Dickinson Co. Supervisors Approve Permit To Extend Fiber Optics Broadband Internet To Some Rural Areas
4/12/2022
(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors today (Tues.) approved a permit allowing a local company to move forward with plans to expand broadband internet services to rural areas east and west of Spirit Lake and north to the Minnesota border. Adam Nielsen of Iowa Great Lakes Teleconnect told the Supervisors they plan to extend 37 miles of fiber optic cable in a project that was made possible by a grant they were awarded…
Supervisor Tim Fairchild said that while it’s an important project, it’s also vital they make sure it complies with the county’s new ordinance regulating the construction of utilities through drainage districts…
As part of approving a permit for the project, the supervisors waived the one million dollar fee for crossing county tile lines.