Each year, Marshall County REMC provides the materials and division leaders for the 4-H electric program. Once a month for four months leading up to the fair, REMC organizes a meeting where 4-H students can come to work on their projects, learn about electricity and get assistance from professionals in the electric industry. REMC would… Continue reading.

The Operation Round Up® board awarded $6,500 to a total of five organizations to support the work they do in the community. Argos Community Development Corporation received funding to advertise the Argos Farmers Market, in the hopes of growing the program. Argos Community Development Corporation’s purpose is to bring people together in the community. Bikes… Continue reading.

After 10 years of dedication and commitment to Operation Round Up and the community, Chairman Linda Vialard and Treasurer Deb Read retired from the program. Since Operation Round Up began in 2013, Vialard and Read have been fundamental to the success of the program. They continually went above and beyond their duties to ensure the… Continue reading.

Electric vehicle owner Laura Matney giggled while glancing at goods when visiting a gas station convenience store. Matney, the marketing manager for Wabash Valley Power Alliance (WVPA) and a Power Moves® team member, traveled with her family from Indiana to Sarasota, Florida, in their electric Tesla Model 3. It was Matney’s longest journey in an… Continue reading.

Since Boone REMC, Indiana’s first electric cooperative, was founded in 1936, electric cooperatives have succeeded because their consumer-owners stay politically engaged. Today, that engagement is more important than ever. Electric cooperatives continue to be well positioned to create a bright future for the communities they serve by engaging in political activity. Politics can be a… Continue reading.

The 4-H electric group had the opportunity to tour the Marshall County REMC Marco substation, located just east of Michigan Road south of Argos. This new substation is owned by Wabash Valley Power Alliance, Marshall County REMC’s wholesale power provider. The Marco substation serves members in the southern part of Marshall County.  The 4-H electric… Continue reading.

Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. Marshall County REMC sponsored one local student on the Indiana Youth Tour to Washington, D.C., this past June. Youth Tour provides young Hoosiers with the opportunity to visit the nation’s capital, learn about government, experience American history and gain a better understanding of their electric cooperative and the government. Students… Continue reading.

Marshall County REMC welcomes Traci Olson as the new billing & operations coordinator. She previously worked as a buyer at RBC Precision Products. Olson grew up in Argos and resides in South Bend. She and her husband, Austin, have been married for four years and have six children between them. She enjoys camping, hiking and… Continue reading.

Many people welcome summer days not with smiles, but with sneezes, sniffles and sensitivity to seasonal allergies that leave them sprinting indoors. Yet their home might not be the allergen safe haven they consider it to be. Some of those very allergens making people ill can easily come indoors — and may be residing alongside… Continue reading.