Cost of materials to build 70 solar-powered model cars? Around $800. Real-world skills learned by 150 high school students involved in the solar car project? Teamwork, problem-solving, engineering and physics concepts, renewable energy applications, design and construction methods, conservation approaches, and model car racing strategy. Value of the Great Lakes Energy Classroom Grant provided to […]
Scammers are at it again! We have received reports of both members and nonmembers of Great Lakes Energy being contacted from our 1-888-485-2537 phone number and being told if they do not call back to a different number their power will be disconnected. THIS IS A SCAM. Do not call back or give your banking/personal
Take 267 fourth graders from four different schools. Mix them well with eight presenters and various stations throughout Reed City’s Rose Lake Park and Gingrich Meadows. Sprinkle in hands-on activities to open young eyes to life on a farm. Top with two days of beautiful weather. What have you got? You end up with Osceola
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“I know he thinks I don’t worry about him because I don’t show it, but I do.” That statement says it all about a critical piece of most lineworkers’ lives: their wives. With National Wife Appreciation Day on Sunday, Sept. 15, we thought we’d share a little bit about what it’s like to be a
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In mid-August, Great Lakes Energy began demolition of the former Carter’s Food Center building located next to GLE’s headquarters in Boyne City. The property was purchased earlier this spring with the intention of expanding GLE’s current office space to accommodate the cooperative’s growth in recent years. In particular, the launch of Truestream—GLE’s high-speed, fiber-to-the-home internet
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August brought primary elections in some areas in Michigan, but also brought board elections for directors in three of GLE’s districts. We know we can’t control legislation that’s written or passed for our country; but what we CAN control is giving ourselves a voice in legislative matters through the legislators we elect whom we entrust
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