Members of McDonough Power Cooperative enjoy a complimentary subscription to Illinois Country Living magazine each month. The magazine is edited and published by the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives (AIEC), based in Springfield, IL. The magazine covers rural issues, provides commentaries from Illinois leaders, columns on safety, health and energy conservation, gardening, a calendar of events and of course, ever-popular recipes from Illinois’ best country cooks. The magazine’s duty is to help the Illinois electric cooperatives communicate with their member-consumers. The statewide association has been doing designing and printing these magazines for more than 75 years. McDonough Power Cooperative is one of 20 Illinois electric cooperatives that provide the Illinois Country Living magazine to their members monthly. To visit the online version, visit link below. The Illinois Country Living magazine is the largest circulation of any monthly publication in Illinois.
The center section of each magazine, called The Wire, is a customized newsletter for the member-owners of McDonough Power, and are published each month by our staff. We refer to it as our “center section” or “monthly newsletter,” and specific to our cooperative that include topics such as official member news releases, Annual Meeting notices, office closing dates, information on energy efficiency and storms, how to pay your bills, and such as employee milestones. As reader incentives we award three members monthly with $10 bill credits, if they locate their map number within the body of our center section. They can be claimed by calling our office. Please call our office in the event you are not receiving this monthly publishing and would like to.