HVAC Services by a Family-run Heating & Cooling Company
Charity Heating and Cooling Services works the string of towns that follow Highway 55 west out of the Twin Cities, namely Kimball, South Haven, Annandale, Kingston, and Eden Valley. These towns were built about five miles apart and were originally used as whistle-stops on the rail line that runs beside the highway. Each had its own creamery, granary, and grain elevator feeding Minneapolis. That history left behind a mix of hundred-year-old farmhouses, mid-century ramblers, and the new lake estates going up where metro families have bought property and built homes, each with HVAC systems installed.
We heat and cool each area along this corridor. Whether you have a furnace that quits on the coldest night of the year, a mini-split for a camp kitchen that cooks can’t stand to work in, or two fully modulating systems and in-floor heat throughout a new build on the lake, we are the same company, the same trucks, and the same advice.
Call 320-582-4822 and speak with Brian directly, or contact us online for a quick response.
Serving Towns Along Highway 55
The towns we cover on the 55 corridor:
Kimball - our anchor on the corridor. This is a rural town, with Powder Ridge just outside town and a scatter of small lakes around it.
Watkins - a small rural town on the west end, sharing a school district with Eden Valley and home to a big Polaris dealership.
South Haven - closer to the lakes, including the Lake Louisa properties right where Highway 55 crosses the water.
Annandale - the lake end of the corridor, with Cedar Lake, French Lake, and the big Sylvia chain drawing a lot of nicer homes.
Maple Lake - a lake town in its own right, built around Maple Lake and the recreation that comes with it.
Kingston - the rural stretch south of the highway, where we’ve done a good deal of in-floor heat work.
Eden Valley - the west end, out toward the Paynesville line.
We work across Stearns, Meeker, and Wright counties and partner with the local electric cooperatives in this area. If you’re within about an hour of Dassel and you’re not sure whether you’re in our range, call and ask... the answer is usually yes.
Nearby Metros
Services
Our team delivers full-service heating and cooling to residents in what we call the Highway 55 corridor. Charity Heating & Cooling Services is run by Brian Zeglen and his sons, who do the work in this area every day. Our goal is to build honest, straightforward repairs and installations rather than the high-pressure upsells of corporate-owned competitors.
Heat pumps
Repair, maintenance, and replacement of heat pumps. This is some of our most-requested work.
Ductless Mini-Splits
Installation and repair for additions, older homes, and spaces without ductwork. Excellent for both comfort and humidity control.
Furnaces & Heating
Gas, LP, and electric furnace repair, tune-ups, and replacement, plus boilers and hydronic systems.
Local Projects
A lakefront home in South Haven
On a wooded, private lot where Highway 55 meets Lake Louisa, we outfitted a high-end home with two entirely separate, fully modulating Trane systems and in-floor heat throughout, living space and garage included. It’s the kind of job the corridor’s lake properties call for: quiet, efficient, zoned for comfort in every part of the house, and built to run for decades.
A 5,000-square-foot place near Kimball
A large lake home outside Kimball got the full treatment: in-floor heat throughout, two separate zoned systems, Mitsubishi equipment, and combination boilers. Big homes like this often have several systems working together, so every wing holds its own temperature without fighting the rest of the house.
A camp kitchen near Eden Valley
A large lakeside camp on the west end of the corridor had gone years with no air conditioning in its main lodge, and the kitchen got hot enough that the cooks dreaded working it. We put in two Mitsubishi systems (one over the prep side, one over the cooking side) and it changed how the space worked overnight. They’ve since asked us back to cool the dining hall and add whole-space dehumidification downstairs.
Financing Makes the Bigger Jobs Easier
A new system or a multi-zone install is a real investment, which is why we offer financing through Synchrony. A lot of our customers use it even when they could pay cash, because it keeps the money free for other things.
Other offers
We also keep a list of current offers, including rebates and deals that give you extra value.
Rebates
As of 2026, the money has shifted almost entirely toward heat pumps:
- Xcel Energy: up to $1,600 on a qualifying standard heat pump and up to $2,000 on a cold-climate system for natural-gas and combined gas-and-electric customers (lower amounts for electric-only).
- Meeker Cooperative: up to $1,000 on a qualifying heat pump and no rebate on central air conditioners anymore.
- Wright-Hennepin: roughly $150 per ton, up to about $675, on a qualifying ducted heat pump.
Central AC rebates have largely dried up, which is part of why a heat pump can pencil out better than it used to — a $2,000 rebate can nearly cover the premium over a conventional system, and then you’re running at a fraction of the operating cost. We’ll tell you exactly what your home and your utility qualify for before you commit to anything. (Rebate amounts change year to year; we confirm current figures on every quote.)
Why Families Trust Charity Heating & Cooling Services
- Family-owned. You work directly with Brian and his sons, Luke and Eddie, and not a rotating crew of subcontractors.
- Mitsubishi ductless and heat pump specialists, plus Trane — high quality equipment we've worked with for years.
- We service any system, any brand, regardless of who installed it.
- Boiler-to-modern-system conversions - one of our favorite jobs.
- Honest assessments - if your system has years left, we'll tell you.
- Local. Based in Dassel, right up Highway 12. Cokato is core territory for us.
- Financing available. Licensed, bonded, and insured.
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Charity Heating and Cooling
- 5-star rated on Google
- A+ rating with the BBB
- Heat pump installation recognized by the US Dept. of Energy
- Locally owned, family business (not corporate run)
- 0% financing for 18 months offer available for Charity Heating and Cooling customers
- 30+ years of HVAC experience
- Fully licensed, insured, and bonded (MB#694323)
- Fast scheduling online and over the phone (call or text 320-582-4822)
Installing ductwork in Maple Lake