NEWS AND EVENTS
Tech Talk: Study Smarter With Online Resources
Today’s students have access to a vast universe of valuable online resources to support their education and assist with their studies. Here are just a few excellent sites to help your student study smarter: GoConqr. Many of us remember the tedious process of using...
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Hance Wins NRECA President’s Award
Bob Hance, president and CEO of Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC), was recognized this week as the recipient of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) President’s Award. The award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding...
read moreHelping Out in Adrian
We've been busy in Adrian these last couple of weeks helping our neighbors improve their lives. On Feb. 22, we gave high school students from the Britton Deerfield School District, Morenci Area Schools and Riverside Academy a lesson in real-life financial management...
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Opportunity Abounds With Fiber Internet Expansion
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” As I think back over our five years in the fiber internet business, I realize there was a lot we didn’t know when we jumped in. Much of it was technical and operational stuff that we learned on...
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Tech Talk: The Best Online Backup Services
If you’re like most people, you probably don’t think about backing up your data until it’s too late, like after a computer crashes or you lose data in some other way. But with cloud backup services, there’s no reason to lose data again. How do cloud backup services...
read moreFebruary 2019 Fiber Internet Construction Update
Mother Nature finally caught up with us and we had to stop our underground service drop work for the winter. This doesn’t bring all activity to a screeching halt, but does mean we have to “temp” some of the drop construction to your home. If you see the line crossing...
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Nature and Wi-Fi at Lakeside Melodies Resort
Tucked away along the shore of Little Pleasant Lake outside of Three Rivers sits the Lakeside Melodies Resort, a quiet little collection of cottages that provides the perfect setting for boating, fishing, biking, hiking and more. Owners Bill and Carla purchased the...
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Line Clearance Pays Big Dividends With Reliability
Mother Nature did her thing late in 2018, bringing two major storms to our region during the fourth quarter. A mid-October weekend wind storm was followed by a late November snowstorm, both causing extensive damage and leaving several thousand electric customers...
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Strengthening Schools Grants Strengthen Our Communities
In January, we surprised 37 educators with Strengthening Schools Grants to help them bring new and exciting learning opportunities to students throughout our service territory. We are proud to offer these grants, funded with partnership dollars from Touchstone Energy...
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Meet McKenna
From our operations crew in the field to our support staff in our offices, our employees help create vibrant, relevant, sustainable communities every day, and many of them also call these communities home. In 2019, we will take you behind the lines and introduce you...
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