Katherine Rasley, Engineer I atĀ Minnesota Power, was selected as a finalist for the 10th annual Don Shippar Community Leadership Award at the ALLETEĀ Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 14, 2019. As a finalist, she was awarded the honor of selecting community nonprofits to receive a grant of $1000.
Rasley grew up in rural Deer River and relied on the Arrowhead Library System Bookmobile and Mail-A-Book program for library services. Later in life, she served as a Friend of the Hibbing Public Library and on theĀ Hibbing Public Library Board of Directors.Ā It was that passion and experience that led her to select the Arrowhead Library System as one of the nonprofit organizations to receive a portion of the $1000 grant.