Living in Alden, WI: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Town of Alden Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Northwest Communications wires most of Alden, and 96% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alden, 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 Alden.
Power comes from Northwestern Wisconsin Elec
Northwestern Wisconsin Elec (Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Alden. Its homes paid an average of 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $84 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Huntington Mobile Home Park
Huntington Mobile Home Park supplies Alden: about 0% of residents live in its service area. About 100% 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 52 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
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. WI6560128.
8 home internet providers serve Alden
96% of 1,589 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Communications | Fiber | 60% | 5,000/1,000 |
| Amery Telcom | Fiber | 26% | 5,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 22% | 10/1 |
| Lakeland Communications Group, LLC dba Lakeland Communications | Fiber | 10% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fixed wireless | 6% | 80/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 49% | 300/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Alden’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Alden.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Alden (56%) is in Amery School District; parts are in Osceola School District (44%).
A−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 Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Alden spans 5 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Alden residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alden | ZIP’s residents in Alden |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54026 | Star Prairie, WI | 42% | 59% |
| 54020 | Osceola, WI | 26% | 10% |
| 54001 | Amery, WI | 25% | 9% |
| 54007 | Deer Park, WI | 5% | 12% |
| 54017 | New Richmond, WI | 2% | 0% |
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 Alden
Who supplies Alden’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Huntington Mobile Home Park (EPA ID WI6560128). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alden?
Northwestern Wisconsin Elec (Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Alden?
Northwest Communications, Amery Telcom, Frontier, Lakeland Communications Group, LLC dba Lakeland Communications, Brightspeed, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Alden?
54026 (42%), 54020 (26%), 54001 (25%), 54007 (5%), 54017 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alden in?
Amery School District. Parts of the city are in Osceola School District.
How do I register to vote in Alden?
In Wisconsin you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 20 days before). Elections here are run by the Town of Alden Clerk. Check your registration at myvote.wi.gov.
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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.