The Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative annual membership meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Memorial Auditorium in Wadena. A membership dinner will precede the meeting beginning at 5:15 p.m. All Todd-Wadena members are encouraged to attend.

General Manager Robin Doege, who took over the cooperative’s management duties in January, will summarize the 2009 business report and highlight industry trends.

Board terms will expire for incumbent directors Marie Katterhagen, Browerville, Jerry Mevissen, Nimrod and Mike Thorson, Browerville. Each is seeking re-election. Other candidates are Tom Brichacek, Browerville, David Hillukka, Menahga and Roy Olander, Staples. Members may vote for directors at the meeting or request an absentee ballot by contacting the cooperative office. To be counted, completed ballots must be completed and returned to the office by 4:30 p.m. on April 14.

Members attending the meeting will receive a free first aid kit (one per member household) and will be eligible for many valuable door prizes, including five $100 cash awards.

Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative is the electric distribution cooperative

for about 8,500 memberconsumers

who reside primarily in the rural areas of Todd and Wadena counties.