Photo: Doremo · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Lena, WI: what to set up and who to call
Lena Waterworks reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. Lena runs its own elections, so the Town of Lena Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Lena, 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 Lena.
Power comes from Wisconsin Public Service
Wisconsin Public Service (Wisconsin Public Service Corp), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Lena. 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 Lena Waterworks
Lena Waterworks supplies Lena: about 2% of residents live in its service area. About 98% 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 585 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Oct 2024. 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 0.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 53% 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. WI4430493.
7 home internet providers serve Lena
84% of 430 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 81% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Spectrum | Fiber, Cable | 80% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Brightspeed | DSL, Fixed wireless | 41% | 80/10 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 91% | 100/20 |
| Nsight Telservices | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/10 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 28% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Lena
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Lena, from the town’s own site.
Village of Lena Recycle Center
301 W. Railroad St., Lena
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Cardboard (flattened) & Paperboard (food boxes)
- Office paper, school paper & books
- Milk, Juice & Soup Cartons
From villageoflena.net, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2022-01-28, 2023-12-07. 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.
Lena is in Lena 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.
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.
Lena spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Lena residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Lena | ZIP’s residents in Lena |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54139 | Lena, WI | 97% | 22% |
| 54112 | Coleman, WI | 3% | 1% |
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 Lena
Who supplies Lena’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Lena Waterworks (EPA ID WI4430493). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.8 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Lena?
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 Lena?
Bug Tussel, Spectrum, Brightspeed, Bertram Communications, Nsight Telservices, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Lena?
54139 (97%), 54112 (3%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Lena in?
Lena School District.
How do I register to vote in Lena?
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 Lena 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: Lena’s own website (villageoflena.net), 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.