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Broadband Grants	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Broadband Grants [Abstract]
Broadband Grants [Text Block]	Note 13 – Broadband Grants In January 2020, the Company was awarded a broadband grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The grant will provide up to 36.5% of the total cost of building fiber connections to homes and businesses for improved high-speed Internet in unserved or underserved communities and businesses in the Company’s service area. The Company is eligible to receive $730,000 of approximately $2,000,000 total project costs. The Company will provide the remaining 63.5% matching funds. Construction and expenditures for these projects began in the spring of 2020 and were completed under budget in the third quarter of 2021. We have received $724,465 for these projects as of June 30, 2022. On January 29, 2021, the Company was awarded five broadband grants from the DEED. The grants will provide up to 35.4% of the total cost of building fiber connections to homes and businesses for improved high-speed Internet in unserved or underserved communities and businesses in the Company’s service area. The Company is eligible to receive $1,918,037 of the approximately $5,419,617 total project costs. The Company will provide the remaining 64.6% matching funds. Construction and expenditures for these projects began in the spring of 2021. On July 7, 2022, the Company received $396,360 on these projects.

Broadband Grants

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Note 13 – Broadband Grants

In January 2020, the Company was awarded a broadband grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The grant will provide up to 36.5% of the total cost of building fiber connections to homes and businesses for improved high-speed Internet in unserved or underserved communities and businesses in the Company’s service area. The Company is eligible to receive $730,000 of approximately $2,000,000 total project costs. The Company will provide the remaining 63.5% matching funds. Construction and expenditures for these projects began in the spring of 2020 and were completed under budget in the third quarter of 2021. We have received $724,465 for these projects as of June 30, 2022.

On January 29, 2021, the Company was awarded five broadband grants from the DEED. The grants will provide up to 35.4% of the total cost of building fiber connections to homes and businesses for improved high-speed Internet in unserved or underserved communities and businesses in the Company’s service area. The Company is eligible to receive $1,918,037 of the approximately $5,419,617 total project costs. The Company will provide the remaining 64.6% matching funds. Construction and expenditures for these projects began in the spring of 2021. On July 7, 2022, the Company received $396,360 on these projects.