This year, LaGrange County REMC is proud to celebrate 90 years of powering our communities and serving our members. Since Oct. 29, 1936, your cooperative has remained committed to providing safe, reliable electricity while putting our members first. To thank you for being part of our story, we’re planning some special 90th anniversary giveaways starting… Continue reading.

I’ve mentioned before in this column that I have a degree in accounting. It’s probably no surprise, then, that I’m a bit of a numbers guy. But here’s something you might not expect: the numbers themselves are rarely the most interesting part of my job. The conversations behind them are. One of my favorite conversations… Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC is privileged to have three outstanding interns joining us this summer. Cole Bontrager is a 2025 Westview graduate and will begin his sophomore year at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute this fall, majoring in computer science. He is interning with the technical services department at the REMC this summer…. Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC is proud to announce the recipients of our 2026 scholarships. The cooperative awarded three $1,000 scholarships to help students in our community further their education. To be eligible for the scholarship, the recipients’ parents or guardians must be members of LaGrange County REMC. Candidates were judged based on grade point average, a… Continue reading.

Thanks to all of our members who joined us for the virtual Annual Meeting that aired on Facebook on Friday, June 12. In the director election, Mike Huppenthal was unopposed in District 1 and was reelected. In District 2, incumbent Terry Holsinger defeated challenger, Brett Bateman, and was reelected. More than 600 members voted in… Continue reading.

LaGrange County REMC‘s mission: Safe, reliable, affordable energy, services and solutions that improve the quality of life for our communities. It’s not just electricity anymore. At LaGrange County REMC, we are also committed to delivering reliable, high-quality internet service to the communities we serve. As broadband becomes essential for work, education, entertainment, healthcare, and agriculture,… Continue reading.

Summer has a way of drawing our attention to the things right in front of us — the county fair, an evening ballgame, a weekend at the lake, a family reunion. These are memories of my Indiana summers growing up. What we rarely think about are all the things working quietly in the background that… Continue reading.

At LaGrange County REMC, our story is rooted in a simple but powerful idea: neighbors working together to meet a need. Nearly 90 years ago, local farmers and families came together to bring electricity to rural LaGrange County — at a time when investor-owned utilities saw little incentive to serve our community. What began as… Continue reading.

Mark your calendar and plan to join us virtually for the 2026 LaGrange County REMC Annual Meeting on June 12. Members can watch the meeting live on Facebook at 4 p.m.  You do not need a Facebook account to watch. When you go to our page, facebook.com/lagrangecountyremc, simply scroll down to the post containing our… Continue reading.

It’s spare change that makes a big difference. Thanks to our participating members for allowing their bills to be rounded up each month to the nearest dollar. Since the beginning of the program in January 2002, over $763,000 has been given back to our community. The money has been used by organizations who serve all… Continue reading.