Living in Sims Township, MI: what to set up and who to call
Sims Township runs its own elections, so the Sims Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. The nearest library is Au Gres Community Library (Iosco-Arenac District Library), 5.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sims Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Sims Township.
Power comes from Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Sims Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Sims-Whitney Utilities Auth.
Sims-Whitney Utilities Auth. supplies Sims Township: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 96% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Saginaw-Midland Water Supply as seller) and serves 5,815 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.1 ppb. That’s higher than 72% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0006073.
4 home internet providers serve Sims Township
84% of 1,222 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 89% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fixed wireless | 7% | 40/3 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 8% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 6% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Sims Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Sims Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sims Township is in Au Gres-Sims School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Sims Township is in ZIP code 48703
ZIP codes where Sims Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sims Township | ZIP’s residents in Sims Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48703 | Au Gres, MI | 100% | 32% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Sims Township
Who supplies Sims Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Sims-Whitney Utilities Auth. (EPA ID MI0006073). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.1 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sims Township?
Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sims Township?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sims Township?
48703. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sims Township in?
Au Gres-Sims School District.
How do I register to vote in Sims Township?
In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Sims Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.