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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2012.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right;"><B>Registration
No. -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Minnesota</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">41-0440990</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>27 North Minnesota Street</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New Ulm, Minnesota 56073</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New Ulm Telecom, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Director Stock Plan</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the Plan)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-align: justify">Copy to:</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Curtis O. Kawlewski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Thomas G. Lovett, IV</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Lindquist &amp; Vennum, P.L.L.P.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">New Ulm Telecom, Inc.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">4200 IDS Center</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">27 North Minnesota Street</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">80 South 8th Street</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">New Ulm, Minnesota&nbsp; 56073</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Minneapolis, Minnesota&nbsp; 55402</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">507-354-4111</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">612-371-3211</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">(Name,
address and telephone</FONT> number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.1in; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange Act. (Check one):</P>

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    accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-bottom: 0.1in; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0.1in; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9744;<BR>
</FONT>(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 0.1in; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: MS Mincho">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Title of <BR> Securities to be Registered</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Amount to be<BR> Registered (1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Offering<BR> Price Per Share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering<BR> Price</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: windowtext 2.25pt double; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font: bold 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Amount of<BR> Registration Fee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Common Stock, $1.66 par value per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">200,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">$5.96</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">$1,192,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt double; font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">$136.60</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(1)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">R</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">egistration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based
upon the closing price of the Company&rsquo;s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on May [25] 2012.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">INTRODUCTION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">This Registration Statement on Form
S-8 is filed by New Ulm Telecom, Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) to register 200,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its Director Stock Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">PART I</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S<B>-</B>8,
the information required by Items 1 and 2 of Form S<B>-</B>8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">PART II</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt"><B><U>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">The following documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2011;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s definitive Proxy Statement dated April 17, 2012 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May 31, 2012;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2012;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 31, 2012;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(e)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the year ended December 31, 2011; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(f)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 0.5in">The description of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock to be offered pursuant
to the Registration Statement on Form 10, dated April 18, 1968, as amended, (Registration Statement No. 0-3024) including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating this description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">All documents subsequently filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the completion or termination
of this offering of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 4. Description of Securities.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">The description of the Company&rsquo;s
Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
as described in Item 3 of this Part II.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes
and Section 9(a) of the Company&rsquo;s Restated Bylaws as Amended require, among other things, the indemnification of any person
made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in the person&rsquo;s official capacity
as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Company against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys&rsquo; fees)
if the person is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit, reasonably believed that such conduct
was in the best interests of the Company, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful.
In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U></U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 8. Exhibits.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>Exhibit</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">4.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">New Ulm Telecom, Inc. Director Stock Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive
proxy statement dated April 17, 2012 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 31, 2012.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">5.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Opinion of Lindquist &amp; Vennum P.L.L.P.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">23.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Lindquist &amp; Vennum P.L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">23.2</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consent of Olsen Thielen &amp; Co. Ltd., the Company&rsquo;s Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">24.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 9. Undertakings.</U></B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: right"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this registration statement:</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(i)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(b)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person connected
with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Ulm, State of Minnesota, on June 1, 2012.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 57%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%">NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: justify">By&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Bill D. Otis</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Bill D. Otis</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman Bold; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The undersigned officers
and directors of NEW ULM TELECOM, INC. hereby constitute and appoint Bill D. Otis and Curtis O. Kawlewski, each acting alone, with
power to act as our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for us and
in our stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent,
or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on June 1, 2012.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">/s/ Bill D. Otis</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 61%; text-align: justify">Chief Executive Officer, President</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">Bill D. Otis</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">(principal executive officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">/s/ Curtis O. Kawlewski</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Chief Financial Officer (principal financial</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">Curtis O. Kawlewski</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">and accounting officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ James P. Jensen</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director, Chair of the Board</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">James P. Jensen</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Paul W. Erick</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">Paul W. Erick</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Duane D. Lambrecht</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">Duane D. Lambrecht</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="tab-stops: center 3.25in right 6.5in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Perry L. Meyer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Perry L. Meyer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Dennis E. Miller</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Dennis E. Miller</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Wesley E. Schultz</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Wesley E. Schultz</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">/s/ Suzanne M. Spellacy</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Suzanne M. Spellacy</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2012.
Registration
No. -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
____________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
____________________________
NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
41-0440990
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
27 North Minnesota Street
New Ulm, Minnesota 56073
(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code)
____________________________
New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
Director Stock Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
____________________________
Copy to:
Curtis O. Kawlewski
Thomas G. Lovett, IV
Chief Financial Officer
Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P.
New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
4200 IDS Center
27 North Minnesota Street
80 South 8th Street
New Ulm, Minnesota  56073
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402
507-354-4111
612-371-3211
(Name,
address and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company"
in Rule 12b-2 of the exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
    accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☒
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $1.66 par value per share
200,000
$5.96
$1,192,000
$136.60
(1)
R
egistration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based
upon the closing price of the Company's common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board on May [25] 2012.
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8 is filed by New Ulm Telecom, Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
(the "Company") to register 200,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its Director Stock Plan.
PART I
Pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S
-
8,
the information required by Items 1 and 2 of Form S
-
8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2011;
(b)
The Company's definitive Proxy Statement dated April 17, 2012 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
held on May 31, 2012;
(c)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2012;
(d)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 31, 2012;
(e)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the year ended December 31, 2011; and
(f)
The description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered pursuant
to the Registration Statement on Form 10, dated April 18, 1968, as amended, (Registration Statement No. 0-3024) including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating this description.
All documents subsequently filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the completion or termination
of this offering of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The description of the Company's
Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
as described in Item 3 of this Part II.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Statutes
and Section 9(a) of the Company's Restated Bylaws as Amended require, among other things, the indemnification of any person
made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in the person's official capacity
as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Company against judgments, penalties and fines (including attorneys' fees)
if the person is not otherwise indemnified, acted in good faith, received no improper benefit, reasonably believed that such conduct
was in the best interests of the Company, and, in the case of criminal proceedings, had no reason to believe the conduct was unlawful.
In addition, Section 302A.521, subd. 3, of the Minnesota Statutes requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee
of the Board, by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
4.1
New Ulm Telecom, Inc. Director Stock Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive
proxy statement dated April 17, 2012 for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 31, 2012.
5.1
Opinion of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Olsen Thielen & Co. Ltd., the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person connected
with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Ulm, State of Minnesota, on June 1, 2012.
NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.
By
/s/ Bill D. Otis
Bill D. Otis
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers
and directors of NEW ULM TELECOM, INC. hereby constitute and appoint Bill D. Otis and Curtis O. Kawlewski, each acting alone, with
power to act as our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for us and
in our stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent,
or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated on June 1, 2012.
/s/ Bill D. Otis
Chief Executive Officer, President
Bill D. Otis
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Curtis O. Kawlewski
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial
Curtis O. Kawlewski
and accounting officer)
/s/ James P. Jensen
Director, Chair of the Board
James P. Jensen
/s/ Paul W. Erick
Director
Paul W. Erick
/s/ Duane D. Lambrecht
Director
Duane D. Lambrecht
/s/ Perry L. Meyer
Director
Perry L. Meyer
/s/ Dennis E. Miller
Director
Dennis E. Miller
/s/ Wesley E. Schultz
Director
Wesley E. Schultz
/s/ Suzanne M. Spellacy
Director
Suzanne M. Spellacy