UNITED STATES SECURITIES ~~STATESSECURITIES~~ AND EXCHANGE ~~COMMISSIONWashington, DC~~COMMISSION ~~20549FORM 8-KCurrent Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)Of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 25~~Washington, ~~2010IOWA~~ ~~TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC~~D.~~(Exact Name~~C. ~~of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)~~20549

	Iowa
	(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-32354		42-1490040
(Commission File Number)		(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 26, 2010

~~403~~ Iowa W.Telecommunications ~~Fourth Street North Newton~~Services, ~~Iowa 50208~~ Inc.(~~Address~~Exact name of ~~Principal~~registrant ~~Executive~~as ~~Offices)~~specified ~~(Zip~~in ~~Code)~~its ~~(641~~charter) ~~787-2000 (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) Not Applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)~~

Iowa	001-32354	42-1490040
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

403 W. Fourth Street North Newton, Iowa		50208
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (641) 787-2000

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Item 52.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

On ~~March~~April 2526, 2010, Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. ~~(“Iowa Telecom”)~~issued ~~held~~ a ~~special~~press ~~meeting~~release ofto report its ~~shareholders~~results toof ~~consider~~operations and ~~vote~~ ~~upon~~financial acondition ~~proposal~~for tothe ~~approve~~first ~~and~~quarter ~~adopt~~ended ~~the~~March ~~Agreement~~31, ~~and~~2010. ~~Plan~~A copy of ~~Merger~~ ~~(the~~this ~~“Merger~~press ~~Agreement”),~~release ~~dated~~is included as ofExhibit ~~November~~99.1 ~~23,~~to ~~2009,~~this byForm 8-K and ~~among~~ ~~Windstream~~incorporated ~~Corporation~~into ~~(“Windstream”),~~this ~~Buffalo~~Item ~~Merger~~2.02 ~~Sub,~~by ~~Inc~~reference., ~~a wholly-owned~~The ~~subsidiary~~information ofin ~~Windstream~~this ~~(“Merger~~Form ~~Sub”)~~8-K, ~~and~~including ~~Iowa~~Exhibit ~~Telecom~~99.1, ~~pursuant~~ tois ~~which~~being ~~Iowa~~furnished ~~Telecom~~and ~~will~~shall ~~merge~~not ~~with~~be ~~and~~deemed ~~into~~“filed” ~~Merger~~for ~~Sub~~purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “~~Merger~~Exchange Act”), ~~after~~or ~~which~~otherwise ~~Merger~~subject ~~Sub~~to ~~will~~the ~~survive~~liabilities ~~the~~of ~~Merger~~that ~~and~~section, ~~continue~~ nor shall it be deemed to be aincorporated ~~wholly-owned~~by ~~subsidiary~~reference ofin ~~Windstream~~any ~~and~~registration statement or other document filed under the ~~separate~~Securities ~~corporate existence~~Act of ~~Iowa~~1933 ~~Telecom~~or ~~will~~the ~~cease~~Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such filing.

~~The~~Item ~~following~~9.01 isFinancial aStatements ~~summary of the voting results for approval~~ and ~~adoption~~ ~~of the Merger Agreement:~~ Exhibits.

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
(d)	Exhibits.
22,499,326		510,911		127,197	0
	Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
	99.1		Press release dated April 26, 2010.

~~The~~SIGNATURES ~~votes in favor of approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement~~ represented 97.8% of the shares voted at the meeting and 68.3% of the outstanding shares of Iowa Telecom as of the record date. Accordingly, the Merger Agreement was approved and adopted, although completion of the Merger remains subject to (i) regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission, (ii) regulatory approval by the Iowa Utilities Board, and (iii) other customary conditions to closing.

~~The~~ Pursuant ~~press~~to ~~release announcing~~ the ~~results~~requirements of the ~~voting~~Securities atExchange ~~the~~Act ~~special~~of 1934, ~~meeting~~the isregistrant ~~attached~~has toduly caused this report asto ~~Exhibit~~be ~~99.1~~signed ~~and~~on isits ~~incorporated~~behalf by bythe ~~reference~~undersigned ~~herein~~hereunto duly authorized.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Dated: April 26, 2010	Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Craig A. Knock
		Craig A. Knock
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

~~(d)~~INDEX ~~Exhibits~~TO EXHIBITS

	ExhibitNumber		Description
	Exhibit Number		Description
	99.1		Press release dated ~~March~~April 2526, 2010

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:	March 25, 2010	Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.
		By:	/s/ Donald G. Henry
			Donald G. Henry
			Vice President, General Counsel and
			Secretary

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