Tahquamenon Falls: A Wonder of the Midwest
Hidden in the Upper Peninsula happens to be the state’s largest waterfall and the second-largest east of the Mississippi River (with Niagara Falls being...
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...
Adventures For Rural Veterans – Express Interest By Feb. 28
As far as Michigan’s electric cooperatives are concerned, there should be “No Barriers” to veterans with disabilities.
That’s the name—and the idea—behind Co-Bank’s No Barriers...















