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Mike Jaspers Receives 2022 Excellence in Agriculture Award
A friendly face in agriculture across the state, Mike Jaspers has been named the 2022 recipient of the Excellence in Agriculture Award presented at the South Dakota Corn 36th Annual Conference on Sat., Jan. 22, 2022, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. The...
East River Electric Power Cooperative Coordinates Donation to Lake County 4-H
East River Electric Power Cooperative and its Employees Committee, along with the Sioux Valley Energy Operation Round Up program, CoBank’s Sharing Success program and Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Charitable Giving program recently donated $14,500 to the Lake...
Boyko Elected President of Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
East River Electric Power Cooperative General Manager and CEO Tom Boyko was elected Dec. 8 to serve as the next president of the Mid-West Electric Consumers Association board of directors during the organization’s annual meeting in Denver. Boyko will serve a two-year...
Jim Ryken receives Prestigious Simonton-Graves Award from Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
On Dec. 8, Jim Ryken, who serves on the Clay-Union Electric Corporation board of directors, was awarded the prestigious Simonton-Graves award from the Mid-West Electric Consumers Association. Ryken received the award in recognition for his long-standing service to...
East River Crew Helps Madison Prepare for Christmas
East River Electric Cooperative’s Madison crews removed a large evergreen tree from a home on Lincoln Street to be donated as the Madison Community Christmas Tree. They transported the tree to the Dairy Queen parking lot. Employees from the City of Madison assisted...
East River Electric Celebrates Employee’s Years of Service
East River Electric Power Cooperative recently presented service awards to 19 employees with years of service ranging from five to 45 years. “I’d like to congratulate this year’s service award recipients and thank them for their dedication to East River Electric. We...
Jody Sundsted Receives Eminent Service Award from East River Electric Power Cooperative
Jody Sundsted, retired Senior Vice President and Upper Great Plains Manager for the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), was presented with East River Electric Power Cooperative’s highest honor, the Eminent Service Award, during the organization’s 71st annual...
Paul Sukut Receives Eminent Service Award from East River Electric Power Cooperative
Paul Sukut, who served as Chief Executive Officer for Basin Electric Power Cooperative for the past 7 years, was presented with East River Electric Power Cooperative’s highest honor, the Eminent Service Award, during the organization’s 71st annual meeting Sept. 8,...
East River Electric Power Cooperative Holds 71st Annual Meeting
East River Electric Power Cooperative held its 71st annual meeting Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls. The theme of this year’s annual meeting was ‘Cooperatives: The Power of Working Together’. The meeting highlighted the...
East River Electric Hires Shewey as Chief Financial Officer
East River Electric welcomed Scott Shewey as the cooperative’s new Chief Financial Officer on July 26. Scott joins East River with 14 years in public utility experience at Colorado Springs Utilities, a 4-service municipal utility. He spent the last seven years in...