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  1. Good reason to celebrate: Minnesota network up and running
    Two US Senators, independent telephone companies and industry leaders are celebrating the launch of an expanded broadband network that now runs across southern Minnesota for the opportunities it will bring to existing, new and future businesses in the region.
  2. Faith is a unique oasis – and phone company – on S.D. prairie
    The small town of Faith might be best known as the former home of SUE, the Tyrannosaurus rex. A fossil hunter discovered the creature's skeletal remains near the community in 1990. Catherine Bach, the actress who played Daisy Duke in the TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard,” also spent part of her youth in the area.
  3. Tribal authority has special standing in telecom industry
    Leaders of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority take pride in their business being the first tribally owned telecommunications company in the United States.
  4. School TV channels and service venture help Santel stand out
    It’s not unusual for Tony Kinneberg and his student crew to hear from TV viewers in other states or even other countries when they’re broadcasting a Parkston High School sporting event. Remote viewers are especially likely to tap into an online service to view local cable coverage when the school district’s TV channel is carrying a significant basketball game, says Kinneberg, who is the school technology coordinator and a teacher at Parkston.
  5. Community service is big deal at small, future-minded co-op
    Community service is encouraged by example rather than by mandate at Midstate Communications in Kimball, S.D.
  6. TrioTel provides big-time connectivity to a rural market
    Although TrioTel Communications Inc. serves a relatively small market in South Dakota farm country, its customers enjoy a level of connectivity that companies serving some of the largest cities in the United States cannot beat.
  7. Golden West strives to keep huge area well connected
    Denny Law, chief executive officer of Golden West, jokes that his cooperative doesn’t convene many all-employee meetings. The gatherings would require employees to drive too much.
  8. Alliance Communications to begin new era of leadership
    Before 2016, Alliance Communications will begin a new era. The next chapter in the history of the telecommunications cooperative will start with a new leader. Don Snyders, longtime general manager of Alliance, has announced his plans to retire later in 2015.
  9. Kennebec Telephone Co. helps keep small town going
    Kennebec Telephone Co. Inc. is one of the smallest phone companies in South Dakota. It’s also the most diverse.
  10. SDN’s first 25 years include several significant milestones
    The creation of the South Dakota Network 25 years ago marked the start of the company that does business today as SDN Communications. SDN has become the premier, regional provider of broadband connectivity and related technology services for businesses.