Morrison County

2014 – Consolidated Telephone Cooperative, Region 5 Virtual Highway Project – Amount $2 million

2016 – BENTON COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE COMPANY BUCKMAN – GRANT: $276,230

2017 – Benton Cooperative Telephone Company – Rice Ramey – GRANT $765,015

2019 – CTC (Consolidated Telephone Company) – Fort Ripley/Executive Acres Project – GRANT $830,587

2019 – Benton Cooperative Telephone Company – Ramey Phase I – GRANT $936,759

MN State Grants awarded in 2021: Benton Cooperative Telephone Company – Ramey Phase 2 Project – GRANT $338,011 This last mile project will serve 119 unserved locations in the Ramey telephone exchange located in portions of Lakin and Mount Morris townships in Morrison County and a small portion of Dailey and Page townships located in Mille Lacs County.

Sytek Communications – Morrison/Todd/Stearns County FTTP Project – GRANT $1,048,668 This last mile project will bring service to 130 locations in Southwest Morrison, Southeastern Todd and Northeastern Stearns counties.

2022 – Morrison County will benefit from a ReConnect grant through Upsala Cooperative.

2024:

• County: Morrison
  Benton Cooperative Telephone Company Buckman Township
  Grant: $1,248,430
  Local Match: $2,318,518
  Total Budget: $3,566,948
  The Benton Cooperative Telephone Company project will provide high-speed Broadband services to Buckman Township in Morrison County. Benton Cooperative Telephone Company currently provides high-speed Broadband to 5,850 customers of which 5,414 are served by fiber allowing them to have speeds of a minimum of 100/100 and a maximum of 1Gig/1Gig. This project will serve a total of 241 locations, including 190 unserved and 51 underserved locations.
• County: Morrison
  Upsala Coop Tel Assoc dba Sytek
  Sytek Swanville North Moose Lake
  Grant: $3,689,967
  Local Match: $1,229,989
  Total Budget: $4,919,956