Town of Day, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

No list of major employers located in the Town of Day was found in a primary source read this session.

No newspaper or broadcast outlet dedicated to Day, and no official newspaper for its notices, was named in a source read this session; the town posts updates on its website and Facebook page.

The town budgets $60,000 for fire protection in 2026 and has a fire department update on its September 2026 agenda, but the providing fire and EMS department was not named in a source read this session.

No hospital or clinic located in the town was confirmed from a source read this session.

The municipality is the Town of Day, a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census county subdivision GEOID 5507318950).

The Wisconsin town's official site is townofdaywi.gov; the similar domain townofday.com belongs to the Town of Day in Saratoga County, New York.

The unincorporated community of Rozellville lies inside the Town of Day, and the town's Facebook page address reads 'Town-of-Day-Rozellville-WI'.

The Town of Day covers 33.76 square miles of land and 0.237 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 44.722181, -90.011751.

The Town Hall uses a Stratford, WI 54484 address, though the Village of Stratford is a separate municipality.

The 2020 Census counted 1,063 residents in the Town of Day.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates Day's population at 1,057 as of January 1, 2025.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of Day's population is 1,222 (+/-236).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in Day is 43.2 years (+/-8.6).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in Day is $83,750 (+/-$35,104), a wide margin of error.

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in Day is $206,100 (+/-$24,263).

Joe Brueggen is Town Chairman.

Chad Hoffman and Trine Spindler are Town Supervisors.

Rebecca Post is Town Clerk (715-387-4303, [email address]).

Marci Griesbach is Town Treasurer.

Brian Dillinger is Zoning Administrator and chairs the Plan Commission; Pat Kilty is building and electrical inspector; Kurt Moeller is assessor.

Besides the Town Board, the town has a Plan Commission, a Road Commission chaired by Supervisor Hoffman, and an Intergovernmental Committee chaired by Supervisor Spindler.

The town says Town Board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.; in 2026 the board met at the Town Hall on June 24, July 16, August 18, and September 16.

The Town Hall is at 122518 County Road C, Stratford, WI 54484.

Agendas, minutes, and notices post on the town website, which lets residents subscribe to updates; the town says paper notices remain available on request.

The town's official website is townofdaywi.gov.

The 2026 annual meeting was held April 21, 2026.

Town Zoning took effect April 1, 2026, according to the annual meeting recap; wind energy system ordinances and the zoning code remain continued business on the September 16, 2026 board agenda.

The 2026 proposed budget totals $674,738 in expenses, including $60,000 for fire protection, with $347,696 in tax collections.

Planned 2026 road work includes partial improvements to Eau Pleine, River Run, Sawyer Creek, Veerland, and Guldan roads, with Oxbo and Folz roads planned for 2027.

The town garbage and recycling drop-off at 122185 Guldan Street is open Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon, priced per bag.

Three unified school districts split the town: Stratford (about 40 percent of the town's area), Marshfield (about 39 percent), and Auburndale (about 22 percent).

Stratford School District (NCES 5514580) enrolled 774 students in three schools in 2024-2025.

Marshfield Unified School District (NCES 5508820) enrolled 3,626 students in eight schools in 2024-2025.

Auburndale School District (NCES 5500600) enrolled 840 students in two schools in 2024-2025.

Alliant Energy's proposed Hub City Wind Project would place about 28 to 38 turbines, each 580 to 680 feet tall, in portions of Marathon County including the town; Alliant informed the town board on June 12, 2026 that it had submitted its 180-day pre-application notice to the Public Service Commission, and it hopes to apply for a permit in September 2026.

Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023, including 18,923 in manufacturing.

The Rozellville Sanitary District, more than 50 years old, serves the Rozellville area; the district reports its system is at capacity and closed to new connections.

No public library outlet is in the Town of Day; the Marathon County Public Library operates a Stratford Branch, matching the town's Stratford mailing address.

Rangeline Flowage and Beth Arthur Lane Pond Number 3 are named water bodies inside the town.

The Rozellville Lions Club maintains and operates the Rozellville Lions Ballpark, which hosted a Summer Shindig on August 8, 2026.

Community organizations listed by the town include the Rozellville Lions Club (more than 50 years old), the Rozellville Rockets 4-H Club, which usually meets at the Day Town Hall, and the Rozellville Wilderness Riders Snowmobile Club.

The town celebrates its 145th birthday on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the Town Hall.

The Rozellville Lions held a pancake feed on September 13, 2026 at the church hall.

The town of Day was created June 10, 1881, and elected Andrew Daul as its first chairman.

Rozellville takes its name from Michael W. D. Rozell, an early settler born in 1803 in Fishkill, New York, who later moved to Plainfield, Wisconsin.

By 1913 the town supplied one creamery and three cheese factories, and the 1913 history credits Day and neighboring McMillan as the first towns in the county to grow corn in large quantities.

A Catholic congregation organized at Rozellville in 1880, built its first church in 1881, and gained its first resident priest in 1893; a two-story parochial school followed in 1904.