Stoughton Utilities

Robert Kardasz -- Utilities Director - rkardasz@stoughtonutilities.com
Alicia VandenOever -- Energy Services Representative - avandenoever@wppienergy.org

Robert Kardasz - WPPI Energy Executive Committee; Personnel Committee; Rates & Delivery Service Advisory Group
Brian Hoops - Information Technology Advisory Group

Stoughton, located 20 miles southeast of Madison, was founded in 1847 by Luke Stoughton, an Englishman from Vermont. He liked the site because the Catfish River (now the Yahara) could be used to power a lumber mill.

Once the community was established, Luke Stoughton persuaded the railroad to come through the town, rather than a nearby community. Thus, growth was assured. Stoughton became an incorporated village in 1862 and a city 20 years later.

Targe Mandt started the first wagon works in the late 1860s. This produced many jobs which were filled by Norwegian immigrants. Stoughton became one of the most Norwegian towns in the United States.