Local Support Agencies

Agencies
Locations
American Red Cross 
Phone: 800-RED-CROSS Phone: 800-733-2767
Minneapolis Phone: 612-871-7676
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
(ARES) (HAM Radio)
Ed LaPlante
Emergency Coordinator
W: 651-257-1313
C: 651-343-5400
Ann Foster
Dist. Emergency Coord.
H: 612-788-4888
C: 612-669-7547
Bret Hedrington
H: 651-257-2895
C: 612-669-7547
Communication Assistance
Sign Language Assistance
Phone: 800-456-2021
Adaptive Visual Devices
Phone: 800-657-3821
Assistive Telephone Devices
Phone: 800-571-4292
Community/Senior Centers
Chisago County Senior Center 
38790 - 6th Avenue
North Branch, MN 55056
Phone: 651-674-8658
Rush City Senior Dining Center
720 W. 14th Street 
Rush City, MN 55069
Phone: 320-358-3611
Coroner(Contract with Midwest Medical Examiner's Office)
A. Quinn Strobl, M.D.
Chief Medical Examiner
Forensic Pathologist

Midwest Medical Examiner's Office
14341 Rhinestone Street NW
Ramsey, MN 55303
Phone: 763-323-6400
Food Stamps/Services
Chisago County Human Service Agency
Phone: 651-257-1300 or 651-213-5600

Second Harvest Heartland
Phone: 612-484-5117

FAMILY PATHWAYS FOOD SHELF
Chisago City
Phone: 651-257-1308

North Branch
Phone: 651-674-8313

Hazelden Foundation
General Information
Phone: 651-257-4010 or 800-257-7800

Law Enforcement
Phone: 651-257-4100Emergency 911
Legal Aid
Minnesota Attorney General's Office
Phone: 651-296-3353 or 800-627-3529

Miscellaneous 
Senior LinkAge Line
Phone: 800-333-2433
Minnesota 2-1-1 (United Way)
Phone: 800-543-7709 Website
Pet/Animal Resources
Northwoods Humane Society
Phone: 651-982-0240 Website

Animal Control - North Branch
Tammy Gimpl, Gratitude Farms
Phone: 763-331-2275

Isanti County Humane Society
Phone: 763-689-2334

Salvation Army
Twin Cities
Phone: 800-456-4483

Roseville, MN Office
Phone: 651-746-3400

Transportation
Arrowhead Transit
702 3rd Avenue South
Virginia, MN 55792
Phone: 800-862-0175, 
Chisago County Option 13
Chisago County School District Garages:
Chisago Lakes Phone: 651-213-2020
North Branch Phone: 651-674-1030
Rush City Phone: 320-358-3562