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Minooka Breaks Ground for High-Speed Internet Expansion
12/28/2025
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- Surf Internet and the Village of Minooka held a ceremonial groundbreaking on December 4 for the expansion, indoors due to cold weather.
- Surf Internet, founded in 1999 and focused on fiber optic construction, aims to bring high-speed internet to rural and underserved regions in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.
- Regional Development Manager Tom Lekan said Surf will soon begin boring fiber optics in Minooka, projecting the area as a "GIG city."
