Elkhart Lake Road Race Circuits · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Rhine, WI: what to set up and who to call
Rhine runs its own elections, so the Town of Rhine Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Wired internet is thin in Rhine: the FCC’s map has 60% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rhine, 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 Rhine.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves 98.7% of Rhine residents. Its homes paid an average of 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $131 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 Elkhart Lake Waterworks
Elkhart Lake Waterworks supplies Rhine: 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 1,567 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 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 59% 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. WI4600439.
7 home internet providers serve Rhine
87% of 1,172 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 12% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless, Fiber | 74% | 100/20 |
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 42% | 1,000/1,000 |
| Frontier | DSL | 33% | 45/3 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 56% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 48% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 42% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Rhine
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Rhine, from the town’s own site.
Accepted at the curb
- Bundled newspapers - not in plastic bags
- Bundled magazines - not in plastic bags
- Bundled chipboard - not in plastic bags
- Flattened cardboard
Town of Rhine Collection Site
W6426 County Road EH, just east of State Highway 67
We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check townrhine.com →
From townrhine.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 23, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-10-19. 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.
Most of Rhine (74%) is in Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District; parts are in Kiel Area School District (24%).
A−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.
Rhine spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Rhine residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rhine | ZIP’s residents in Rhine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53020 | Elkhart Lake, WI | 74% | 46% |
| 53073 | Plymouth, WI | 26% | 3% |
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 Rhine
Who supplies Rhine’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Elkhart Lake Waterworks (EPA ID WI4600439). 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 0.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rhine?
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Rhine?
Bertram Communications, Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Rhine?
53020 (74%), 53073 (26%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rhine in?
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District. Parts of the city are in Kiel Area School District.
How do I register to vote in Rhine?
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 Rhine 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: Rhine’s own website (townrhine.com), 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.