Iowa Communications Alliance Co-Hosts Legislative Welcome Back

Iowa’s 2025 Legislative Session began Monday, January 13th. The Iowa Communications Alliance, representing Iowa’s Community Based Broadband providers, co-hosted a Welcome Back Reception in Des Moines.

Marcie Boerner, GM/CEO of Webster-Calhoun, attended the Welcome Back event for Iowa's legislators. The event was a great opportunity to talk about rural broadband and the incredible benefits of having a Community Based Broadband provider locally.

Left to Right: Senator Tim Kraayenbrink (District 4 - Webster County), Marcie Boerner (GM/CEO of Webster-Calhoun), Representative Ann Meyer (District 8 - Webster County), Representative Mike Sexton (District 7 - Calhoun County) and Steve Pelz (GM of Palmer Mutual Telephone).

Reliable, resilient, and future proof broadband is imperative to our state’s success. Not only for business such as healthcare, agriculture, and work-from-home employees, but also for schools, government buildings, and the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Left to Right: Ashley Throne (CSR of Winnebago Cooperative) and Mark Thoma (GM of Winnebago Cooperative), Roger Kregel (GM of Dumont Telephone), Marcie Boerner (GM/CEO of Webster-Calhoun), Senator Dennis Guth (District 28 - Hancock County), Randy Yeakel (GM of Comm1) and Todd Van Epps (GM of Stratford Mutual Telephone). 

We discussed the importance of an adequately funded and quality designed NG911 implementation, Iowa’s past investment in rural America’s connectivity needs, and other legislative issues that may arise in the 2025 session. Webster-Calhoun is eager to dive into new laws benefiting our community.

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The Iowa Communications Alliance is the nation’s largest state-based association of community-based broadband providers. Its 250+ members provide and enable high-quality, state-of-the-art communications services to Iowans, leading the state to be among the nation’s leaders in fiber-optic deployment.

ICA firmly believes that broadband communications is the tool and industry capable of growing and transforming Iowa and our association is the advocate, catalyst, educator, and resource for Iowa’s community-based communications providers. We empower education, agriculture, healthcare and other industries to thrive and succeed. 

Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association provides Landline Telephone, Digital TV and Internet service to 16 rural communities on a Fiber driven network just outside the Fort Dodge, Iowa area: Pilot Mound, Boxholm, Lanyon, Paton, Churdan, Farnhamville, Gowrie, Somers, Moorland, Knierim, Barnum, Clare, Thor, Badger, Vincent, Duncombe and in the towns of Lohrville, Manson, Rockwell City, Lake City, and Rural Fort Dodge.

WCCTA is Gigabit Certified and designated a Smart Rural Community by NTCA: the Rural Broadband Association.