Photo: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Living in New Holstein, WI: what to set up and who to call
New Holstein runs its own electric utility, City of New Holstein; its homes paid 14.1¢ per kWh in 2025. In New Holstein, trash day is Thursday.
I’m new in town
What to set up in New Holstein, 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 New Holstein.
Power comes from City of New Holstein
City of New Holstein (City of New Holstein - (WI)), a municipal utility, serves 94.4% of New Holstein residents. Its homes paid an average of 14.1¢ per kWh in 2025, about $103 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 New Holstein Waterworks
New Holstein Waterworks supplies almost all of New Holstein. It draws ground water and serves 3,012 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 3.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 14.1 ppb. That’s higher than 84% 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. WI4080270.
6 home internet providers serve New Holstein
100% of 1,316 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | DSL | 79% | 45/3 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 94% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 76% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 55% | 50/8 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in New Holstein is Thursday
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in New Holstein, from the town’s own site.
This month
- TrashEvery week
- RecyclingEvery other week · which week: cityofnewholstein.org
From cdn.townweb.com, cityofnewholstein.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026. 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.
New Holstein is in New Holstein 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 Oct 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
New Holstein is in ZIP code 53061
ZIP codes where New Holstein residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of New Holstein | ZIP’s residents in New Holstein |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53061 | New Holstein, WI | 100% | 63% |
53062 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
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 New Holstein
Who supplies New Holstein’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
New Holstein Waterworks (EPA ID WI4080270). 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 3.1 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in New Holstein?
City of New Holstein (City of New Holstein - (WI)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 14.1¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve New Holstein?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bertram Communications, Verizon, AT&T, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in New Holstein?
53061. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is New Holstein in?
New Holstein School District.
How do I register to vote in New Holstein?
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 City of New Holstein 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: New Holstein’s own website (cdn.townweb.com, cityofnewholstein.org), read Oct 23, 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.