Village of Strum, Trempealeau County, WI

Welcome to the Village of Strum

Tid-Bit of our History - The village was settled in the mid-1800's by Norwegian immigrants as a trading post. The immigrants were attracted to the area because of the rolling hills and deep valleys which reminded them of southern Norway. Strum officially became a village in 1948.
Strum is located along the gorgeous Buffalo River, aka "The Beef River" and has roughly 40 acres of park land! The village has a beautiful 9-hole golf course and a 42-site campground right off Crystal Lake; the lake is a wonderful recreational spot for no-wake boating, kayaking, canoeing and year around fishing. Come enjoy our soccer, baseball and softball fields, volleyball and pickleball courts, playgrounds and picnic areas within our parks; walk one of the Community Trails located at the Rod & Gun or hop on the Buffalo River Recreation Trail for a ride. And don't forget to check out the locally owned businesses and shops in the downtown area.
We look forward to your visit! For more History of the Village of Strum visit our History Page.

Courtesy of Bill Rindal, Twisted Oak Photography

Courtesy of Bill Rindal, Twisted Oak Captures

"Strum, Wisconsin from the air in 2003 Picture by Jerry Berg of Kasson, Minnesota. This picture by Jerry Berg of Kasson, Minnesota. Jerry is from the northern Trempealeau County area, Osseo, and this picture was taken while flying in from the Dodge Center, Minnesota airport for the Viking Flying Club flight breakfast in 2003. He and my cousin, Mike Berg of Eleva, are pilots, as are a number of people around Strum. Jerry went to school in Osseo with Mike's wife, Judy Deinhammer." Jerry's paternal grandfather, Evan Berg, was born in Norway in 1877 about the same time (1879) as my grandfather, Helfred Matson, but not the same area. Jerry's grandmother, Julia, was born southwest of Madison, Wisconsin, putting her birth in the midst of strong Norwegian settlements. Evan is believed to have worked in the Strum Creamery and later the family moved to a farm in Clear Creek Township, Eau Claire County, just 5 miles northeast of Strum. Although a different county, these are Strum people two. Evan died in 1925 and is buried in St. Paul's Cemetery in Strum. Erlan Berg is Jerry's father. To my knowledge and theirs, Mike Berg and Jerry Berg are not related. Berg, like Olson, is a common name in this area, as one might expect. A few notes about this picture: You are looking southwest at Strum from Jerry Berg's airplane. County Highway D, runs due north and south along the west border of Crystal Lake and Dam. The Beef River flows west (toward the top and through the trees). Just right of the north end of the lake in what appears to be a clearing, is St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery and to its right, U. S. Highway 10. Directly in front of you at the bottom of this picture is the west end of Viking Skyline Golf Course. To the left of the golf course is Crystal Lake Park (camping, recreational vehicle spots) and the lake. County D runs south through the main business sector of Strum. Woodland Park (picnic, swimming, swings) borders the top left (south) quarter of Crystal Lake in this picture and Immanuel Lutheran Church borders it to the south. Middle left is Blade Millwork, you can tell from the lumber piles. While my parent's Millwork Business was a forerunner to this operation this one dwarfs ours in comparison. Just above Blade Millworks is Fori Spangberg (baseball) Field. Strum is in Unity Township but the farmland at the top of this picture is both in Unity and Albion Townships. Draw a line from the group of trees under the clouds in the top right of the picture to about the top left corner of this picture. The area above that is part of Albion Township. I hope you get the sense from this picture that the countryside is hilly, because it is. Rolling hills and valleys and crooked country roads are part of the personality of this area of northern Trempealeau County. Continuing along U.S. Highway 10 east (on the right side of the picture), directly toward you at the bottom of the picture, for another four miles or so, are the northeast land Sections of the Town of Unity. Along this direction on the way to Osseo (9 miles east of Strum) is Section 11 of the Town of Unity. The east half of Section 11 was at one time owned by Lina Paulson (Nicoline Paulsdatter) & her husband, Andrew Anderson and by Andrew Anderson's brothers. Andreas Paulsen, brother of Lina, at one time owned a small part of what was the Bolling farm and is still in that family with Barb & Dan Adams. Andreas and his wife, Marie Olsen, lived most of their lives in Fillmore County, Minnesota. They arrived in the Town of Unity in later years. He may have been all or partially blind then. Ragna Matson (sister of Helfred Matson) & Nick Paulson lived in the same Section. There is no currently known relation between the two Paulson (Paulsen) families." Fred Matson September 23, 2003 (updated January 27, 2006)

2026 Music in the Park & Farmers Market at Woodland Park

Horseback riders using the old railroad bed, now the Buffalo River Trail. "This trail in west-central Wisconsin follows the scenic Buffalo River valley for 36 miles between Mondovi and Fairchild. The river, which lends its name to the trail, was named by early French explorers. They called it Riviere de Beeufs for the many bison that once inhabited the area. The trail is built on a former railroad corridor and passes by farmlands, woods, hills and wetlands while traveling through the communities of Eleva, Strum and Osseo."

Pelicans enjoying themselves on Crystal Lake, Courtesy of Bill Rindal, Twisted Oak Captures

Viking Golf & Dine on Hwy 10

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Announcements:

- Village Office will be closing at 1:30pm on October 14th and return to normal business hours October 15th

- We will be dredging this year though a timeframe has not been set. Please check back here for more information as it becomes available.

- NEW: Ordinance 26-121 Electric Scooters & Electric Bicycles

- NEW: Ordinance # 32-130 Open Burning

This lease includes the building(s), some machinery and land. This does not inlcude the business or any equipment the business may own.

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NEXT ELECTION: November 3, 2026

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LOTS FOR SALE!

The Village of Strum has 13 Lots for Sale in the Spruce Street Addition
and 1 Lot Prairie East Addition. See above maps for listed lots.

Spruce Addition: Lots 2B - 12B & 2A are listed at $17,000. Lot 1A is listed at $34,000.
Prairie Addition: Lot 53 is listed at $18,000.

Click here for the Spruce St Addition Covenants
Click here for the Prairie East Addition Covenants

Please contact the Village Office for more information: 715-695-3601