UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Kelly, Jr., Thorpe M. "Chip" Western Wireless Corporation 3650 131st Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98006 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Western Wireless Corporation WWCA 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 2/2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Class A Common Stock |112/1527/2|M | |~~268~~6,200 |A |$94.~~950~~527 | |D |By ~~Stanton & Gillespie, TIC~~| |~~2000~~001 | | | | | | | |~~(1)~~ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Class A Common Stock |112/1527/2|M | |~~250~~11,947 |A |$86.~~125~~032 | |D |By ~~Stanton & Gillespie, TIC~~| |~~2000~~001 | | | | | | | |~~(1)~~ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Class A Common Stock |112/1527/2|M | |~~268~~1,853 |A |$86.~~125~~418 |~~109,119~~ |D |By ~~Stanton & Gillespie, TIC~~| |~~2000~~001 | | | | | | | | ~~(1)~~ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|~~Class ~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________~~A ~~Table~~Common IIStock --|2/28/2|M ~~Derivative~~| ~~Securitites Acquired~~|10,000 ~~Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned~~ |A ~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________~~| 1$6.~~Title~~418 of| ~~Derivative~~ |~~2.Con-~~D |3. |4. |~~5.Number~~001 ~~of De~~ |~~6.Date~~ ~~Exer~~|~~7.Title~~ ~~and Amount~~ |~~8.Price|9.Number~~ |~~10.|11.Nature~~ of| ~~Security~~ |~~version~~ |~~Transaction~~ | ~~rivative Secu~~ |~~cisable~~ ~~and~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ofClass ~~Underlying~~A ~~|of~~Common ~~Deri|of~~Stock ~~Deriva~~ |~~Dir~~2/28/2|~~Indirect~~M | |or10,000 ~~Exer~~|A |$8.125 | |D ~~rities~~| ~~Acqui~~| |~~Expiration~~001 | ~~Securities~~| |~~vative~~ |~~tive~~ |~~ect|Beneficial~~ | |~~cise~~ | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~red(~~Class A) orCommon ~~Dis~~Stock |~~Date(Month~~2/27/2|S |~~Secu~~ |~~Securities~~5,000 |(D) |~~Ownership~~$42.5 | |~~Price~~D of| | |001 ~~posed~~| ~~of(D)~~ |~~Day/Year)~~ | |~~rity~~ |~~Benefi~~ |or | | |~~Deriva~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Class A Common Stock |2/27/2|S | |5,000 |~~Date~~D |~~Expir~~$42.0062 | |D |~~ficially~~ |~~Ind~~ |001 | |~~tive~~ | | | | A/|~~Exer-~~ |~~ation~~ | ~~Title~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~and~~Class ~~Number~~A |Common ~~|Owned~~Stock at |~~ire~~2/27/2|S | |~~Secu-~~5,000 |D |$42.3788 | |D | D| |~~cisa-~~001 |~~Date~~ | of| ~~Shares~~ | |~~End~~ of |ct | | |~~rity~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|~~Date~~ Class A Common Stock |~~Code~~2/27/2|VS | ~~Amount~~|5,000 |D |~~ble~~$42.0312 | |D | |~~Month~~ |~~(I)~~001 | | ~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________~~| ~~Stock~~| ~~Option~~| ~~- Right t~~|~~$8.125~~ |~~11/15|M~~ | |~~250~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|D Class A Common Stock |52/2128/~~|1/1/~~2|~~Class~~S ~~A Comm~~|~~250~~ |10,000 | |D |$42.3162 | ~~o Buy~~ |D |~~/2000|~~ | |001 | |~~1999~~ |~~008~~ |on ~~Stock~~ | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Class A Common Stock ~~Option~~|2/28/2|S -| ~~Right~~|5,000 t| D |$843.~~125~~0975 |~~11/15~~ |MD | |~~268~~ |D001 |~~(2)~~ |~~1/1/2~~ |~~Class~~ A| ~~Comm~~|~~268~~ | |~~534~~ |D | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| oClass ~~Buy~~A |Common Stock |2/~~2000~~28/2|S | |5,000 |D |$43.6 |~~008~~8,719 |onD ~~Stock~~| | |001 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~Stock~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ~~Option~~___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- ~~Right~~Derivative tSecuritites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |$ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.~~950~~Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/15|M |Secu |~~268~~Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(3D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Option |$4.527 |2/27/| | |6,200 |D |(1) |12/31|Class A Comm|~~268~~6,200 |$4.527 |~~801~~0 |D | | o| ~~Buy~~ |2001 |~~/2000|~~ | | | | |/~~2009~~2004|on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option ~~- Right t~~|$86.~~125~~032 | 2/27/| | |11,947 |D |(42) |19/115/2|Class A Comm|11,947 |$6.032 |~~64,155~~0 |ID |By ~~Spouse~~ | ~~o Buy~~ | |2001 | | | | | |~~008~~2005 |on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option ~~- Right t~~|$96.~~946~~418 | 2/27/| | |1,853 |D | (53) |112/~~1/2~~31|Class A Comm|1,853 |$6.418 |~~85,540~~0 |ID |By ~~Spouse~~ | ~~o Buy~~ | |2001 | | | | | |~~009~~ /2006|on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~Class B Common~~ Stock Option |($6).418 | 2/28/| | |10,000 |D |~~Immed|~~(3) |12/31|Class A Comm|10,000 |$6.418 |643,~~437~~840 |ID |By ~~trust~~ | | |2001 | | | | |. | /2006|on Stock | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~Class B Common~~ Stock ~~|(6)~~Option |$8.125 |2/28/| | |10,000 |D |~~Immed|~~(4) |1/1/2|Class A Comm|10,000 |$8.125 |112,~~686,069~~247 |ID |By ~~PN Cellul~~| | |2001 | | | | |. |008 |on Stock | | | | |~~ar,~~ ~~Inc.~~ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~Class B Common~~ Stock Option |~~(6)~~ | | | | | |Immed| 9/15/|Class A Comm|737 |$6.032 |~~1,274,519~~737 |I |By ~~Stanton~~Spouse C| | | | | | | |. |2005 |on Stock | | | | |~~ommunication|~~ | ~~| | | | | | | | | | | | |s Corp. |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~Class B Common~~ Stock Option |~~(6)~~ | | | | | |Immed| 1/1/2|Class A Comm|3000 |$8.125 |3,~~025,668~~000 |DI |By ~~Stanton~~Spouse &| | | | | | | |. |008 |on Stock | | | | | ~~Gillespie,~~ | ~~| | | | | | | | | | | | | |TIC(1) |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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Explanation of Responses: (1) 6,200 stock options vested in three equal, annual increments beginning 12/31/1995. (2) 6,975 stock options vested in three equal, annual increments beginning 9/15/1995. 4,972 stock options vested 9/15/1999. (3) 5,000 stock options vested in two equal, annual increments beginning 12/31/1997. 10,693 stock options vested in two equal, annual increments beginning 12/31/1999. (4) 3,000 stock options vested 1/1/2999. 19,247 stock options vest in three equal, annual increments beginning 1/1/2000. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Thorpe M. "Chip" Kelly, Jr. DATE March 7, 2001

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