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The Wonewoc handbook

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

To register to vote, go to the Town of Wonewoc Clerk: Wonewoc runs its own elections. Gundersen St. Josephs Hospital and Clinics, 5.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Wonewoc, 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 Wonewoc.

Electricity

Power comes from Wisconsin Power & Light

Wisconsin Power & Light (Wisconsin Power & Light Co), an investor-owned utility, serves 93.6% of Wonewoc residents. 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 Marell Courts and Rentals LLC water system

The Marell Courts and Rentals LLC water system supplies Wonewoc: 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 60 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jun–Sep 2021, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2021: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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. WI6630256.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Wonewoc

86% of 378 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 86% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Hillsboro Telephone CompanyFiber62%1,000/1,000
BrightspeedDSL56%80/10
LaValle Telephone CompanyFiber24%1,000/1,000
SpectrumCable6%1,000/1,000
Bug TusselFixed wireless75%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless22%25/6

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

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Wonewoc’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Wonewoc.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Wonewoc or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Wonewoc kids go to
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–122 schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Wonewoc (60%) is in Wonewoc-Union Center School District; parts are in Royall School District (35%) and Hillsboro School District (5%).

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

Wonewoc spans 3 ZIP codes

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

ZIPPost office nameShare of WonewocZIP’s residents in Wonewoc
53968Wonewoc, WI68%20%
53929Elroy, WI31%8%
54634Hillsboro, WI2%0%

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 Wonewoc

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

The Marell Courts and Rentals LLC water system (EPA ID WI6630256). 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 0.6 ppb (Jun–Sep 2021), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Wonewoc?

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 Wonewoc?

Hillsboro Telephone Company, Brightspeed, LaValle Telephone Company, Spectrum, Bug Tussel, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Wonewoc?

53968 (68%), 53929 (31%), 54634 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Wonewoc in?

Wonewoc-Union Center School District. Parts of the city are in Royall School District and Hillsboro School District.

How do I register to vote in Wonewoc?

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 Wonewoc 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.