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...

A Soleful Mission

Travis Snyder Takes Steps to Highlight Veterans’ Mental Health When Travis Snyder returned from his tour in Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine, he was both...

The Poet

By David Clapp, a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative member My grandfather, Francis Merton Clapp, was born in 1897 in Genesee County, Michigan. He served in...

Road Trippin’ With Christal Frost: Frankfort

Every time I travel back to my Benzie County roots, I marvel at how everything feels both exactly the same and somehow very different....

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...

Happy New Year. Out With The Old, In With The New.

"Out with the old and in with the new.” This year, that phrase has a distinct meaning for me and Thumb Electric Cooperative (TEC)...

Vande Bunte Eggs: It’s For The Birds

In the rural heart of west Michigan, an impressive hen house serves as the main nest for a third-generation family farm. For the Vande...

Back in the Day

By Yvette Pecha Electric cooperative director recalls life in rural Michigan—and how it changed with electricity Louis Wenzlaff is somewhat of a luminary in the Thumb...
Porcupine Mountains lantern lit ski trail

Porcupine Mountains In The Winter

With Michiganders on the long end of a year that limited us in the everyday activities we often enjoy, the outdoors was a respite...

The Ford Confusion

By J. Joseph Mapes, a Midwest Energy & Communications Cooperative member I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, not far from my grandparents in Lowell....

Grilled to Perfection Recipes Due by April 1

Share your favorite “Grilled to Perfection” recipe with us by April 1 and you could win a $100.00 credit on your electric bill. Plus,...