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Midwest Energy Journeyman Senior Division team members Mike Stremel, Operations Training Manager at Hays; Bill Nowlin, Line Foreman at WaKeeney, and John Horesky, Line Foreman at Russell, gather before competing at the 31st International Lineman’s Rodeo in Bonner Springs, Oct. 18. The team would take 1st place in the competition, with the only perfect score among 24 senior teams from some of the country’s largest utilities. Midwest Energy Team Takes First at International Lineman’s Rodeo October 19, 2014 A three-man crew of Midwest Energy linemen from Hays, WaKeeney and Russell took first place at the 2014 International Lineman’s Rodeo in… Read more
Phone Scam Targets Hays Businesses Phone Scam Targets Hays Businesses September 02, 2014 Several businesses in and around Hays have been contacted by phone scammers recently, claiming to be Midwest Energy and threatening to cut… Read more
Midwest Energy's President and General Manager, Earnie Lehman, offers remarks. Ground Broken on Community Solar Array August 29, 2014 Midwest Energy and Clean Energy Collective broke ground on a 3,960-panel, 1 Megawatt community solar array Aug. 25, in a pasture north of… Read more
Solar Groundbreaking Aug. 28; Reception at Gella’s in Hays Solar Groundbreaking Aug. 28; Reception at Gella’s in Hays August 25, 2014 Midwest Energy and Clean Energy Collective will co-host the groundbreaking for our community solar array Thursday, Aug. 28 at 10 a.m.,… Read more
Crews conducting leak checks throughout Hays Crews conducting leak checks throughout Hays August 21, 2014 Midwest Energy and contract crews will be in backyards and alleys throughout Hays in the coming weeks, conducting their annual yard line… Read more
Steve Swartz, Business and Manufacturing Technology instructor from Hutchinson Community College, goes over testing procedures with students enrolled in the Workforce AID program at NCK Tech in Hays. Career Training Program Brings Opportunities to Northwest Kansas August 06, 2014 Technology training began Aug. 4 at North Central Kansas Technical College for 10 northwestern Kansas students enrolled in the Kansas… Read more
Sharon and Nikki, Midwest Energy Finance Department employees in Hays, prepare 13,675 capital credit checks for mailing to former Midwest Energy members. Credits paid out this year were earned in 1990-1991, and many members have changed addresses since then. $2.6 Million Returned to Members in Capital Credit Payout July 23, 2014 Thousands of Midwest Energy members received a pleasant surprise in the mail in July, when $2.6 million in capital credits from 1990 and… Read more
Phone Scam Targets Kinsley Residents Phone Scam Targets Kinsley Residents July 17, 2014 A Kinsley woman reported she has received a series of calls over the past several weeks, and the call ID on her phone shows that the call… Read more
(From left) Rebecca Bange of Rexford joins Cheylin High School student Jacob Brubaker of Bird City, Seth Hachmeister of Natoma, Ross Frame of Kinsley and Matt Mindrup of Hays, in touring Midwest Energy’s Goodman Energy Center in Hays on June 12.  The group joined other students from Kansas to represent the state at the 2014 Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. Midwest Energy Sends High School Students on Washington, D.C. Tour June 12, 2014 Midwest Energy is sending five students from western and central Kansas to Washington, D.C., for the 54th annual “Government in Action”… Read more
How$mart Program Receives $2 Million USDA Loan How$mart Program Receives $2 Million USDA Loan June 10, 2014 Midwest Energy received a $2 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Economic Loan and Grant (REDLG) Program June 10,… Read more

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