Best Of MI: Ice Cream Shops
Here’s the scoop on the best places for ice cream in Michigan (in no particular order). Try these member recommended shops this summer to...
Best of Michigan: Restaurants With A View
When the weather warms up, plan to take in the beauty at one of these member-recommended Michigan restaurants with a view (in no particular...
Reflections On Our Pond
By Kathy Fila, a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member
Our 24-year-old son came over today with youthful enthusiasm and energy, claiming he would get the pond...
Floating Michigan Rivers
By Julie Kate O’Brien, a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member
The rivers of Michigan have danced through my soul since an early age. Bank fishing,...
The Driving Force: Why Two Members Choose To Drive An Electric Vehicle
Electric vehicles remain a hot topic in 2019, as the purchase and use of EVs has fast-tracked in popularity across the country. In rural...
Recollections of a Bookworm
By Joan Blewett, a Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op member
Growing up in Ishpeming, my family never lived more than three blocks from Ishpeming’s...
Stars, Stripes And Sawdust
Ever since the Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute opened its doors in 2017, people have been coming out of the woodwork to enroll in their...
Picking Out My Own Game Jersey
There’s nothing more fitting in this world than picking out your own game jersey. Ask any sports player. The sweat and sacrifice are monumental...
Last Train Ride
By Tom McWhorter, Cherryland Electric Cooperative member
My grandmother lived in Lake Odessa and sometime in the mid-’50s, she took a train to Grand Rapids. She...
Sweet Surprises
By Paige Hutter, Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member.
It’s 7 a.m. and I sit up in bed, dreading the bitter cold waiting outside. I rub...
















