by Brad Dolinski, CEO Good afternoon NIECI, I’m writing to you from one of my most beloved locations. I’m celebrating my anniversary with my wife and aunt and uncle in Sioux Narrows. Spending a few days relaxing at the lake, chasing Lake Trout, and eating way too much is just what we needed to recharge […]
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Great River Energy Line Reroute
Deer River to Jesse Lake 69-kV transmission line rebuild and reroute Great River Energy, wholesale power supplier to North-Itasca Electric Cooperative and Lake Country Power, is proposing to rebuild and relocate portions of its 69-kV transmission line between Deer River and Jessie Lake. Construction is scheduled for early 2025. As a landowner along the project […]
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Remarks at the annual meeting by Brad Dolinski, CEO: Thank you for coming to the annual meeting today. Thank you to the community of Northome for hosting us! Thanks to Shining Light Café for providing us a little treat after the meeting is done. I want to recognize several people. Our operations department, thank you […]
Wecome to Kindergarten!!!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: from the Director of Community Education – Itasca Area Community Education Grand Rapids, Minn. – On April 25, 2023 the Grand Rapids and Bigfork elementary schools invited incoming kindergarten students from around the district into schools for the annual Kindergarten Round-Up. Over 225 future kindergarten students and their families were in attendance. […]
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Great afternoon NIECI! Phew! We made it through a long winter! The boats are rolling into and through town like crazy. I’m guessing many of us have neighbors back that we haven’t seen for a while. I’m getting geared up for our annual fishing trips. I don’t go out on opener, it’s a little too […]
Message from the Board Chair
by Larry Salmela Director Elections One of the most important principles of a cooperative organization is member control. Most businesses of any appreciable size in the United States are stock corporations. Owning the stock of a corporation enables control of the corporation. More control comes with owning a greater percentage of the total stock issued […]
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Happy Spring NIECI! At least I hope so by the time you read this. Yet again Mother Nature and Ol’ Man Winter are planning another visit. We are expecting another 6-12” here in Bigfork as I write this. I’m ready for open water season. I’m ready for our friends and neighbors to come back to […]
Operation Round-Up spring grants
The North Itasca Community Trust Board trustees met in April to distribute Operation Round-Up® funds for community-based projects which help Members in the cooperative’s service territory. Awards are listed on p. 6. A total of $13,600 was distributed to help 33 separate projects for childrens’ programs, safety equipment, township repairs and more. Since the program began […]
Rates, reliability, environmental stewardship
Great River Energy delivers on its triple bottom line in 2022 North Itasca Electric’s membership is a network of individuals, families, farmers and business owners like you who own part of the company that supplies electricity to your community. Similarly, North Itasca Electric is a member of GRE. North Itasca Electric not only receives wholesale […]
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Good afternoon, Looks like ol’ man winter got quite comfortable around North Itasca. We got a good shot of snow this past weekend, and we’re supposed to get another this week. I’m already dreaming of warmer weather. I want to hit the woods on the wheelers, lakes in the boat, and start complaining about the […]
