Posts by: Bridgette Northern

Adams Fiber has been awarded over $4.9M from the Connect Illinois Broadband Grant Program. This grant will cover roughly 50 percent of a $10M total expansion project Adams has committed to in underserved local communities in Adams and Brown Counties. This broadband access deployment is slated to begin in Spring of 2021 and will serve approximately 1,106 households, businesses, farms,…
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Adams Telephone Co-Operative sponsored a college scholarship program to award two $1,000 scholarships to local high school seniors. The winners of this year’s scholarships are Austin Cornwell and Gabriel Maynard, both of Unity High School.  “Adams Telephone Co-Operative continues a tradition of involvement with our youth and schools by ensuring access to the technology needed in today’s challenging times and…
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Golden, IL— The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) recently named Clayton Public Library District as a recipient of its 2019 grant in support of advancing quality of life and enabling economic development in rural America. The $5,000 award allows the library to improve educational offerings. Pam Leffringhouse, Adams Schools and Libraries Coordinator, originated the grant application process with the library…
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Four area high school sophomores or juniors will win an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., June 19-26, 2020, in an annual contest sponsored by Adams Electric Cooperative and Adams Telephone Co-Operative. Interested students must complete a short answer application. After reviewing all applications, judges from each cooperative will select up to 34 applicants to represent the cooperatives at Illinois…
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Employees of Adams Telephone Co-Operative, located in Golden, IL, presented a check in the amount of $15,487.58 to Adams Duesterhaus, Director of Development and Communications of the United Way of Adams County, Inc. The donation included a $7,500.00 matching grant from CoBank, a national cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. Adams was a recipient of matching funds through…
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Golden, IL - Adams Telephone Co-Operative held its 67th Annual Meeting of Members on September 11, 2019 at their Cooperative headquarters in Golden. Nearly 1,000 people were in attendance for the evening’s festivities. The night included a meal prepared by the Mendon Lions, business meeting, and drawings for cash prizes totaling $1,850. Plus, there were ten $50 bill credit drawings.…
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What do you get when 62 students from 26 Illinois electric and telephone cooperatives join 1,800 of their peers across the United States? You get the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth to Washington Tour! Two students each from Adams Electric Cooperative and Adams Telephone Co-Operative service territories were selected from a diverse group of applicants to represent their…
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Golden, IL — Adams Telephone Co-Operative sponsored a college scholarship program to award a $500 scholarship to a local high school senior. The winner of this year’s scholarship is Delaney Lantz of Southeastern High School. “Adams Telephone Co-Operative continues a tradition of involvement with our youth and schools by ensuring access to the technology needed today and offering opportunities such…
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Golden, IL— The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) recently named Greater West Central Public Library as a recipient of its 2018 grant in support of advancing quality of life and enabling economic development in rural America. The $5,000 award allows the library to obtain updated technology in order to expand services to meet patron’s needs. Pam Leffringhouse, Adams Schools and…
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