Youth Tour: A Living Example of Cooperative Values
October is National Cooperative Month, a time when we take the opportunity to reflect on the unique role cooperatives play in our communities. A...
A Hidden Culinary Gem in Leelanau
A Small Creamery with Big ImpactTucked away in Suttons Bay, Leelanau Cheese has been a standout in the craft cheese world for over 25...
Reaping What You Sow
By Mike Lavens, Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op
As we get older, it seems we start to cherish friends and family more and materialistic...
Wheels of Change: Exploring the E-Bike Phenomenon in Michigan
By Emily Haines Lloyd
When you think of the many human milestones, there are an interesting amount that revolve around mobility. A baby rolls over,...
Grandma’s Quilt
My paternal grandmother was a talented woman whose greatest pride was taking care of her family. Her recipes remain family favorites, and the quilts...
Hope On The Slopes
In the winter of 1982, a tenacious kindergartner watching skiers cruise down the slopes of Boyne Mountain grew infatuated with the sport. Chrissy Evans...
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...
Memories Of An Ice Fisherman
By Rick Fowler, a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member
1958…the earliest memories of being on the ice would probably spark the flames of many of...
Road Trippin’ With Christal Frost: Fat Tire Bikes On The TART Trails
Get Outdoors
If there’s anything we learned in 2020, it would be the power of the outdoors. As COVID-19 spread across the United States, it...
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...
















