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Sharing industry opportunities with students

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Approximately 60 first- and second-year electrician/line school students at Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) in Wadena recently learned about career opportunities available in their field during an event put on by Great River Energy. Students heard from several cooperative employees representing different areas of the business, including human resources, field services, IT […]

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Twins clinics draw 3,500 youth to Midwest fields

Community, Cooperatives, Member-owner cooperatives /

Baseball fields across the Upper Midwest turned into community hubs this summer as the Play Ball! Youth Clinics brought together local cooperatives, youth organizations, enthusiastic kids and their parents. More than 50 free baseball and softball clinics were brought to communities across Twins Territory through a partnership between Great River Energy, the Minnesota Twins and

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Mesabi Trail Tour returns

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More than 450 bicyclists participated in this year’s annual Great River Energy Mesabi Trail Tour event, which started and ended in Ely, Minnesota. Participants chose between riding on three different routes of 12, 30 or 50 miles along what is considered one of Minnesota’s premier paved bicycle trails. While pedaling, bicyclists encountered historic and scenic

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Employees support Habitat for Humanity

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Great River Energy employees supported the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity organization for five days by helping refurbish a home in Blaine, Minnesota.  Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity is committed to building the quality of life, health and economic prosperity of the seven-county metro region by producing, preserving and advocating for affordable homeownership.  Dave Kempf,

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Mental health-focused group wins statewide community award

Community, Cooperatives, Member-owner cooperatives /

An Aitkin County organization with a mission to raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues and suicide was chosen as the recipient of the statewide 2023 Minnesota Touchstone Energy Community Award. The Committee for the Awareness and Prevention of Suicide (CAPS) was chosen last fall by Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative, one of Great River

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Great River Energy helps falcons spread their wings

Community, Cooperatives, Sustainability /

Four young falcons were banded at Great River Energy’s Elk River location on May 30. Representatives from the Raptor Resource Project conducted the banding with help from employees. Kelsey Rayment, veterinarian resident for the Raptor Resource Project, collected blood and saliva samples from each of the young falcons to test for the presence of avian

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Public outreach continues for Northland Reliability Project

Community, Cooperatives, Transmission /

Great River Energy and Minnesota Power hosted a second phase of public open houses in May for the Northland Reliability Project in six communities where attendees could ask questions and provide input on the transmission line’s preliminary route. More than 200 property owners attended the events. The two utilities plan to build an approximately 180-mile,

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Stearns Electric secures $1.5M USDA loan to support the state’s first whey-based distillery

Community, Cooperatives, Economic development, Member-owner cooperatives /

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $1.5 million loan to Stearns Electric Association through the Rural Economic Development Loan & Grant Program (REDLG) to support the owners of Redhead Creamery in their efforts to establish an innovative on-farm distillery that uses the leftover whey from their cheesemaking process to produce premium distilled

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Four young falcons hatch

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The peregrine falcons that reside in Great River Energy’s Elk River nest box, Brooklyn and Breezy, are busy caring for their four eyasses (young falcons) that recently hatched. Representatives from the Raptor Resource Project will be onsite to band the eyasses in late May. Watch the falcons on Great River Energy’s peregrine falcon birdcam at

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