Living in Lansing Township, MN: what to set up and who to call
The Lansing Township water system has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 15.0 ppb, was higher than 99% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). Power in Lansing Township comes from Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lansing 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 Lansing Township.
Power comes from Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative
Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative (Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative), a cooperative utility, serves 73.5% of Lansing Township residents. Its homes paid an average of 15.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $136 a month (its average across Minnesota).
Start or move service: fmcs.coop · (507) 373-6421
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lansing Township water system
The Lansing Township water system supplies Lansing Township: about 17% of residents live in its service area. About 79% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 180 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 15.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 99% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MN1500022.
Which providers serve Lansing Township
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Lansing Township, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Lansing Township’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Lansing Township.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Lansing Township (88%) is in Austin Public School District; parts are in Blooming Prairie Public School District (12%).
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 Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Lansing Township spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lansing Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lansing Township | ZIP’s residents in Lansing Township |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55912 | Austin, MN | 89% | 3% |
| 55950 | Lansing, MN | 11% | 100% |
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 Lansing Township
Who supplies Lansing Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lansing Township water system (EPA ID MN1500022). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 15.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lansing Township?
Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative (Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Lansing Township?
55912 (89%), 55950 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lansing Township in?
Austin Public School District. Parts of the city are in Blooming Prairie Public School District.
How do I register to vote in Lansing Township?
In Minnesota you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Mower County Auditor Treasurer. Check your registration at mnvotes.sos.state.mn.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 Nov 18, 2024 (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): pending.