Instead of my normal monthly article, for several months we will be featuring each of our seven districts. Each one is a unique and special place to call home. We’ve also asked each board member from those districts to tell us a little about where they live and why they love being there. We hope… Continue reading.
Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Cooperative (d.b.a. PSC) has the most advanced fiber network in the Perry, Spencer and Dubois County area, and with the partnership of Southern Indiana Power (Southern), we’re thankful to have brought appreciably faster internet speeds to the majority of communities located within our service area. In the last few years, PSC has… Continue reading.
All REMC members who register and attend the Annual Meeting can vote for directors to serve the districts that are up for election in that calendar year.The information below details when deadlines occur in the election process. Incumbent directors whose terms expire in 2023:
Service. Mission. Country. You likely identified immediately (and correctly) that these three words describe our nation’s veterans. They also succinctly describe a core co-op ethos. While veterans are innately motivated to serve, in a similar vein, electric co-ops are guided by foundational principles that put their community first. After all, electric co-ops were founded to bring… Continue reading.
Daniel Houchin has served Orange County REMC’s District 1 since 2020. This district includes Spice Valley Township and all of Marion Township in Lawrence County served by the cooperative. He obtained his Credentialed Cooperative Director certificate from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in his first term. Houchin is a 2007 graduate of West Washington… Continue reading.
I would like to thank the members who participated in the 2023 annual election. We received nearly 1,200 member votes through mail-in or online ballots. Offering these options for the first time last year dramatically increased the number of members who were able to participate in the election process, and that number continued to grow… Continue reading.
We appreciate the members who participated in this year’s annual election. Directors elected to the board Dr. Richard Leeper Ryan Sieber Annual Meeting Bill Credit Winners $50 REMC bill credits Leo Hartman Wade & Dawn Kreft Shane Gurtner Rosalie Regedanz Dale Neidlinger Brent Johnson Daryl Ball Skyler Reichert David Monesmith Geoffrey Gifford Thomas Hawk Anthony… Continue reading.
Marshall County Fiber celebrated its 1000th customer on March 16. The newly connected customers, Robert and Beverly Brown, were overjoyed to receive high-speed fiber internet and phone service. “The service has been great,” Robert Brown said. “We are excited to finally be able to stream our smart TV and our phone is much clearer.” Marshall… Continue reading.
In April 2021, Marshall County REMC partnered with Kankakee Valley REMC to donate the equipment, pole and labor to install an osprey platform in rural St. Joseph County. We have great news that an osprey has taken up residency on the nesting platform.
Thank you for the many great ideas for topics for this column. I plan to cover several of the topics submitted over the next few months. The first, and probably most mentioned topic, is solar-related. Drivers passing through Starke County likely noticed several solar projects (often referred to as solar farms) constructed in recent months,… Continue reading.
KV REMC Member Appreciation Day andAnnual Business Meeting Sept. 28 Porter County Expo Center, Valparaiso More details will be available soon.
