The community of Churdan received several Aureon Charity Grants including $500 for lights at the City of Churdan maintenance building, $300 to Churdan 2.0 for cameras, and $1,500 to the Churdan Fire Department for radios.
The Aureon Charity Grant Program was established to increase service and support to rural independent telecommunications companies and the communities they serve. Applications are considered on a quarterly basis.
Webster-Calhoun Cooperative Telephone Association provides Landline Telephone, Digital TV and Internet service to 16 rural communities on a Fiber driven network just outside the Fort Dodge, Iowa area: Pilot Mound, Boxholm, Lanyon, Paton, Churdan, Farnhamville, Gowrie, Somers, Moorland, Knierim, Barnum, Clare, Thor, Badger, Vincent, and Duncombe with new investments in 2020 into Lohrville, Manson, Rockwell City and Lake City. www.wccta.net
WCCTA is Gigabit Certified and designated a Smart Rural Community by NTCA: the Rural Broadband Association.
