By Bruce Karnick

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An April 25 press release from Dakota Electric explains that Janet Bremer of Nininger Township has been awarded the 2021 Outstanding Township Leader award for her work as the Township Treasurer. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award, and Dakota Electric director Stacy Miller attended the Dakota County Township Officers’ Association meeting to present the award to Bremer.

“I was shocked and humbled,” Bremer said. Bremer has been the Nininger Township treasurer for six years. Prior to that, she served as the deputy clerk. Bremer and her family have farmed in Nininger Township for years, and she also coordinates the Minnesota Dairy Princess program. She helps to make sure Hastings Family Services has dairy donations coming in for the community store, and she has served more than 20 years as an election judge.

Bremer stepped up to help in a significant way after the unexpected death of the Township Clerk in 2019. She handled both her duties and the clerk’s and also organized township records contained in many filing cabinets going back to the 1970s.

“We are very pleased to honor an individual who has provided such dedicated service to their township,” Miller said as she presented the award.

As part of the award, Bremer has chosen Hastings Family Service to receive a donation of $250 from Dakota Electric.

“People who serve the local townships are very dedicated to their communities,” Peggy Johnson, Dakota Electric’s community relations director, said. “As a memberowned cooperative, Dakota Electric is pleased to help recognize people like Janet who do outstanding work.”

A customerowned, nonprofit utility since 1937, Dakota Electric Association provides electricity to more than 110,000 members throughout Dakota County and portions of Goodhue, Rice and Scott counties. Dakota Electric, your Touchstone Energy Cooperative, serves its memberowners with integrity, accountability, innovation and commitment to community.