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<p ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333-______<br>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8<br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
Under<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<br>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><b><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">WPS Resources Corporation</font></u></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="4"><b><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Wisconsin Public Service Corporation</font></u></b></td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="4"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="4">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Wisconsin</font></u></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">39-1775292</font></u></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Wisconsin</font></u></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">39-1715160</font></u></td>
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    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
      organization)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
      Identification No.)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
      organization)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
      Identification No.)</font></td>
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    <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="7"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">700 North Adams Street<br>
      P. O. Box 19001<u><br>
      Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9001</u><br>
      (Address of principal executive offices)</font></td>
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    <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="7"><b><u><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan</font></u></b><font SIZE="2"><br>
      (Full title of the plan)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="4"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Larry L. Weyers<br>
      Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer<br>
      WPS Resources Corporation<br>
      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<br>
      Wisconsin Public Service Corporation<br>
      700 North Adams Street<br>
      P. O. Box 19001<br>
      Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9001<u><br>
      (920) 433-1727<br>
      </u>(Name and address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
      for service)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Copy to:<br>
      <br>
      Russell E. Ryba<br>
      Foley &amp; Lardner LLP<br>
      777 East Wisconsin Avenue<br>
      Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5367<br>
      (414) 297-5668</font></td>
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</table>
<b><font SIZE="1">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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    <td WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Title of Each Class of Securities to be<br>
      <u>Registered</u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be<br>
      <u>
      Registered</u> <sup>(1)</sup></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum<br>
      Offering Price&nbsp;<br>
      <u> Per Unit</u> <sup>(2)</sup></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum<br>
      Aggregate<br>
      <u>
      Offering Price</u> <sup>(2)</sup></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of<br>
      Registration<br>
      <u>
      Fee</u></font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Common Stock</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">448,000</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">$57.7250</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">$25,860,800</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">$3,043.82</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Common Stock Purchase Rights</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">448,000</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(3)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(3)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">(3)</font></td>
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  <p>(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in the event of
  a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Common
  Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of shares registered shall be
  automatically increased to cover additional shares.</p>
  <p>(2) Estimated, pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 457(c), solely for
  the purpose of computing the registration fee based on the average of the low
  and high prices as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2005,
  which date was within five business days of the date of this filing.</p>
  <p>(3) The Common Stock Purchase Rights are attached to and traded with the
  shares of Common Stock being registered. The value attributable to the Common
  Stock Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the value attributable to the
  Common Stock.</p>
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  </blockquote>
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<p>The Prospectus related to this Registration Statement is a combined
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 429 and relates to Registration Nos. 033-65167-01,
333-63101, 333-71990 and 333-71992.</p>
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<p><font size="2">&lt;PAGE&gt;</font></p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On October 22, 2001, WPS Resources Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation
(&quot;WPS Resources&quot;), and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a
Wisconsin corporation (&quot;Wisconsin Public Service&quot;), filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-71990) to register 62,000
shares of common stock of WPS Resources, par value $1.00&nbsp;per share (the
&quot;Common Stock&quot;), issuable under the WPS Resources Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan, as amended (the &quot;Deferred Plan&quot;), and $5,300,000
deferred compensation obligations. On October&nbsp;22, 2001, WPS&nbsp;Resources
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-71992) to register
30,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the WPS&nbsp;Resources Corporation
Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, which
plan was merged into the Deferred Plan, and $1,000,000 deferred compensation
obligations. In addition, with respect to the Deferred Plan, WPS Resources and
Wisconsin Public Service filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-63101) on September 9, 1998 to register 180,000 shares of Common Stock
issuable under the Deferred Plan and $10,450,000 deferred compensation
obligations and a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-65167-01) on
December 19, 1995 to register 30,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Deferred Plan, $5,890,000 deferred compensation obligations and, pursuant to
Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, an indeterminate amount of interests
in the Deferred Plan.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Board of Directors of WPS Resources
and
the shareholders of WPS Resources approved an amendment and restatement of the
Deferred Plan, which increased the number of shares of Common Stock available
for future grants. The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register
448,000 additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the Deferred Plan.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of WPS Resource's
and Wisconsin Public Service's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No.
333-71990) including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the
contents of WPS&nbsp;Resources' Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No.
333-71992), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART I</b><br>
<br>
<b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are
not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of
this Form S-8 Registration Statement.</p>
<p align="center">-2-</p>
<p align="left">&lt;PAGE&gt;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</b><br>
<br>
<b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
  </b>
  <p>ITEM 8. <u>EXHIBITS</u>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following exhibits have been filed (except where otherwise indicated) as
part of this Registration Statement:</p>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;<u>Exhibit No.</u></p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p>Exhibit</u></td>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">4</td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.10 to Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
      period ended December 31, 2005, filed March 9, 2005 [File
      No.&nbsp;1-11337]).</td>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">5</td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Opinion of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP.</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">23.1</td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</td>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">23.2</td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Consent of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5).</td>
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    <td WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">24</td>
    <td WIDTH="79%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Powers of Attorney (certain filed herewith and others contained in the
      signature pages hereto).</td>
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</table>
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<p align="left">&lt;PAGE&gt;</p>
<b>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants
certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and have duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Green Bay, and State of Wisconsin, on this 26th day
of August, 2005.</p>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><b>
      <p>WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION</b><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      By: <u>/s/ Larry L. Weyers</u><br>
      Larry L. Weyers<br>
      <i>Chairman, President and<br>
      Chief Executive Officer</i><b><br>
      </b></td>
    <td WIDTH="54%" VALIGN="TOP"><b>
      <p>WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION</b><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      By: <u>/s/ Larry L. Weyers</u><br>
      Larry L. Weyers<br>
      <i>Chairman and<br>
      Chief Executive Officer</i><b><br>
      </b></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this the
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of
each of the Registrants and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Larry L. Weyers,
Joseph P. O'Leary and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, his or her
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</p>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p>Name</u></td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p>Capacity</u></td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p>Date</u></td>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p><br>
      <br>
      /s/ Larry L. Weyers<br>
      </u>Larry L. Weyers</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
      and Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      August 26, 2005</td>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      <u>/s/ Joseph P. O'Leary<br>
      </u>Joseph P. O'Leary</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
      Officer)</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      August 26, 2005</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p align="center">-4-</p>
<p align="left">&lt;PAGE&gt;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p><br>
      <br>
      /s/ Diane L. Ford<br>
      </u>Diane L. Ford</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      Vice President - Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
      Accounting Officer)</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      August 26, 2005</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Albert J. Budney, Jr.*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Richard A. Bemis*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Ellen Carnahan*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Robert C. Gallagher*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>James L. Kemerling*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>John C. Meng*</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>William F. Protz, Jr.*</p>
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Director</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>August 26, 2005</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
    </td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
    </td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>*By: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ L. L. Weyers<br>
      </u>L. L. Weyers</td>
    <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      Attorney-in-Fact</td>
    <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p><br>
      August 26, 2005</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>* Each of the above signatures is affixed as of August 26, 2005. Respective
Powers of Attorney are filed herewith.</p>
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<p align="left">&lt;PAGE&gt;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</p>
</b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Form S-8 Registration Statement for<u><br>
WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan</p>
</u>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit No.</u></td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP"><u>
      <p>Exhibit</u></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">4</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.10 to Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
      period ended December 31, 2004, filed March 9, 2005 [File
      No.&nbsp;1-11337]).</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">5</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Opinion of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">23.1</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">23.2</td>
    <td WIDTH="78%" VALIGN="TOP">
      <p>Consent of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5).</td>
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Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
WPS Resources Corporation
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
39-1775292
Wisconsin
39-1715160
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
      organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
      organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
700 North Adams Street
P. O. Box 19001
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9001
(Address of principal executive offices)
WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Larry L. Weyers
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
WPS Resources Corporation
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
700 North Adams Street
P. O. Box 19001
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307-9001
(920) 433-1727
(Name and address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent
      for service)
Copy to:
Russell E. Ryba
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5367
(414) 297-5668
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock
448,000
$57.7250
$25,860,800
$3,043.82
Common Stock Purchase Rights
448,000
(3)
(3)
(3)
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in the event of
  a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Common
  Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of shares registered shall be
  automatically increased to cover additional shares.
(2) Estimated, pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 457(c), solely for
  the purpose of computing the registration fee based on the average of the low
  and high prices as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2005,
  which date was within five business days of the date of this filing.
(3) The Common Stock Purchase Rights are attached to and traded with the
  shares of Common Stock being registered. The value attributable to the Common
  Stock Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the value attributable to the
  Common Stock.
The Prospectus related to this Registration Statement is a combined
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 429 and relates to Registration Nos. 033-65167-01,
333-63101, 333-71990 and 333-71992.
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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
On October 22, 2001, WPS Resources Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation
("WPS Resources"), and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a
Wisconsin corporation ("Wisconsin Public Service"), filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-71990) to register 62,000
shares of common stock of WPS Resources, par value $1.00 per share (the
"Common Stock"), issuable under the WPS Resources Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Deferred Plan"), and $5,300,000
deferred compensation obligations. On October 22, 2001, WPS Resources
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-71992) to register
30,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the WPS Resources Corporation
Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, which
plan was merged into the Deferred Plan, and $1,000,000 deferred compensation
obligations. In addition, with respect to the Deferred Plan, WPS Resources and
Wisconsin Public Service filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-63101) on September 9, 1998 to register 180,000 shares of Common Stock
issuable under the Deferred Plan and $10,450,000 deferred compensation
obligations and a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-65167-01) on
December 19, 1995 to register 30,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
Deferred Plan, $5,890,000 deferred compensation obligations and, pursuant to
Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, an indeterminate amount of interests
in the Deferred Plan.
The Board of Directors of WPS Resources
and
the shareholders of WPS Resources approved an amendment and restatement of the
Deferred Plan, which increased the number of shares of Common Stock available
for future grants. The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register
448,000 additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the Deferred Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of WPS Resource's
and Wisconsin Public Service's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No.
333-71990) including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the
contents of WPS Resources' Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No.
333-71992), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are
not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of
this Form S-8 Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
.
The following exhibits have been filed (except where otherwise indicated) as
part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
4
WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      period ended December 31, 2005, filed March 9, 2005 [File
      No. 1-11337]).
5
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (certain filed herewith and others contained in the
      signature pages hereto).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants
certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and have duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Green Bay, and State of Wisconsin, on this 26th day
of August, 2005.
WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Larry L. Weyers
Larry L. Weyers
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Larry L. Weyers
Larry L. Weyers
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this the
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of
each of the Registrants and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Larry L. Weyers,
Joseph P. O'Leary and Barth J. Wolf, and each of them individually, his or her
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Name
Capacity
Date
/s/ Larry L. Weyers
Larry L. Weyers
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
      and Director
August 26, 2005
/s/ Joseph P. O'Leary
Joseph P. O'Leary
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
      Officer)
August 26, 2005
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/s/ Diane L. Ford
Diane L. Ford
Vice President - Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
      Accounting Officer)
August 26, 2005
Albert J. Budney, Jr.*
Director
August 26, 2005
Richard A. Bemis*
Director
August 26, 2005
Ellen Carnahan*
Director
August 26, 2005
Robert C. Gallagher*
Director
August 26, 2005
Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale*
Director
August 26, 2005
James L. Kemerling*
Director
August 26, 2005
John C. Meng*
Director
August 26, 2005
William F. Protz, Jr.*
Director
August 26, 2005
*By:
/s/ L. L. Weyers
L. L. Weyers
Attorney-in-Fact
August 26, 2005
* Each of the above signatures is affixed as of August 26, 2005. Respective
Powers of Attorney are filed herewith.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Form S-8 Registration Statement for
WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
4
WPS Resources Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      period ended December 31, 2004, filed March 9, 2005 [File
      No. 1-11337]).
5
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney (certain filed herewith and others contained in the
      signature pages hereto).
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