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Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2000

 Exhibit 10.6 
  
 SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 This Second Amendment to Employment Agreement is entered into this 1st day of January, 2000 between Alan L. Wells (“Wells”) and
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (“ITS”). 
  
 Wells and ITS
entered into an Employment Agreement dated as of September 27, 1999, which was previously amended. Such Employment Agreement, as previously amended, is hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Agreement”. The parties now wish to
further amend the Agreement. 
  
 In consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree to the following with respect to the Agreement: 
  
 1. Section 3(c) of the Agreement shall be modified by adding the following at the end thereof: 
  
 ITS shall provide additional credits to Wells’ account under such deferred compensation plan no less frequently than annually. For each calendar year
commencing on or after January 1, 2000, the credit shall be in a dollar amount equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of Wells’ base salary and annual cash bonus compensation for the year. Amounts credited pursuant to this additional benefit
obligation shall be credited to a separate account under the ITS deferred compensation plan, and shall vest and become nonforfeitable only after Wells completes at least five years of service. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a “year of
service” shall be determined in the same manner as years of service are determined for purposes of vesting under the Iowa Telecom Savings Plan. 
  
 2. Section 5(a) of the Agreement shall be modified by adding the following at the end thereof: 
  
 Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5(a) to the contrary, ITS shall have no obligation to provide Wells with any
defined benefit pension (or any supplement thereto). 
  
 3. In all other
respects, the Agreement is ratified and affirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 The parties further agree that this Second Amendment shall constitute and fully satisfy the written notice requirement of Section 3.5 of the Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as
amended. 
  

			
	IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
		
	By	 	/s/    Ed Buchanan        
		
	 	 	 
	 	 	Name and Title
	
	ALAN L. WELLS
		
	 	 	/s/    Alan L. WellsAmendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2000

 Exhibit 10.7 
  
 AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 This Amendment to Employment Agreement is entered into this 29th day of June, 2000 between Alan L. Wells (“Wells”) and Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (“ITS”). 
  
 Wells and ITS entered into an Employment Agreement dated as of September 27,
1999 (the “Agreement”). The parties now wish to make certain amendments to the Agreement. 
  
 In consideration of one dollar and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows: 
  
 1. The first sentence of Section 1 of the
Agreement is amended to read as follows: 
  
 ITS hereby employs
Wells, and Wells hereby accepts employment, for a term of five (5) years commencing on September 27, 1999 (“Start Date”) and ending December 31, 2004 (“Term”), at which time this Agreement shall be automatically extended for
successive terms of one year each unless terminated by either party upon ninety (90) days’ advance written notice to the other party. 
  
 2. Section 5(c) of the Agreement is amended to read as follows: 
  

Wells shall be a participant in the “Iowa Telecommunications Systems, Inc. Stock Appreciation Rights Plan” dated September 25, 1999, as
amended and restated as of June 27, 2000 (“SAR Plan”), established for senior officers and key executive employees of ITS. In consideration of his employment through December 31, 2002, Wells shall, as of the Start Date, be granted 350
Units of the 1,000 Units authorized by the SAR Plan. In consideration of his employment after December 31, 2002, ITS will, on or before December 31, 2002, either grant Wells additional Units under the SAR Plan or provide another form of long-term
incentive compensation, to be determined by the ITS Board of Directors. 
  
 3. Section 10 of the Agreement is amended by deleting subsection (b) in its entirety. 
  
 4. In all other respects the Agreement is ratified and affirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
  

			
	IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
		
	By	 	/s/ Wm P. Bagley
		
	 	 	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
	 	 	Name and Title
		
	 	 	/s/ Alan L. Wells
	 	 	ALAN L. WELLSThird Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2004

 Exhibit 10.8 
  
 THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 This THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 5, 2004 (this “Amendment”), is entered into by
and between IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC., an Iowa corporation (“ITS”) with its principal place of business in Newton, Iowa, and ALAN L. WELLS, an Iowa resident (“Wells”). 
  
 WITNESSETH: 
  
 WHEREAS, ITS and Wells have entered into an Employment Agreement, dated September 27, 1999, as amended January 1, 2000 and
as further amended June 29, 2000 (such Employment Agreement, as so amended, the “Agreement”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, ITS and Wells desire to further amend the Agreement; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, ITS and Wells
hereby agree as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions. Capitalized
terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Agreement. 
  
 2. Amendment to Section 2 of the Agreement. The first sentence of Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: “Wells shall serve as the President and Chief Executive
Officer (“President/CEO”) of ITS.” All references in the Agreement to “President/COO” are hereby amended to read “President/CEO.” 
  
 3. Amendment to Section 3 of the Agreement. 
  
 (a) Section 3.a of the Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: “An annual base
salary of not less than $280,000 (“Base Salary”) payable bi-weekly or semi-monthly.” 

 (b) The first sentence of Section 3.c. of the Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows: “A short-term bonus of up to 55% of annual base compensation upon Wells’ attainment of performance goals as established by the ITS Board of Directors in its sole discretion.” 
  
 4. Amendment to Section 8 of the Agreement. 
  
 (a) The first paragraph of Section 8 of the Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: “If: (i) Wells’ Severance has occurred; (ii) Wells ceases to be an employee of ITS within thirteen (13) months following a Change of Control in ITS during the term of this
Agreement; or (iii) as of December 31, 2005 Wells and ITS have not entered into a new employment agreement (which may take the form of an amendment or an amendment and restatement of the Agreement) (the “New Agreement”) and on
September 30, 2005 Wells gives notice to the ITS Board of Directors that for such reason he is resigning from his employment with the Company; then, in any such case, Wells shall be paid his Base Salary for twenty-four (24) months from the date of
such Severance, cessation of employment or resignation, grossed up for any taxes that may be payable under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, if applicable, and shall be provided with COBRA coverage during such period of twenty-four (24)
months.” 
  
 (b) Section 8 of the Agreement
is hereby further amended by adding the following sentence at the end of Section 8.b: “Notwithstanding the preceding clause (iii), the parties agree that for purposes of this Agreement the Initial Public Offering shall not constitute a Change
of Control.” The term “Initial Public Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6 of this Amendment. 
  
 5. Addition to the Agreement of New Section 19. There is hereby added to the Agreement a new Section 19, to read as follows: 
  
 “19. Negotiation of New Employment Agreement. 
  
 (a) The parties agree that, as promptly as practicable
following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, ITS and Wells will commence and carry out good faith negotiations regarding the terms of the New Agreement with the mutual goal of entering into such new agreement by March 31, 2005. In
connection with such negotiations, the Compensation Committee of the ITS Board of Directors will conduct a review (the “Market Review”), with the assistance of an independent compensation consulting firm or similar third-party executive
compensation expert to be selected by the Compensation Committee 

  

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(the “Consultant”), of current levels of compensation paid to chief executive officers of such other corporations as the Compensation Committee and
the Consultant may deem relevant, for purposes of assisting the parties in their consideration of possible terms for the New Agreement. 
  
 (b) The parties intend that the New Agreement will be a multi-year employment agreement designed to provide Wells with long-term
compensation incentives consistent with the dividend policy adopted by the Board of Directors in connection with the Initial Public Offering and information gathered in the course of the Market Review. The parties acknowledge that the Market Review,
and any recommendations that may be made by the Consultant in connection therewith, are solely for informational purposes and that any final terms of the New Agreement will be subject to the approval of both Wells and the ITS Board of
Directors.” 
  
 6. Effective Date. This Amendment will
take effect immediately upon the closing of the initial public offering proposed to be effected by ITS pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (registration no. 333-114349) filed by ITS with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
8, 2004, as subsequently amended (the “Initial Public Offering”). 
  
 7. Miscellaneous. Except as expressly amended and modified hereby, the Agreement is hereby reaffirmed and remains in full force and effect. The headings contained in this Amendment are for reference purposes
only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of Iowa. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
			
	 	 	By:	 	/s/    BRIAN P. FRIEDMAN        
	 	 	 Name:
	 	Brian P. Friedman
	 	 	 Title:
	 	Director

  

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	/s/    ALAN L. WELLS        
	ALAN L. WELLS

  

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