Living in St. Cloud, WI: what to set up and who to call
Voting is local here: the Village of St. Cloud Clerk registers voters and runs elections, not the county. Public schools here are run by New Holstein School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in St. Cloud, 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 St. Cloud.
Power comes from We Energies
We Energies (Wisconsin Electric Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of St. Cloud. 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 St Cloud Waterworks
St Cloud Waterworks supplies St. Cloud: about 83% of residents live in its service area. About 17% 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 494 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 69% 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. WI4200477.
6 home internet providers serve St. Cloud
99% of 236 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable | 92% | 1,000/50 |
| Frontier | DSL | 83% | 90/5 |
| Bertram Communications | Fixed wireless | 100% | 100/20 |
| Bug Tussel | Fixed wireless | 100% | 50/8 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 18% | 25/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 15% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have St. Cloud’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in St. Cloud.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
St. Cloud is in New Holstein 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 May 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
St. Cloud is in ZIP code 53079
ZIP codes where St. Cloud residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of St. Cloud | ZIP’s residents in St. Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53079 | Saint Cloud, WI | 100% | 32% |
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 St. Cloud
Who supplies St. Cloud’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
St Cloud Waterworks (EPA ID WI4200477). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in St. Cloud?
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 St. Cloud?
Spectrum, Frontier, Bertram Communications, Bug Tussel, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in St. Cloud?
53079. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is St. Cloud in?
New Holstein School District.
How do I register to vote in St. Cloud?
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 Village of St. Cloud 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.