Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Governor swings through Hartley

Reynolds meets with reps from Evertek, TCA about fiber

Representatives from two local telecommunication companies had the ear of Gov. Kim Reynolds Aug. 30 in Hartley.

Officials from Evertek and TCA hosted the two-term Republican governor at Savings Bank, where they gave an update on a joint fiber internet project that's ongoing in the area. Evertek Assistant General Manager Chris Dodd said Reynolds' visit gave both companies a unique opportunity to share ground-level observations regarding the installation of fiber in rural Iowa.

"We got quite a bit of her time to talk about the project and discuss some other positives we've had with it as well as...