ANGOLA â Mark Leu no longer thinks of LaGrange County REMC as just an electric membership cooperative that serves a rural community. âWe no longer consider ourselves an electric cooperative. We are now an electric and communications cooperative,â said Leu, CEO of LaGrange County REMC. Thatâs the new reality of two electric cooperatives that had humble beginnings of simply working to string wire to rural LaGrange and Steuben counties so those who lived in the country â mainly farmers â had electricity. Both REMCs are starting to work on providing fiber optics to their members so broadband connectivity becomes a reality out in areas that, much like electricity during the Great Depression, was dark.