City of Abbotsford

Abbotsford, at the junction of Highways 29 and 13, is home to over 160 businesses and industries which provide a wide variety of services and employment opportunities. The school district offers a well-balanced curriculum with modern classrooms and technical facilities. The city has a library, bowling alley, softball and baseball diamonds, parks, movie theater, many restaurants, a golf-driving range, indoor swimming pool and tennis courts. There are numerous antique shops in the city and surrounding area. Industry is served by two major highways and railway freight service. Abbotsford is home to the annual Abbotsford Christmas Parade, held since 1971, on the first Saturday in December at 7:30 p.m. The parade features costumed characters and colorfully lit floats and delights thousands of spectators who come from all over Wisconsin each year. Another well-known Abbotsford attraction is the huge ice cream cone sold at a local dairy store.

This community in the heart of dairyland is proud of its farm community heritage.

The City of Abbotsford has imposed mandatory outdoor water usage restrictions on all water users in the City of Abbotsford. The restrictions shall apply to all properties using city water. Restrictions are for all days of the week. The criteria for this mandatory restriction is to:

To avoid undue stress upon the resources and reserve capacity of the water utility.
To avoid sustained low pressure.
To maintain reservoir levels sufficient to provide adequate fire protection.
To compensate for loss of one or more wells.

Until further notice, any outdoor water usage shall be prohibited, such as but not limited to:

car washing
watering of grass/gardens/plants
filling of swimming pools
outdoor water games

Any person, owner or occupant who violates this mandatory restriction on water usage issued, or fails to comply with any of its requirements, shall upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $20.00 nor more than $1000.00. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.

Effective January 2010

Abbotsford DMV Customer Center will be open the 3rd Thursday of every month from 8:45 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

You may also visit:

Marshfield Customer Service Center located at 503 S Cherry Avenue from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mon, Wed, Fri

Wausau Customer Service Center located at 5301 Rib Mountain Drive from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Mon, Tue, Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wed,

10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Thursday

For online services visit www.wisconsindmv.gov

or call 608-264-7447