New Glarus Area EMS could enter 2027 without a single municipal 911 service contract if the last two townships still weighing their options decide to leave, putting the future of the 51-year-old nonprofit ambulance service in question.
The Town of Mount Pleasant is expected to revisit its EMS coverage Oct. 12 after tabling the issue at a meeting last month. The Town of Primrose, meanwhile, has spent months comparing options and recently met with representatives of Sugar River EMS as it considers whether to remain with New Glarus Area EMS.
The decisions come after a steady unraveling of New Glarus Area EMS's municipal service base. The Village and Town of New Glarus ended their contracts after 2025. The Town of York voted Sept. 8 to end its contract after this year, and the Town of Perry followed Sept. 21, voting to seek membership in the Sugar River EMS District beginning Jan. 1.
If Mount Pleasant and Primrose also leave, New Glarus Area EMS would no longer provide contracted municipal 911 coverage anywhere in south-central Wisconsin. Public nonprofit records list the organization as having been formed in 1975.
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