Central Minnesota Local Governments
County Governments

Sherburne County

Sherburne Co. Soil & Water
Conservation Dist.

Mille Lacs County

Morrison County

Benton County

Benton Co. Soil & Water
Conservation Dist.

Stearns County
This is one of the best Government sites out there for local government/citzen interaction!

Commissioner Leigh Lenzmeier's website

Stearns Co. Soil & Water Conservation

Todd County

Wright County

MN County Listing - (Northstar site)
If your county is not listed above, check  this
site - MN Northstar site -  to see if a link to your
county is listed.

OTHER SITES OF REGIONAL INTEREST

Northstar Corridor Site
Site dealing with the proposed Northstar Commuter Rail line

Community Profiles
This site offers community profiles - informational reports on a city's economic development, demographics, workforce, employers, utilities, transportation, education, and business and community services.

Rice Area Community Website
This site has links to several different websites for the Rice Area.

Tri-County Crimestoppers

Level Three Predatory Offender Locator
This site will allow you to find information on released Level III sexual predators who may be living in the area.

MN City Listing - (Northstar site)
If your city is not listed above, you can go to this MN Northstar site for a list of cities with websites.

LINK TO MINNESOTA'S OPEN MEETING LAW
This link goes to the Office of Revisor of Statutes listing of the laws that apply to open meetings.

ANOTHER LINK TO MINNESOTA'S OPEN MEETING LAW  This .PDF FILE link goes to a House Research report on the laws that apply to open meetings.
City Governments

City of St. Cloud   

City of Sauk Rapids

Rice - new site!

City of Sartell

City of St. Joseph

City of Waite Park

City of Watkins - new site!

City of St. Augusta

City of Elk River

Foley

Royalton

City of Little Falls

City of Becker

City of Princeton

City of Monticello

City of Big Lake

Melrose

City of Albany

City of Clearwater

City of Avon

City of Isanti

City of Milaca

City of Paynesville



City of Rockford

Richmond

Watab Township

Big Lake Township

Livonia Township

Rockford Township

Long Prairie

Freeport

Cold Spring



Friends of the Sartell Library
= Excellent site
Emergency Management Sites
I've included these sites because I have found this information informative, and especially useful during any natural disasters such as flooding that we've had happen in our area in recent years.    --    Joan
Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management-HSEM This site has some good downloadable information on it.

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

Office of Homeland Security

Ready.gov  "Terrorism forces us to make a choice.  Don't be afraid... Be Ready."
Stearns County Emergency Management


FEMA - Animals & Emergencies
Has links and information on how we can help animals (Pets & Wild) through emergencies too.
Area Food Shelves ...
I thought I would add some links here or at least the contact information for some of the Central MN Food Shelves.

-- The Salvation Army food shelf, 223 East St. Germain, St. Cloud, 56302, 252-4552.

-- Caritas Food Shelf, 157 Roosevelt Road, St. Cloud, 56303, 229-4560.

-- Albany Food Shelf, 741 La ke St., Albany, 56307 (320) 845-4070.

-- Becker Food Shelf, 12060 Sherburne Ave., Becker City Hall, 55308, (763) 261-4612.

-- Clearwater Food Shelf, Lions/Lioness' Community Building East Highway 75, 55320 , 558-6545.

-- SE Central Stearns County Food Shelf, State Bank Basement, Cold Spring, 56320, 685-8683.

-- Cross Center Food Shelf, 150 Fourth Ave., P.O. Box 205, Foley, 56329 , 968-7012.

-- Melrose Food Shelf, St Mary's Church Basement, 56352, 256-4207.

-- Good News Assembly Food Shelf, 712-17the Ave. S, St, Cloud, 56301, 685-8786.

-- St. Joseph Community Food Shelf, 283-16th Ave. SE, St Joseph, 56374, 363-4179



- St. Cloud - This site has a lot of information on services available in
   the area.


- 2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects
  callers to information about critical health and human services
  available in their community.
(Emergency Management links, Listings of Area Food Shelves and a link for the Central Minnesota Task Force on Battered Women are at the bottom of this page.)
Organization Helping Low-Income
Minnesotans Solve Civil Legal Problems
Do you have a friend or family member who you think may be a victim of abuse?
"Helping Battered Women:  A Guide for Family & Friends" .pdf

- from the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women.
Click on their logo to go to the MN RX Connect site.
The site says, "Minnesotans deserve information and access to affordable prescription medications. This website was created to provide Minnesotans information on issues related to prescription medicine, safety and cost-saving tips, and programs to help low-income Minnesotans pay for prescription medications. This site also provides Minnesotans with information about accessing lower-cost prescription medicine from Canada."
Clicking the above graphic will take you to "Anna Marie’s Alliance" and information on Anna Marie’s shelter, now known as Anna Marie’s; an emergency shelter for battered women and their children.
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