Minn. Supreme Court denies challenge to municipal fiber project

On Tuesday, June 16th, the Minnesota Supreme Court denied Bridgewater Telephone Company’s (TDS’s) petition for further review of its challenge to the FiberNet Monticello project.

The City received a favorable ruling from Wright County District Court last fall and two weeks ago the Court of Appeals also ruled in favor of the City of Monticello. The effect of the ruling is that the City should now be able to access the revenues from bonds which were issued last year to finance the construction of the FiberNet system...