Council authorizes urban‑service‑area amendment request for planned DOC juvenile facility

Aug 27, 2026

Fitchburg authorized a request to amend its urban service area to allow municipal water and sewer to serve a planned Wisconsin Department of Corrections juvenile detention facility near US Highway 14 and County Highway M; the facility will receive service from the Village of Oregon.

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City Administrator Chad Brecklin told the council the Wisconsin Department of Corrections plans to construct a juvenile detention facility near the intersection of US Highway 14 and County Highway M and that the building will receive water and sewer service from the Village of Oregon.

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