Town of Eaton Bulletin Board
NOTICE
SPECIAL TOWN OF EATON MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025 AT 1:00 P.M.
EATON TOWN HALL
316 W MAIN STREET
VALDERS WI 54245
1 Road Inspection with Craig Zipperer, Road Superintendent, Richard Christel, Town Chairman, Joseph Riesterer, Town Supervisor, and Lewis Schema, Town Supervisor
Eaton Town BoardPaulette Vogt, Clerk
VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their municipal clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen who:
- will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day.
- has resided in the ward or municipality where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election.
The elector must also be registered to vote to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued*.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may make written application to your municipal clerk for an absentee ballot by mail, email, or online at MyVote.wi.gov. Or you may apply in person at the clerk’s office during the In-Person Absentee Voting period listed below.
Your written request must include:
- Your voting address within the municipality where you reside.
- The address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different from the address above.
- Your signature.
- A copy of your photo identification.*
The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election – March 27, 2025**.
*Voters who are indefinitely confined due to age, illness, infirmity, or disability may not be required to provide photo ID. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
**Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Town of Eaton, Paulette Vogt Clerk, 8525 Carstens Lake Road, Manitowoc WI
920/758-2720 - Available by appointment ONLY
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Call 920/758-2720 or email townofeaton@yahoo.com to set up an appointment.
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk's office is: Friday, March 28, 2025
Last appointment will be scheduled no later than 5:00 P.M.
No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election. The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place before the polls close on April 1, 2025. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.
Dated this 28th day of February 2025.
Paulette Vogt, Clerk
Town of Eaton
PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THE LAND USE COMMITTEE. WE NEED MORE HELP ON THIS COMMITTEE. PLEASE CONTACT CHAIRMAN CHRISTEL AT 920-773-2535 IF INTERESTED.
Recycling Center hours for our weekenders who leave town on the weekends! Wednesday evenings starting May 15, 2024 and until September 15th, 2024, the recycling center will be open to Town Residents only, from 5 PM to 7 PM.
Eaton History
The town of Eaton was named after Chauncy EATON who came from Illinois in the year 1849 and engaged in the lumbering business soon after. He was one of the first settlers in this section but his holdings were located in what is now the western part of Liberty. The first actual settlers within the present confines of the town of Eaton were O. SWENSON and family who located in section 14 in 1849. The present town of Eaton (except section 1 which belonged to Maple Grove), west one-half of Liberty and sections 31, 32, 33 and one-half of 34, in Rockland were taken from the town of Newton. (Liberty was detached from Eaton November 16, 1857.) The town of Eaton was organized in 1851 with George MONROE as chairman. In 1853 the name of the town was changed to Valders, at the instance of the large number of Norwegians who had flocked there in the early fifties, the name being that of their home province in Norway. One year later the name was again changed to that of Eaton. Among the early settlers was N. PORTER who came in the fall of 1849 and settled in section 4. In 1851, N.K. JOHNSON located in section 10. In 1865 he built a sawmill and later on a store and cheese factory. C. SCHWALBE settled in section 14 in 1854. The first white child was H.M. HANSON, who was born in 1850. The first school was taught by Miss Therese MOTT in her mother's home in 1854. The first death in the town occurred the same year, a Mr. GUENTHER being killed by lightning.
From "History of Manitowoc County" by Dr. Louis Falge, 1912 Vol. 1, pg. 338