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The Westside Township handbook

Living in Westside Township, MN: what to set up and who to call

Power in Westside Township comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. Rock County Community Library, 11.1 miles away, is the closest library to Westside Township.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Westside Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Westside Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Nobles Cooperative Electric

Nobles Cooperative Electric (Nobles Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility, serves all of Westside Township.

Start or move service: noblesce.coop · (507) 372-7331

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System supplies Westside Township: about 76% of residents live in its service area. About 24% 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 Osceola Rural Water System-North and Dawson and Adrian and Canby and Brookings-Deuel Rural Water System as sellers) and serves 13,644 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.

Lead, 90th percentile3.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 79% 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. MN1410007.

Internet

Which providers serve Westside Township

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Westside 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.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Westside Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Westside Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Westside Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Westside Township kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Westside Township (55%) is in Adrian Public School District; parts are in Luverne Public School District (44%).

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.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2017; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Westside Township spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Westside Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Westside TownshipZIP’s residents in Westside Township
56110Adrian, MN89%10%
56158Magnolia, MN11%5%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Westside Township

Who supplies Westside Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System (EPA ID MN1410007). 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 3.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Westside Township?

Nobles Cooperative Electric (Nobles Cooperative Electric), a cooperative utility.

What ZIP codes are in Westside Township?

56110 (89%), 56158 (11%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Westside Township in?

Adrian Public School District. Parts of the city are in Luverne Public School District.

How do I register to vote in Westside 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 Nobles 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.