2025 "Life in Rural Wisconsin" Winning Photos

The 2025 Member Photo Contest capturing "Life in Rural Wisconsin" is now complete, and the 22 winning photos have been revealed! The selected photos are featured in the 2026 Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Calendar.

Photo by Kimberly Schreiber - Bowler

Blooming flowers.

Photo by Brooke Allred - Iola

Dog on ice with setting sun in the background.

Photo by Cass Reynolds - Iola

Pink sky during a sunset.

Photo by Benjamin Flanscha - Iola

Pine branch with ice on it.

Photo by Jessie Glodowski - Amherst Junction

Three racoons looking out from behind a pot of flowers.

Photo by Phyllis Kolodziej - Stevens Point

Monarch butterfly on a flower.

Photo by Laura Wendler - Wittenberg

Cattle eating in a pasture.

Photo by Donn Lord - Tigerton

Fireworks in the sky with spectators watching.

Photo by Ken Hynek - Rosholt

Black bear eating out of a bird feeder.

Photo by Mary Ellie - Iola

Vegetation by a body of water.

Photo by Kevin Hujet - Custer

Dock in a lake during a sunset.

Photo by Deb McCue - Iola

Old barn behind a corn field in which the corn has been harvested.

Photo by Karley Poppe - Tigerton

Pine cones on a tree with ice buildup on it.

Photo by Trisha Paiser - Bowler

Vehicle tracks on a roadway after a snow fall.
Honorable mention photos