Five Friendly Tips For The Farmers Market
Michigan residents are fortunate in their ability to grow and buy fresh, locally grown produce throughout the summer and fall. According to the Michigan...
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...
There’s More To Cuba Than Cars, Cigars
I wanted to see Cuba before corporate interests prevail, and the mysterious country 100 miles from Key West, FL, becomes South Beach South. As...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
















