Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0Living in Dunn, WI: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Town of Dunn Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. For home internet, most of Dunn can choose between Spectrum and TDS Telecom.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Dunn, 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 Dunn.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Dunn. Its homes paid an average of 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 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 Stoughton Waterworks
Stoughton Waterworks supplies Dunn: about 6% of residents live in its service area. About 88% 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 13,078 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.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2023, was 4.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 88% 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. WI1130078.
10 home internet providers serve Dunn
94% of 2,383 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 55% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 86% | 1,000/1,000 |
| TDS Telecom | Fiber | 55% | 8,000/8,000 |
| AT&T | DSL, Fixed wireless | 14% | 50/10 |
| Frontier | DSL | 5% | 10/1 |
| LiteWire | Fixed wireless | 96% | 100/25 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 67% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Dunn’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Dunn.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Dunn (47%) is in Oregon School District; parts are in McFarland School District (32%) and Stoughton Area School District (22%).
C+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.
Dunn spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Dunn residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Dunn | ZIP’s residents in Dunn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53558 | Mc Farland, WI | 38% | 15% |
| 53589 | Stoughton, WI | 28% | 7% |
| 53575 | Oregon, WI | 18% | 5% |
| 53711 | Madison, WI | 16% | 2% |
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 Dunn
Who supplies Dunn’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Stoughton Waterworks (EPA ID WI1130078). 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 4.2 ppb (Jan–Jun 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Dunn?
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Dunn?
Spectrum, TDS Telecom, AT&T, Frontier, LiteWire, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Dunn?
53558 (38%), 53589 (28%), 53575 (18%), 53711 (16%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Dunn in?
Oregon School District. Parts of the city are in McFarland School District and Stoughton Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Dunn?
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 Dunn 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.