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. Liz Gunderson, communications coordinator at Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services, is the editor of the co-op’s local pages within the magazine. Awards were presented at the 2024 Communication Power Conference in Stevens Point on August 28.

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services’ magazine pages took first place in the category of Photography for the previous year.

Founded in 1940, the Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News focuses on statewide issues that affect electric cooperatives. It promotes the general welfare of Wisconsin’s electric cooperatives, their member-owners, and the areas they serve. Nineteen electric cooperatives throughout the state are responsible for their local sections within the magazine, reaching 152,000 mailboxes each month.