Hector Communications Corporation Reports Offer to Acquire Company

HECTOR, Minn., Sept. 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hector Communications Corporation (AMEX:HCT) today acknowledged receipt of an offer letter from Opportunity Partners L.P.  As previously announced the Company has engaged Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. to assist in evaluating various strategic alternatives.  The Company intends to act in the best interest of all of its shareholders in undertaking this analysis.

Hector Communications Corporation is a telecommunications holding company that, through its subsidiaries, provides local telephone, video and high-speed Internet service in rural communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota.  The Company serves 29,300 telephone access lines, 7,800 cable television subscribers and 11,200 Internet customers and has minority ownership interests in other telecommunications companies. 

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CONTACT:  Curtis A. Sampson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Steven

H. Sjogren, President, or Paul N. Hanson, Vice President and Treasurer, all of

Hector Communications Corporation, [phone]

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