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Arden Fuher

Arden Fuher

Arden Fuher - President

 

Arden Fuher began his service to the cooperative in 1986. Currently, he is the cooperative's president.

Elected to serve as Dakota Valley's representative on the Central Power Electric Cooperative board of directors, Fuher served as chairman of Central's board for 12 years. He is also active in many community organizations.

Fuher and his wife, Sharon, live on a farm southwest of Edgeley. The couple has two grown children and two granddaughters.

Paul Dimmer

Paul Dimmer

Paul Dimmer

Paul Dimmer was elected to the board in 2024.  Dimmer serves on the By-Law and Loans Committee at the cooperative. 

Dimmer owns P&K Machining Inc. by Wahpeton.  He is also a four-year U.S. Air Force veteran, member of the Delta Psi Omega fraternity, and is a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus. 

Dimmer and his wife, Kathy, live in the Wahpeton area.  They have three adult children and six grandsons.   

 

Connie Bitz - Secretary

Connie Bitz - Secretary

Connie Bitz - Secretary

 

Connie Bitz was elected to the board of directors in 2008 and is secretary of the board of directors.  She currently serves on the by-law and rate committees at the cooperative. She was also elected to the NDAREC board of directors and serves as executive secretary. She serves on the REPAC committee and is past chairman of the RE&T committee, and current chair of the Professional Development Committee. 

Bitz serves on the supervisory board of the LaMoure Credit Union and as a LaMoure County Farmers Union director. She serves as secretary for the 76ers Homemakers Club and the LaMoure Alumni Association.  She is an active member of the Holy Rosary Church and Altar Society and serves as a youth leader for Farmers Union and the Cloverleaf 4-H Club.

Connie and her husband, James Bitz, live on the family farm south of LaMoure where they raise livestock, small grains and row crops with some irrigation.

The couple has four children: Kimberly, Kelli, Kari and Kasey and five grandchildren. Three of their children and all their grandchildren are Dakota Valley members. 

Dave Paulson

Dave Paulson

Dave Paulson - Treasurer

 

Dave Paulson, Hankinson, owns and operates the Antique Depot, an antiques and collectibles business located on Lake Elsie along with his wife, Bev. The business was one of the first recipients of Dakota Valley Electric's economic development loans.

Prior to owning the depot, Paulson owned and operated the Lakeview Supper Club. A friend also employs Paulson to help on the farm.

When he’s not working, he volunteers his time at United Church of Christ, Richland County Wildlife Club, Hospice, Hankinson Community Development Corp., and Hankinson's Commercial Club. Paulson was also a member of Dakota Valley Electric’s advisory board.

He has two children and four grandchildren.

Kim Rasmussen - President

Kim Rasmussen

Kim Rasmussen - President

Kim Rasmussen was elected to the board of directors in 2004. Currently, he is the cooperative's vice president. 

He has previously served as treasurer of the Taylor township board.

Rasmussen has served on the Sargent County Farm Bureau board of directors and has held many committee appointments at the state level. He is a member of the Farmers Union and the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association.
Kim and his wife, Sandy, live on the family farm west of Havana. The Rasmussens have three grown children - Lisa, Laura and David.

Neil Olerud

Neil Olerud

Neil Olerud

Neil Olerud was elected to the board of directors in June 2017. He is a resident of Ransom County and has been a rancher all his life, selling commercial feeds on the side.  In 2018, Neil and his wife, Laurie, purchased the Silver Prairie Saloon in McLeod. 

In 2007, Neil was elected to the Ransom County commission, a position he currently holds.  He has served on many boards, including the Lisbon Rural Fire Department, Lake Agassiz Regional Council, Ransom County Fair, Lisbon CHI Hospital and Riding for Dreams, a therapeutic riding club for children.

Neil and his wife, Laurie, live on a ranch near McLeod. The Oleruds have three children and four grandchildren.

Trish (Patricia) Gehlhar - Vice President

Trish Gehlar - Vice President

Trish (Patricia) Gehlhar - Vice President

 

Trish Gehlhar is new to the board in June of 2020. She is a recent retiree, after 34 years of service, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Farm Service Agency at Jamestown, where she was responsible for the Production Adjustment Program in Stutsman County and worked with six farm bills. 

As an FSA employee, she traveled to Washington, D.C., to work on both software and procedure, and to Kansas City for training on a new computer application that was implemented in USDA centers across the nation.

Trish is a North Dakota State University graduate and was active in student government.  She and Miles, her husband of 38 years, who is a retired postmaster, live near Ypsilanti.  They are avid Bison fans and have been to all eight championship games in Frisco, Texas.

Bruce Bosse - Treasurer

Bruce Bosse - Treasurer

Bruce Bosse - Treasurer

Jeremy Nitschke

Jeremy Nitschke
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Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative

7296 Highway 281
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Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative is one of 16 distribution cooperatives in North Dakota. It serves some 6,000 members on almost 4,700 miles of line in an area that stretches from the Minnesota border nearly to Ashley, and from the South Dakota border to Jamestown. From headquarter offices in Milnor and Edgeley, and outposts in Wahpeton, Oakes and Gackle, 43 employees work full-time to provide members with electricity and to improve the quality of rural life.

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