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The Coleman handbook

Living in Coleman, WI: what to set up and who to call

Trash goes out on Fridays in Coleman, collected by GFL Environmental. Coleman runs its own elections, so the Village of Coleman Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Coleman, 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 Coleman.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service

Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Coleman. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Coleman Waterworks

Coleman Waterworks supplies almost all of Coleman. It draws ground water and serves 727 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 2.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 76% 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. WI4380436.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Coleman

97% of 369 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 25% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber96%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL25%60/5
Bertram CommunicationsFixed wireless99%100/20
Bug TusselFixed wireless98%50/8
Nsight TelservicesFixed wireless83%100/10
T-MobileFixed wireless65%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Coleman is Friday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Coleman, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerGFL EnvironmentalPicks up trash in Colemanvillageofcoleman.com
Trash dayFridayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

Drop-off

Village Recycle Center

718 Business Hwy 141 N

We couldn’t find its opening hours.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Plastics #1 and #2 bottles
  • Glass jars and bottles
  • Aluminum cans
  • Tin and bi-metal cans
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Junk mail (including window envelopes)
  • Cardboard

From villageofcoleman.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-05-21T14:23:55+00:00, 2026-09-30T20:16:12+00:00, 2026-09-30T20:56:11+00:00. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Coleman kids go to
PK–5Coleman ElementaryColeman School District
6–8Coleman MiddleColeman School District
9–12Coleman HighColeman School District

Coleman is in Coleman School District.

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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Coleman spans 2 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of ColemanZIP’s residents in Coleman
54112Coleman, WI92%30%
54161Pound, WI8%2%
Area code920Wikidata

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 Coleman

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

Coleman Waterworks (EPA ID WI4380436). 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 2.3 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Coleman?

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 Coleman?

Spectrum, Brightspeed, Bertram Communications, Bug Tussel, Nsight Telservices, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Coleman?

54112 (92%), 54161 (8%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Coleman in?

Coleman School District.

How do I register to vote in Coleman?

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 Village of Coleman 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: Coleman’s own website (villageofcoleman.com), read Oct 22, 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.