Photo: F. D. Richards from Clinton, MI · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Sturgis, MI: what to set up and who to call
Sturgis runs its own electric utility, City of Sturgis; its homes paid 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025. New voters sign up with the Sturgis City Clerk, which runs Sturgis’ elections.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Sturgis, 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 Sturgis.
Power comes from City of Sturgis
City of Sturgis (City of Sturgis - (MI)), a municipal utility, serves all of Sturgis. Its homes paid an average of 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $108 a month (its average across Michigan).
Start or move service: www.sturgismi.gov · (269) 659-7255
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Sturgis water system
The Sturgis water system supplies almost all of Sturgis. It draws ground water and serves 11,920 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 65% 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. MI0006440.
7 home internet providers serve Sturgis
96% of 3,669 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 82% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 89% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Mercury Fiber | Fixed wireless | 92% | 150/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 90% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 85% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 62% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Curbside recycling in Sturgis: every other week, Thu
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Sturgis, from the town’s own site.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Flattened cardboard
- Newspaper & inserts
- Magazines & catalogs
- Phone books
- Paperback books
- Office paper & scrap paper
- Paper bags & food boxes (no liners)
- Frozen food boxes
- Juice boxes
- Clean milk jugs & cartons (rinsed)
- Aluminum cans
- Steel or tin cans
- Glass bottles & jars (any color)
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check sturgismi.gov →
From sturgismi.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Sturgis is in Sturgis Public Schools.
C+School gradeSee 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 Oct 2021; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Sturgis is in ZIP code 49091
ZIP codes where Sturgis residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Sturgis | ZIP’s residents in Sturgis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49091 | Sturgis, MI | 100% | 56% |
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 Sturgis
Who supplies Sturgis’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Sturgis water system (EPA ID MI0006440). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Sturgis?
City of Sturgis (City of Sturgis - (MI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 16.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Sturgis?
Spectrum, Frontier, Mercury Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Sturgis?
49091. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Sturgis in?
Sturgis Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Sturgis?
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 Sturgis City 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: Sturgis’ own website (sturgismi.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- 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.