Our community is lucky to have so many opportunities to celebrate fall. From pumpkin patches to apple orchards to hay mazes, we have it all right here in our backyard. To warm up with some cider and good friends, here are some of our favorite spots to enjoy the season: Roberts Farms 2085 W. 900… Continue reading.

October is National Cooperative Month, and you can celebrate by checking out some of the unique opportunities that your local electric co-op offers through its Power Moves® program.  As you may know, we at Wabash Valley Power are a generation and transmission cooperative created by and composed of our member co-ops. We partner with all… Continue reading.

 It’s your worst-case scenario. A major storm was predicted, and this time, the predictions were right. Many power lines are down, and your electricity may be out for several days. You are low on everything — food, pet supplies, toilet paper, batteries, diapers and your medication.  Imagine how you would feel.  While you can’t predict… Continue reading.

Manager Jim Grocock knows when most people look at the piles of rubble in and around Glen Hunter & Associates (GH&A), they don’t see what he sees. “When people come in here, they see a bunch of junk,” Grocock said. “Really, it’s bags of money.” The piles of bricks and mix are the remnants of… Continue reading.

With fall just around the corner, I find myself pondering the fundamentals of refrigeration.  Before I lose you, hear me out. I’m talking about heat pumps. A heat pump is essentially an air conditioner that can be operated in reverse to move heat from outside to inside of your home.  Heat pumps have taken it… Continue reading.

Congratulations to the Mid-America Windmill Museum, which celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special celebration in July! A member of Noble REMC, we’ve watched as the museum has grown and prospered into what it is today: a display of 52 windmills to educate, preserve and build awareness of the engineering feat. The Electric Consumer (now… Continue reading.

While you were grabbing a corn dog or lemon shake up, you may have seen our system engineer, Kenny Kill, visiting the Noble County Community 4-H Fair. While he may have also indulged in the great food, he was there to give back to the community by helping to judge the 4-H Electric projects.  Kill,… Continue reading.

An average donation of $6 a year from you means a lot of good for those around you. Because of our members’ generosity, Noble REMC’s Operation Round Up Trust Fund was able to award grants to six local nonprofit organizations this quarter. This is made possible by the more than 80 percent of our members… Continue reading.

As school buses resume roaming roads and the sun starts setting sooner, it won’t be long before autumn arrives. Yet before pumpkin pie aroma fills the air and Halloween costumes decorate storefronts, you can still take advantage of the late summer to prepare your home for the fall and winter. Some suggested considerations include: Tackling… Continue reading.

It’s a new school year, and kids of all ages are getting ready for a fresh year of learning. Beginning in kindergarten, students go to school to study a broad variety of subjects and learn new skills to prepare them for the future.  Similarly, Noble REMC is continually learning in order to advance technology that… Continue reading.

On the first day of Youth Tour, I was nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. A whole week with over 100 strangers? Let’s just say, I had my doubts.  Our first stop was the Flight 93 Memorial. There was a stone out in the field marking where the plane crashed. Inside the museum, the… Continue reading.

Amy Dreibelbis begins to tear up. Her daughter, Maddy, attempts to soothe her with a simple, “Don’t cry.”  Reflecting on the moment she dropped Maddy off in June, Amy couldn’t help but remember her own experience 30 years ago. “Our orientation wasn’t as elaborate, but I can remember my dad dropping me off in a… Continue reading.