ITC Midwest Team Participates in Iowa Lineman Rodeo
September 1, 2025 | Midwest
A team representing ITC Midwest competed in the first annual Iowa Lineman Rodeo at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on August 15. Utilities from across the state showcased the skills, talents and safety procedures that their line workers use every day in the event organized by the Iowa Utility Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) local unions.
Each team – including ITC Midwest’s dedicated contractor Utility Lines Construction Services (ULCS) – completed four individual events in the friendly competition for bragging rights amongst their peers. Events included a hurt-man rescue where a life-sized dummy was rescued from the top of a pole and an event where each competitor climbed to the top of a pole with an egg in a bucket, placed the egg in their mouth and descended without breaking the egg.
Volunteers from ITC Midwest helped to plan the event, set up equipment, judged the competition and interacted with attendees at a booth and ITC Midwest trucks.
Several Iowa state and federal elected officials – including Governor Kim Reynolds and U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra and Mariannette Miller-Meeks – also stopped by to check out the event and connect with ITC Midwest representatives.
The event was a great opportunity for Iowans to see line workers in action and highlight ITC Midwest’s focus on providing safe and reliable transmission service.
