Rural Telephone Cooperatives

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General Manager...............................Alan H. Olson
Board President.................................Charles Clark

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................not available
Number of fulltime employees............22
Number of parttime employees...........6

Chibardun Telephone Cooperative
P.O. Box 164
110 N. 2nd Ave
Dallas, WI 54733-0164
County: Barron
Telephone..........715-837-1011
Fax.....................718-837-1196

General Manager...............................Merlin Haugestuen
Board President.................................James Johnson

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................4700
Number of fulltime employees............27
Number of parttime employees...........4

Citizens Telephone Cooperative Inc
328 West Main
P.O. Box 127
New Auburn, WI 54757-0127
County: Chippewa
Telephone..........715-237-2605
Fax.....................715-237-2812

General Manager...............................Dennis Bachman
Board President.................................James Young

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................2593
Number of fulltime employees............12
Number of parttime employees...........0

Cochrane Cooperative Telephone Company
103 W. Fifth Street
P.O. Box 189
Cochrane, WI 54622
County: Buffalo
Telephone..........608-248-2323
Fax.....................608-248-2113

General Manager...............................Rudy Klink
Board President.................................Melvin Lorch

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................1030
Number of fulltime employees............4
Number of parttime employees...........1

LaValle Telephone Cooperative Inc.
108 West Main P.O. Box 28
P.O. Box 28
La Valle, WI 53941
County: Sauk
Telephone..........608-985-7201
Fax.....................608-985-8080

General Manager...............................Robert Gens
Board President.................................Percy Pearson

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................1680
Number of fulltime employees............6
Number of parttime employees...........1

Maple Telephone Cooperative
Hwy 2 & County Road F P.O. Bo
Maple, WI 54854
County: Douglas
Telephone..........715-363-2626
Fax.....................715-363-2309

General Manager...............................Richard Lentz
Board President.................................John Kallinen

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................300
Number of fulltime employees............3
Number of parttime employees...........1

Marquette-Adams Telephone Cooperative
113 N. Oxford St.
P.O. Box 45
Oxford, WI 53952
County: Marquette
Telephone..........608-586-411
Fax.....................608-586-5209

General Manager...............................George Lingo
Board President.................................George Lingo

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................2800
Number of fulltime employees............9
Number of parttime employees...........1

Nelson Telephone Cooperative
P.O. Box 228
318 3rd ave, West
Durand, WI 54736
County: Pepin
Telephone..........715-672-4204
Fax.....................715-672-4344

General Manager...............................Gerald Levenske
Board President.................................Ed Bauer

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................3500
Number of fulltime employees............12
Number of parttime employees...........1

Richland-Grant Telephone Cooperative
PO Box 67
Blue River, WI 53518
County: Grant
Telephone..........608-537-2461
Fax.....................608-537-2222

General Manager...............................Robert Gens
Board President.................................Lorraine Orrick

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................2250
Number of fulltime employees............12
Number of parttime employees...........1

Tri-County Telephone Cooperative
PO Box 367
5th Ave N.
Strum, WI 54770-0367
County: Trempealeau
Telephone..........715-695-2691
Fax.....................715-695-3599

General Manager...............................Fred Weier
Board President.................................Garry Hageness

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................3140
Number of fulltime employees............15
Number of parttime employees...........2

Vernon Telephone Cooperative
PO Box 20
103 N. Main St.
Westby, WI 54667
County: Vernon
Telephone..........608-634-3136
Fax.....................608-634-2000

Web.....................http://www.verontel.com

General Manager...............................Rod Olson
Board President.................................Harlan Erlandson

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................7000
Number of fulltime employees............25
Number of parttime employees...........1

Subsidiary:........................................ Vernon Communications, LLC

West Wisconsin Telcom Cooperative
P.O. Box 115
Downsville, WI 54735
County: Dunn
Telephone..........715-664-8311
Fax.....................715-664-9982

General Manager...............................Ken Dahms
Board President.................................Mike Weber

Type of cooperative...........................Rural Telephone Co-op
Number of members...........................not available
Number of fulltime employees............14
Number of parttime employees...........1

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