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McCormick receives Youth Employment Award
Dakota Electric sponsors this award:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mark Jacobs, Dakota Scott Workforce Investment Board Director, 651-554-5622
Jeff McCormick, McCormick Computer Resale, Inc., Apple Valley received an Excellence in Youth […]
Majestic Hills Ranch wins local Touchstone Energy Community Award
Angel Foundation, Cheerful Givers & Kids ‘n Kinship named runners-up
Dakota Electric Association named Majestic Hills Ranch, Lakeville, as the local 2011 Touchstone Energy Community Award winner. Angel Foundation, Minneapolis, Cheerful Givers, Eagan, and Kids […]
Dakota Electric recognized for supporting community programs
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in Minnesota recognized Dakota Electric Association’s community involvement efforts by naming it the Outstanding Philanthropic Organization for 2011.
Professionals in the community who recognized the cooperative’s generosity over the […]
Rother wins Dakota Electric’s Township Leader award
Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Maralee Rother, Castle Rock, the Township Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award, and Dakota Electric Director Margaret Schreiner presented […]
Birtzer wins cooperative scholarship
Clint Birtzer of Rosemount recently won the Jay York Scholarship for $300 given by Nobles Cooperative Electric, Worthington. He was one of five students Dakota Electric Association sponsored to attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative […]
Dakota Electric provides McGruff safety kits for children
McGruff Safe Kids Identification kits for school children are now available from law enforcement agencies throughout Dakota County and nearby communities.
Dakota Electric Association, a member-owned electric cooperative, provided local law enforcement […]
Eagan and Apple Valley residents wins CFL sweepstakes
Ron Olson, Apple Valley, and Tyler Cram, Eagan, were the winners in the Minnesota Brighter Ideas CFL sweepstakes for Dakota Electric Association. Dakota Electric’s wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy, and its 28 member cooperatives […]
360 Communities receives check for food
Dakota Electric Association Community Relations Director Peggy Johnson recently presented a check for nearly $900 to Mary Ajax, president and CEO of 360 Communities. The money was provided from the generous donations of Dakota Electric […]
Teachers attend energy training
Two local teachers recently returned from a teacher training course that provided practical hands-on
tools for furthering the energy education of their students. Teachers Donald Blumenstein, 6-8th grades at Scott Highlands Middle School, […]
Peak Alert
Due to continued hot weather and recent storms, Dakota Electric Association is asking its members to conserve electricity today. Please voluntarily conserve energy use today between noon and 10 p.m.
This is not an energy emergency, […]
