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Marshall County

Table of goal data by year
Year Rank 100/20 Mbps
2023 #27 of 87 89.15%
2022 #39 of 87 82.9%
2021 #46 of 87 77.31%
2020 #54 of 87 71.6%
2019 #66 of 87 53.08%
2018 #54 of 87 48.2%
2017 #78 of 87 9.2%

Marshall County: Gaining Momentum Into Green Ranking

Marshall County ranks 27 (up 12 points) for broadband access out of 87 counties. They have 89.15 percent coverage. They have 390 households without access to broadband at that speed. Estimates indicate that it will cost $362,700 million to get to ubiquitous broadband in the county.

Marshall County has seen consistent, incremental improvements in broadband coverage, and they have benefited grants almost every year grants were available. That trend has continued this year. Marshall has engaged providers. They have a history of consistent improvement. If they have an opportunity to invest federal funding into broadband; therefore they are code yellow.

In December 2022, Garden Valley got a Border to Border grant for $1.5 million to serve 96 unserved and underserved households, businesses, farms and community anchor institutions and Wikstrom Telephone got one for $665,699 to serve rural sparsely populated areas in Kittson, Lake of the Woods, & Marshall in far NW Minnesota, passing 150 home, business, and farm locations.

In 2023, Garden Valley got a grant for $1.5 million to serve 96 unserved and underserved households, businesses, farms and community anchor institutions.

Given their ongoing momentum and proximity to 90 percent coverage, Marshall County now has a green ranking.

Household Density

2.0

Number of Providers

13

As of 2023 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 76.8% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 58.3% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 59.8% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 42.4% 65.8%
statewide
Other 3.5% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

No

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

2014 – Wikstrom Telephone, Kittson, Marshall, Roseau Broadband Extension – Award $425,000

2016 – GARDEN VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY RURAL THIEF RIVER FALLS EAST – GRANT: $2,027,035

2016 – WIKSTROM TELEPHONE COMPANY (WITH BEAMCO, INC.) RURAL ALVARADO – GRANT: $43,481

2016 – WIKSTROM TELEPHONE COMPANY WIKTEL NW MN – GRANT: $950,823

2017 – Wikstrom Telephone – Wiktel NW MN Broadband – GRANT $1,307,785

Wikstrom Telephone – Wiktel NW MN Broadband Project – GRANT $1,151,526

There is a matrix of Minnesota broadband adoption projects.

MN State Grant awarded in 2021: Garden Valley Technologies – Northwest Thief River Falls and Euclid – GRANT $1,640,722 This middle and last mile project will serve 104 unserved and 22 underserved locations in portions of Marshall and Polk counties.

2022 – Garden Valley Technologies – Rural Warren East & Rural Oslo – GRANT $1,462,569 (serves Marshall and Polk)

2022 – Wikstrom Telephone Co. Inc – Wiktel NW MN Broadband 2022 – GRANT $665,699 (serves Kittson, Lake of the Woods, & Marshall)

2023 – Garden Valley Technologies – 2023 Rural Warren SW – GRANT $1,488,322

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 7

MN Senate: 01

MN House: 01A

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