8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549



                                    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):  September 20, 1996


                                  MCLEOD, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                  Delaware                 0-20763      58-421407240
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           (State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission   (IRS Employer
           of Incorporation)             File Number)  Identification
                                                       Number)



221 Third Avenue SE, Suite 500, Cedar Rapids, IA          52401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (319) 364-0000


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ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

     On September 20, 1996, McLeod, Inc. (the "Company") acquired Telecom*USA
Publishing Group, Inc. ("Telecom") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization, which was filed as Exhibit 2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
filed by the Company on August 26, 1996, and is incorporated herein by
reference (the "Agreement").  Pursuant to the Agreement, (i) Telecom was merged
with and into McLeod Reverse Merging Co., a newly incorporated Iowa corporation
and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, with Telecom as the surviving
corporation, (ii) each outstanding share of common stock, no par value, of
Telecom ("Telecom Common Stock") was converted into the right to receive $12.75
in cash, and (iii) all outstanding non-vested options to purchase shares of
Telecom Common stock were replaced with a deferred compensation program.

     As consideration for the acquisition of Telecom (the "Acquisition"), the
Company paid approximately $74.1 million in cash to the shareholders of Telecom
and agreed to pay an amount currently estimated to be approximately $1.6
million to certain Telecom employees as part of an incentive plan.  At the time
of the Acquisition, Telecom had outstanding debt of approximately $6.6 million.
The Acquisition consideration was determined through arm's-length negotiations 
between the Company and Telecom, and was based upon, among other things, the 
current stage of development of the Company's business and operations, and the 
market for the Company's services.  The Company financed the Acquisition with 
proceeds from the Company's initial public offering of Class A Common Stock in 
June 1996.  The Company will record the Acquisition as a purchase for
accounting purposes.

     Prior to the Acquisition, Telecom published and distributed telephone
directories in fifteen states in the midwestern and Rocky Mountain regions of
the United States. The Company intends to operate Telecom in a manner similar 
to which it was operated prior to the Acquisition.

     Clark E. McLeod, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Director and
stockholder of the Company, and his wife Mary E. McLeod, a stockholder of the
Company, were shareholders of Telecom.  Paul D. Rhines, director of the
Company, James L. Cram, a director and officer of the Company, Casey D. Mahon,
an officer of the Company, and IES Investments Inc., a stockholder of the
Company, were shareholders of Telecom.  Aaron, Holly, Frank and Jane McLeod,
relatives of Mr. and Mrs. McLeod, were shareholders of Telecom.  The McLeod
Charitable Foundation, Inc., a non-profit foundation controlled by Mr. and Mrs.
McLeod, was a shareholder of Telecom.  The Company established a Special
Committee of its Board of Directors, consisting of disinterested directors,
which evaluated the terms of the Acquisition as negotiated by the officers of
the Company, and approved the Acquisition as fair to, and in the best interests
of, the stockholders of the Company.  Other than with respect to Messrs.
McLeod, Rhines, Cram, Mrs. McLeod, Ms. Mahon, the above-named McLeod relatives,
the McLeod Charitable Foundation, 

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Inc., IES Investments Inc. and arrangements in connection with the Acquisition,
there is no material relationship between Telecom and the Company or any
affiliates, directors or officers of the Company or any of their associates.

     The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Agreement.


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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

        (a) Financial Statements of Company Acquired

        It is not practicable to provide the required financial statements for
Telecom at this time.  The statements will be filed as soon as they are
prepared, and not later than 60 days after the date this Current Report on Form
8-K is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        (b) Pro Forma Financial Information

        It is not practicable to provide the required pro forma financial
statements for the Company at this time.  The statements will be filed as soon
as they are prepared, and not later than 60 days after the date this Current
Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

        (c) Exhibits

*2.     Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of August 15, 1996, by 
        and among Telecom*USA Publishing Group, Inc. and McLeod, Inc.

99.     Press Release, dated September 23, 1996, regarding the acquisition of
        Telecom*USA Publishing Group, Inc.

*Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 26, 1996.


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                                   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.





Date:  October 7, 1996               McLEOD, INC.



                                     By:/s/ Blake O. Fisher, Jr.
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                                        Blake O. Fisher, Jr.
                                        Chief Financial Officer and
                                          Treasurer
 

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX






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*2              Agreement and Plan of Reorganization,
                dated as of August 15, 1996, by and among
                Telecom*USA Publishing Group, Inc.
                and McLeod, Inc.

99.             Press Release, dated September 23, 1996,
                regarding the acquisition of Telecom*USA
                Publishing Group, Inc.




*Filed as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 26, 1996.


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EX-99

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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99


                           [MCLEOD, INC. LETTERHEAD]


PRESS RELEASE

McLeod, Inc.
221 Third Avenue, SE, Suite 500
Cedar Rapids, IA
Press and Investor Contact: Bryce E. Nemitz
Phone: (319) 364-0000
FAX:   (319) 298-7767


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MCLEOD, INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF TELECOM*USA PUBLISHING GROUP, INC.

Cedar Rapids, IA, September 23, 1996 -- McLeod, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:MCLD)
announced today that it has completed its previously announced transaction to
purchase 100% of the outstanding shares of Telecom*USA Publishing Group, Inc. 
McLeod, Inc. is a provider of integrated local and long distance services to
business and residential customers primarily in Iowa and Illinois.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of McLeod, Inc., Telecom*USA Publishing will
continue to operate from its current Cedar Rapids headquarters location, and
will continue its publishing, yellow page advertising, and interactive
audiotext services.  Telecom*USA Publishing had gross revenues of approximately
$51 million for the twelve-month period ended July 31, 1996, and publishes
approximately 8 million telephone directories in about 5,000 communities in 15
states in the midwestern United States.  Arthur Christoffersen will continue as
President and CEO of the new subsidiary.  The 600 employees of Telecom*USA
Publishing will bring the total number of employees at McLeod, Inc. to
approximately 1,800.

"Because nearly three million directories published by Telecom*USA are
distributed in McLeod's targeted upper midwest region, we believe this alliance
will provide us the opportunity to optimize and simplify our marketing and
customer service efforts for both business and residential customers," said
Steve Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer of McLeod, Inc.

The acquisition involved a cash payment of approximately $74 million and the
assumption of certain Telecom*USA Publishing indebtedness.

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