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The Wittenberg handbook

Living in Wittenberg, WI: what to set up and who to call

Tuesday is trash day in Wittenberg; Harter's collects. Wittenberg runs its own elections, so the Village of Wittenberg Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Wittenberg, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Wittenberg.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Wittenberg. 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.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Wittenberg Waterworks

Wittenberg Waterworks supplies Wittenberg: about 94% of residents live in its service area. About 6% 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 1,200 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.

Lead, 90th percentile1.5 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2023, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 61% 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. WI4590465.

Internet

3 home internet providers serve Wittenberg

100% of 444 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Wittenberg Telephone CompanyFiber100%1,000/1,000
T-MobileFixed wireless73%100/20
Bug TusselFixed wireless52%50/8

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Wittenberg is Tuesday

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Wittenberg, from the town’s own site.

Trash haulerHarter'sPicks up trash in Wittenbergvillageofwittenberg.com
Trash dayTuesdayEvery week
Pickup calendar

This month

  • TrashEvery week
  • RecyclingEvery week, Tue
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Clean aluminum trays and foil wraps
  • Non-waxed cardboard
  • Newspaper, magazines, telephone books, catalogs, office paper, junk mail

From villageofwittenberg.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 22, 2026; pages dated 2026, 2026-10-08. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Wittenberg kids go to
PK–8Wittenberg ElementaryWittenberg-Birnamwood School District
9–12Wittenberg-Birnamwood HighWittenberg-Birnamwood School District

Wittenberg is in Wittenberg-Birnamwood 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.

Government & voting

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.

ZIP codes & area codes

Wittenberg is in ZIP code 54499

ZIP codes where Wittenberg residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of WittenbergZIP’s residents in Wittenberg
54499Wittenberg, WI100%34%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

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 Wittenberg

Who supplies Wittenberg’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Wittenberg Waterworks (EPA ID WI4590465). 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 1.5 ppb (Jun–Sep 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Wittenberg?

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 Wittenberg?

Wittenberg Telephone Company, T-Mobile, Bug Tussel (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Wittenberg?

54499. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Wittenberg in?

Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District.

How do I register to vote in Wittenberg?

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 Wittenberg 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: Wittenberg’s own website (villageofwittenberg.com), 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.