by Sally SedgwickAs a fourteen-year-old boy, Josh Whittemore heard this music on a visit to family in Scotland, and the distinct soundstayed with him. A year later, his family found a way to gift him a set of bagpipes, but it wasn’t until he was a student atthe University of Minnesota, Duluth that he connected […]
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North Itasca Electric funds college scholarships through unclaimed capital credits. High school seniors whose parents or guardians are members of North Itasca Electric can apply for these through the Northome High School scholarship committee. Applications are available online on the Northome School counselor’s web page at https://www.northome.k12.mn.us/scholarship-information-links, at schools in the service area or at […]
IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: BILLING, PAYMENTS AND DISCONNECT NOTICES We’ve received several questions recently regarding due dates and disconnect notices. We want to clarify our processes and ensure you have all the information needed to keep your account current. Understanding February’s timeline Due to the shorter month in February, disconnect notices were mailed the day after […]
The duty of the nominating committee is to select, propose and post a list of candidates for director for the followingdistricts: District 4 – Incumbent Mary Rahier – 3 year term District 5 – Incumbent Lloyd Kongsjord – 3 year term District 6 – Incumbent Todd Christensen – 3 year term If you are interested […]
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Wishing All Our Members a Lucky March! The office personnel have been BUSY with the upcoming yearly audit! We would like to welcome our New CFO Dan. He has us “Thinking Outside the Box”: How to be more efficient, cut costs and still provide personal service to you, the Members. Our biggest obstacle is moving […]
Thanks to the generosity of nearly 85% of the Members of North Itasca Electric Co-op., the Board of Trustees for Operation Round-Up will have approximately $11,000.00 to distribute to various communities and organizations in the area. The deadline for grant applications is Tuesday, March 31 at the close of day. Application forms along with instructions […]
2026 will be an important year for road construction in this area with a major state project on Highway 6 causing a five-month detour. Bridge No. 31036 over the Big Fork River (where County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 14 joins Highway 6) will be completely replaced with a detour running from June to November, according […]
by Sally Sedgwick When Great River Energy’s engineering group looks at local transmission lines feeding its 26 rural electric cooperatives, it rates the line looking at a number of maintenance points: age, cost to repair vs. replace, number of bad poles, access and more. A few years ago, the main Highway 6 transmission feed to […]
by Sally Sedgwick Great River Energy brought a town hall to Grand Rapids in January to discuss the cooperative’s Integrated Resource Plan with members. The plan is required by the state every two years and describes GRE’s projected power supply plans for the next 15 years. It’s not a quick summary: this year’s IRP might […]
Article provided by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Across the U.S., the demand for power is climbing at one of the fastest rates in decades. As the economy becomes more reliant on electricity and data centers continue to sprout up in many parts of the country, electric cooperatives are preparing to meet the challenges […]
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