LaPrairie Grange Hall No. 79 · Photo: Sa magnuson33 · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in La Prairie, WI: what to set up and who to call
New voters sign up with the Town of La Prairie Clerk, which runs La Prairie’s elections. Hedberg Public Library, 5.2 miles away, is the closest library to La Prairie.
I’m new in town
What to set up in La Prairie, 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 La Prairie.
Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light
Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 50.5% of La Prairie residents. 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 Janesville Water Utility
Janesville Water Utility supplies La Prairie: about 12% 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 64,415 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 2.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 75% 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. WI1540127.
8 home internet providers serve La Prairie
75% of 374 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 62% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/1,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 50% | 25/3 |
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 48% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 71% | 300/20 |
| LiteWire | Fixed wireless | 58% | 100/25 |
| Rise Broadband | Fixed wireless | 43% | 50/10 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have La Prairie’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in La Prairie.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of La Prairie (54%) is in Janesville School District; parts are in Clinton Community 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.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
La Prairie spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where La Prairie residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of La Prairie | ZIP’s residents in La Prairie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53546 | Janesville, WI | 98% | 2% |
| 53511 | Beloit, 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 La Prairie
Who supplies La Prairie’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Janesville Water Utility (EPA ID WI1540127). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.4 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in La Prairie?
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 La Prairie?
Bug Tussel, AT&T, Spectrum, Verizon, LiteWire, Rise Broadband (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in La Prairie?
53546 (98%), 53511 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is La Prairie in?
Janesville School District. Parts of the city are in Clinton Community School District.
How do I register to vote in La Prairie?
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 La Prairie 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.