Here's a Helpful Check-List for Moving into a New Home
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Two Men and a Truck 507-216-6460
Ace World Midwest Moving 507-288-3341 or 763-755-2045
Piepho Moving and Storage 507-289-4515 or 1-800-622-4515
Allied Van Lines 507-216-4128 or 1-800-638-9797
Metcalf Moving and Storage (Mayflower) 507-288-5255 or 1-800-356-7996
Arpin Van Lines 1-800-343-3500
Keefe Transfer and Moving Company 507-289-4373
Self Moving Options:
U-Haul Truck Rental 507-288-0633 or 507-289-6832
Ryder Truck Rental 1-888-997-9337
Rochester Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Rochester Public Utilities (Rochester proper) 507-280-1500
People’s Cooperative Power Association (outside Rochester city limits) 507-367-7000
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
MN Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet:
Spectrum 1-866-874-2389
Telephone:
Centurylink 1-800-244-1111
Water:
Rochester Public Utilities 507-280-1500
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Garbage Man of Rochester 507-281-4285
Sunshine Sanitation 507-285-5550
Waste Management of Rochester 507-282-2420
Newspaper:
Rochester Post Bulletin 507-285-7600
Byron Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Xcel Energy 1-800-895-4999
People’s Cooperative Power Association 507-367-7000 or 1-800-214-2694
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet:
Spectrum 1-866-874-2389
Hughes Net 1-877-863-7038
Exede 1-855-627-2553
DirecTV 1-866-271-9853
Telephone:
Frontier 1-800-921-8101
Water:
City of Byron 507-775-3400
Garbage/Recycling:
Garbage Man of Rochester 507-281-4285
Sunshine Sanitation 507-285-5550
Waste Management 507-216-8201 or 1-800-223-1719
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Chatfield Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Alliant Energy 1-800-255-4268
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet:
Mediacom 1-800-479-2082
Century Link 1-877-720-3428
Telephone:
Qwest 1-800-244-1111
Mediacom 1-800-479-2082
Century Link 1-877-720-3428
AT&T 1-866-346-1298
Water:
City of Chatfield 507-867-3810
Garbage/Recycling:
City of Chatfield 507-867-3810
Dodge Center Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Xcel Energy 1-800-895-4999
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
Frontier 1-800-921-8101
Mediacom 1-800-332-0245
KMTelecom 507-634-2511
Water:
City of Dodge Center 507-374-2575
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Garbage Man of Rochester 507-281-4285
Hometown Haulers 507-421-2019
Skjeveland Enterprises 507-528-9900
Waste Management 507-282-2420
Dover Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
People’s Cooperative Power Association 507-367-7000 or 1-800-214-2694
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
Alliant Energy 507-533-1036
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
Hiawatha Broadband Communications 1-888-474-9995
Mediacom 1-800-332-0245
Water:
City of Dover 507-932-4648
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Waste Management 507-282-2420
Eyota Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
People’s Cooperative Power Association 507-367-7000 or 1-800-214-2694
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
Hiawatha Broadband Communications 1-888-474-9995
Water:
City of Eyota 507-545-2135
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Kasson Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Kasson New Resident Guide [PDF Download]
Electricity:
City of Kasson 507-634-6325
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet:
Spectrum 1-866-874-2389
Minnesota WiFi 507-634-9434
Telephone:
KMTelecom 507-634-2511
Water:
City of Kasson 507-634-6325
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Hometown Haulers 507-421-2019
Garbage Man of Rochester 507-281-4285
Skjefeland Enterprises 507-528-9900 or 507-214-8727
Waste Management 507-282-2420
Mantorville Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Xcel Energy 1-800-895-4999
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
KMTelecom 507-634-2511
Mediacom 1-800-332-0245
Water:
City of Mantorville 507-635-5170
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Hometown Haulers 507-421-2019
Waste Management 507-313-6940
Mazeppa Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Xcel Energy 1-800-481-4700
Heating Oil Providers:
Feil’s Oil 1-800-836-5752
Matthees Oil 507-732-7521
Farm Country Co-Op 507-356-8313
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
Nu-Telecom 651-932-5005
Dish Network 1-888-509-3757
DirecTV 1-877-503-5839
Water:
City of Mazeppa 507-843-3685
Garbage/Recycling:
Waste Management 507-282-2420
Lake City Disposal 651-345-4224
Oronoco Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
People’s Cooperative Power Association 507-367-7000 or 1-800-214-2694
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
BevComm 507-356-8302 or 1-800-473-1442
Water:
City of Oronoco 507-367-4405
Some properties have private or shared wells
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Pine Island Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Xcel Energy 1-800-895-4999
Goodhue City Co-op 507-732-5117
People’s Cooperative Power Association 507-367-7000 or 1-800-214-2694
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
BevComm 507-356-8302 or 1-800-473-1442
Water:
City of Pine Island 507-356-4591
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Waste Management 507-282-2420
Plainview Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
Alliant Energy 1-800-255-4268
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet:
Hiawatha Broadband Communications 1-888-474-9995
Midcontinent Communications 1-800-888-1300
Telephone:
Hiawatha Broadband Communications 1-888-474-9995
Century Link 1-866-304-6820
Water:
City of Plainview 507-534-2229
Garbage/Recycling:
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Waste Management 1-800-422-5785
Lake City Recycling and Disposal 651-345-4224
Rommel Rubbish 507-767-3087
St. Charles Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
City of St. Charles 507-932-3020
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
Hiawatha Broadband Communications 1-888-474-9995
Mediacom 1-800-332-0245
Water:
City of St. Charles 507-932-3020
Garbage/Recycling:
City of St. Charles 507-932-3020
Stewartville Utilities:
Buyers – Call the gas and electric companies right away and let them know your closing date, which is the date you will take services over.
Sellers- Call no earlier than a week before closing. The utility companies want to hear from the buyer who will be taking these services over first.
Electricity:
People’s Cooperative Power Association 507-367-7000 or 1-800-214-2694
People’s Co-op requires a membership form to be completed for new service.
Natural Gas:
Minnesota Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508
Cable/Internet/Telephone:
Spectrum 1-866-874-2389
Water:
City of Stewartville 507-533-4745
Garbage/Recycling:
Waste Management 507-313-6940
Advanced Disposal 507-281-5850
Sunshine Sanitation 507-285-5550
Change Your Address:
Use the Change of Address Order Form to tell the Post Office of your move. This can be done anytime up to 2 days prior to your move. United States Post Office Change of Address Link
Give your mailers your new address:
- Friends and family members
- Banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions
- Charge card and credit card companies
- Doctors, dentists, and other service providers
- State and Federal Tax authorities and any other government agencies as needed
You can do this by sending them Address Notifications or, for magazine publishers and business mailers, by following their change-of-address instructions.
Insurance:
Buyers – Purchase an insurance policy for at least the sales price of your home and request a “Binder” as proof of insurance, which your lender will require.
Sellers – Cancel your insurance policy AFTER the closing. You want to make sure you maintain coverage in the event of a delay in closing.
Update Your Drivers License:
If you’re coming in from out of state, you need to apply in person at the Drivers License Exam Station – 1633 North Broadway – 507-285-7412
If you’re moving from a different address within Minnesota, you can also apply at the Government Center on the corner of 4th Street SE and 3rd Avenue SE.
School Information & Enrollment:
Byron Public Schools
Kasson-Mantorville Public Schools
Kingsland Schools (Spring Valley)
Plainview/Elgin/Millville Schools
(More school Info also available on the community pages in video)
Pre-Schools/Daycare
Aldrich Memorial Nursery School, 855 Essex Parkway NW, 507-289-3097
Bethany Nursery School , 1835 19th Avenue NW, 507-289-2889
Buttonwood School Inc., 400 13th Avenue SE, 507-288-6150
Child Care Resource & Referral Inc., 2116 Campus Drive SE, 507-287-2020
Children’s Home Society of Minnesota Child Care Programs 2645 North Broadway, 507-282-7809
Children’s Place, 3703 55th St. NW, 507-289-0811
Children’s World Learning Centers: 1815 Greenview Place SW, 507-287-0747 OR
402 14th Street NW, 507-282-5676
Civic League Day Nursery, 427 6th Avenue SW, 507-282-5368
Five Senses Montessori Preschool, 559 20th Street SW, 507-282-5105
Just For Kids, 1312 7th Street NW, 507-281-2151
Kids Come 1st Children’s Centers 2450 Highway 63 North, 507-281-8183
Kids Tree House CEN Inc., 1730 37th Street NW, 507-281-4196
Kingdom Kids, 507-282-4840
Music with Connie Jelatis Hoke, 2830 18th Avenue NW, 507-287-8111
Rochester Area Family “Y” (Y-Tots Preschool), 709 1st Avenue SW, 507-287-2260
Rochester Montessori School, 400 5th Avenue SW, 507-288-8725
Victory Christian Academy, 606 36th Avenue SE, 507-289-3834
Private Schools
Faith Christian School, 4016 28th Street SE, 507-289-8094
Greene Valley Seventh Day Adventist School, 7240 Dresser Drive NE, 507-282-7981
Holy Spirit Grade School, 5455 50th Avenue NW, 507-288-8818
Lourdes High School, 507-289-3991
Rochester Central Lutheran School, 2619 9th Avenue NW, 507-289-3267
Rochester Montessori School, 400 5th Avenue SW, 507-288-8725
Rochester off Campus Alternative School, 1001 5th Street NW, 507-282-3325
Rochester Pentecostal School, 420 11th Avenue SE, 507-288-4342
St Francis Catholic School, 318 11th Avenue SE, 507-288-4816
St John’s Catholic School, 424 West Center Street, 507-282-5248
St. Pius X Catholic School, 1205 12th Avenue NW, 507-282-5161
Schaeffer Academy, 4400 55th Street NW, 507-286-1050
Victory Christian Academy, 606 36th Avenue SE, 507-289-3834
