ELLSWORTH – Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services recently won an award of excellence for presentation of local news in the Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News, the voice of the state’s rural electric cooperatives. The awards were presented at Electric Communicator’s Conference in La Crosse on Aug. 25. Liz Gunderson, communications coordinator at Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services, is the editor of the co-op’s local pages within the magazine.

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services’ magazine pages earned an Honorable Mention in the category of Co-op News.

Founded in 1940, the Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News focuses on statewide issues that affect electric cooperatives, promoting the general welfare of Wisconsin’s electric cooperatives, their memberowners, and the areas they serve. Nineteen electric cooperatives throughout the state are responsible for their own local sections within the magazine, which reaches 152,000 mailboxes each month.

Submitted by Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services

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