Town of Dewey
Rusk County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Dewey is a jurisdiction in Rusk County, Wisconsin, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department.
Contact
- Phone
- 715-532-2156
- zoning@ruskcountywi.gov
- Department Site
- Rusk County Zoning Department (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
This is one of three unrelated Towns of Dewey in Wisconsin (the Rusk County one). The Wisconsin DSPS delegation list shows Rusk County's Town of Dewey as 'Delegated' for UDC but no contact/inspector name was included in that record, and no town-specific UDC inspector could be confirmed via official sources -- Rusk County's own zoning page states Dewey is NOT among its nine 'comprehensively zoned' townships (Atlanta, Flambeau, Grant, Grow, Marshall, Thornapple, Stubbs, Washington, Wilson), and that UDC permits are needed for zoned townships or for residences near water. Given this ambiguity, contact information provided is for the county Zoning Department (Jon Runstrom, Interim Zoning Administrator; 311 East Miner Avenue Suite N110, Ladysmith, WI 54848) as the best-available official starting point; verify current UDC inspector assignment directly with the Town Clerk (Mary Ann Metzger, 715-532-9141) or the county. One low-confidence web-search lead named 'Jon Mattson / Atlas Inspections' for this town, but that pairing could not be confirmed as Rusk-County-specific (it matches Burnett County's Dewey and a separate Barron-area document) and may reflect a mix-up between the different Towns of Dewey -- treat as unconfirmed/likely incorrect for Rusk County.
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Dewey's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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