Living in Arbor Vitae, WI: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the Town of Arbor Vitae Clerk, which runs Arbor Vitae’s elections. Two school districts split the grades in Arbor Vitae: Lakeland Union High School District and Woodruff Joint No. 1 School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Arbor Vitae, 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 Arbor Vitae.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Arbor Vitae. Its homes paid an average of 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $106 a month (its average across Wisconsin).
Start or move service: wisconsinpublicservice.com · (800) 450-7260
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Hiawatha Mh Est Old Office water system
The Hiawatha Mh Est Old Office water system supplies Arbor Vitae: about 3% of residents live in its service area. About 94% 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 84 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 1.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.
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. WI7441240.
5 home internet providers serve Arbor Vitae
93% of 2,826 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 30% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 92% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 9% | 10/1 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 35% | 300/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 15% | 50/8 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 14% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
In Arbor Vitae, you hire your own trash hauler
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Arbor Vitae, from the town’s own site.
Arbor Vitae Brush Site
- Fri8 am–4 pm
- Sat8 am–4 pm
- Sun8 am–noon
The town’s page also lists “open on weekends per the seasonal schedule”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum
- Plastics
- Glass
- Magazines
- Steel cans
- Newspaper
- Corrugated cardboard
From townofarborvitae.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-04-14, 2026-10-01. 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.
Arbor Vitae is in two districts that split the grades: Lakeland Union High School District and Woodruff Joint No. 1 School District.
BSchool 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.
Arbor Vitae is in ZIP code 54568
ZIP codes where Arbor Vitae residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Arbor Vitae | ZIP’s residents in Arbor Vitae |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54568 | Woodruff, WI | 100% | 66% |
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 Arbor Vitae
Who supplies Arbor Vitae’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Hiawatha Mh Est Old Office water system (EPA ID WI7441240). 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 1.1 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Arbor Vitae?
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Arbor Vitae?
Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, Bug Tussel, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Arbor Vitae?
54568. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Arbor Vitae in?
Lakeland Union High School District and Woodruff Joint No. 1 School District.
How do I register to vote in Arbor Vitae?
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 Arbor Vitae 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: Arbor Vitae’s own website (townofarborvitae.org), 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 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.