Cooperative News
Highlighting the latest news and information from Minnesota's rural electric cooperatives
Operation Round Up® contributes $60,750 to 20 area food shelves, 51 local organizations
Melrose, Minn. - Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program contributed $60,750 to 71 area organizations in March, including $2,000 each to 20 area food shelves. Through the Operation Round Up®...
MN Electric Cooperatives Applaud the Reintroduction of Rural Utilities Service Loan Repricing Bill
Nationwide, legislation led by Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith could save electric co-ops and the member-consumers they serve $10 billion. (MAPLE GROVE, MINN) – On Thursday, March 25, a bipartisan group...
Leadership Changes at North Star Electric Cooperative
After a 43-year cooperative career, North Star Electric’s Ann Ellis recently retired. Four decades ago, Ellis was hired as an office assistant at the co-op, learning the ropes of the energy...
Hope House and Tusen Tack each win Minnesota Touchstone Energy Community Award
Awards recognize outstanding commitment to electric cooperative-served communities (MAPLE GROVE, MINN) – Tusen Tack, Braham, and Hope House, Bemidji, were each named winners of a 2021 Minnesota’s...
MREA celebrates 80th anniversary during annual meeting of members
Electric cooperative leaders gather to advocate for their members (MAPLE GROVE, MINN) – The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) recently held its annual meeting and celebrated 80 years of...
MiEnergy Cooperative’s partnership receives $1.1 million award for rural high-speed broadband
Grant will allow for fiber to unserved and underserved rural areas of southern Fillmore County in Minnesota Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced MiBroadband,...