Village in Price County

Prentice

Population: 563
County: Price County
Location: 45.541, -90.293

Prentice is a small incorporated village in southern Price County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, sited where State Highway 13 and US Highway 8 cross the Jump River. It incorporated as a village in 1899 and grew as a lumber and leather-tanning center; its 2020 Census population was 563, estimated at 558 as of January 1, 2025. The village is run by an elected board led by Village President Brad Swenson with Laurie Andreae as Clerk/Treasurer, and its children attend the PK-12 Prentice School District (the Buccaneers). Its economy leans on wood products (Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill and firewood-equipment maker Multitek Inc.) and river recreation, and its signature event is Prentice Progress Days on Labor Day weekend.

The record

183 records name Prentice

166 news
14 obituaries
2 opinion
1 notices

Showing the 40 most recent of 183. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

36 of 41 independently verified

Authoritative data

Population: 563 (2020 census), 558 (latest official estimate) via doa.wi.gov
Area: 2.019 sq mi land, 0.025 sq mi water, at 45.541224, -90.292805 via www2.census.gov
Price County holds 152 named lakes and flowages via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com
Named lakes nearest this town: Prentice Flowage 59 via prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com

Overview

Name: Village of Prentice via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Type: incorporated village via www2.census.gov
Incorporated: 1899 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
County: Price County via co.price.wi.us
Coords: 45.541224, -90.292805 via www2.census.gov
Land area: 2.019 via www2.census.gov
Elevation: 1539 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Population and demographics

2020: 563 via doa.wi.gov
2025 estimate: 558 via doa.wi.gov
Voting age: 425 via doa.wi.gov
Median income: None unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Form: village board via vil.prentice.wi.gov
President: Brad Swenson via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Clerk: Laurie Andreae via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Trustees: 5 trustees via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Site: https://www.vil.prentice.wi.gov/ via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Town of prentice: Town of Prentice via co.price.wi.us
Meeting schedule: None unverified via vil.prentice.wi.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Schools

District: Prentice School District via prentice.k12.wi.us
Enrollment: 345 via nces.ed.gov

Economy and employers

Employer biewer: Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill, Inc. via apps.dnr.wi.gov
Employer multitek: Multitek Inc. via multitekinc.com
Industry: forest products / wood manufacturing inferred via apps.dnr.wi.gov Reasoned from other facts on this page, not reported directly.
History: lumber and tanning town secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Institutions and anchors

Clinic: Aspirus Prentice Clinic via locations.aspirus.org
Post office: 54556 via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Library: None unverified via co.price.wi.us We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

Price county review: Price County Review via apg-wi.com
Mypricecounty: mypricecounty.com secondary source via mypricecounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

Jump river: Jump River via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Parks: 4 parks via vil.prentice.wi.gov
Jump river woods sna: Jump River Woods State Natural Area via dnr.wisconsin.gov

Events and seasonal rhythm

Progress days: Prentice Progress Days via progressdays.com

Infrastructure and access

Highways: WI-13 and US-8 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Airport: Prentice Airport (5N2) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
Broadband: fiber + cable available unverified via broadbandnow.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
Nearest hub: ~35 unverified via www2.census.gov We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

Price County, WI 93 meetings

In memory, from Prentice

All obituaries

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