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Le Sueur County

Table of goal data by year
Year 100/20 Mbps 1 Gbps
2025 #56 – 85.29% #47 – 57.98%
2024 #54 – 82.79%
2023 #50 – 81.23%
2022 #56 – 74.92%
2021 #49 – 76%
2020 #55 – 70.67%
2019 #52 – 70.33%
2018 #31 – 70.65%
2017 #16 – 82.78%
Coverage map graphic

Red dots represent unserved locations.

Le Sueur County: When Federal Funding gets in the way

Le Sueur County has seen incremental improvements in broadband since 2022 but they are still below 90 percent access, which means they retain their Yellow status.

Le Sueur became a Blandin Broadband Community and the Le Sueur County Broadband Initiative  is active with an annual booth at the County Fair and other activities.

At the time of writing, the MN BEAD final proposal has not been approved, but the current proposal would mean coverage for 1,129 locations in Le Sueur County. The majority of locations will get fiber but a few will get satellite or fixed wireless connection, which does not qualify as served in the MN statute.

There is still Line Extension funding yet to be distributed, which helps connect handfuls of  houses just beyond existing infrastructure. (Le Sueur has benefitted from earlier Line Extension awards. So that seems hopeful for them as well.)

There have been changes with local and national broadband providers, which also leads to uncertainty. Le Sueur is keeping an eye on changes in their area.

Household Density

25.6

Number of Providers

17

As of 2025 · Source: MN DEED

Households with Device Access

A Device 88.3% 95.5%
statewide
Desktop or Laptop 75.9% 83.2%
statewide
Smartphone 72.4% 90.1%
statewide
Tablet 56.0% 65.8%
statewide
Other 4.8% 2.3%
statewide

Has Worked with Blandin Foundation

Yes

Has Received MN Grant(s)

Yes

2016 – ECKLES TELEPHONE COMPANY (DBA BEVCOMM) RURAL HEIDELBERG– GRANT:  $188,000

BEVCOMM (Eckles Telephone Company) – Le Sueur County Project – GRANT $1,857,376

2022 – Bevcomm – Rural Le Sueur County Broadband Expansion Project – Phase Two – GRANT $941,576 (Learn more)

2024:

  • County: Le Sueur
    Bevcomm Inc Tyrone Township Fiber Expansion Project
    Grant: $1,101,801
    Local Match: $367,267
    Total Budget: $1,469,068
    This Low Density Bevcomm Inc. Tyrone Township project will build underground fiber-to-the-premise technology that will enable data rates of up to 1Gbps (1,000Mbps) symmetrically to each subscriber on the network with unlimited data in Tyrone Township in Le Sueur County. This project will serve 148 unserved rural locations including 104 homes, 36 businesses, and 9 farms. Funding partner, Tyrone Township will be contributing $164,000 to this project.

Government Districts

U.S. Congress: CD 2

MN Senate: 18, 22

MN House: 18A, 22B

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