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2023 Hastings Budget Info Available Online
Hastings residents with questions about the City’s proposed 2023 Budget and Property Tax Levy are now able to visit the City’s Budget webpage to view more details, including a short video presentation by City Administrator Dan Wietecha. Additionally, the City developed a mailer that was included in the County’s budget mailing. Materials are arriving in …
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Balsanek Restoring 2 Doll Houses
Former Hastings City Council member Joe Balsanek has been busy at work restoring homes. Not the homes in which one lives, but the doll houses that harbor the dreams of children, and adults who have not lost their child-like sense of wonder. Balsanek was recently featured in a Pioneer Press article that went viral on …
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KDWA Expands To YouTube
Since 2014, KDWA has covered close to 10,000 stories for Hastings, Prescott, and Pierce and Dakota Counties. From elections and honors to crimes and convictions, KDWA has told the story of our communities. KDWA is proud to announce that there will now be a video element to our reporting. Find KDWA on YouTube for videos …
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Hastings State Of The City Address Scheduled
The annual Hastings State of the City address and luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8th, at the Hastings Golf Club & Events, 2015 Westview Drive, in Hastings. Starting at 11:30 AM attendees can register and do some networking. At noon will be Lunch and the State of the City address with Mayor Mary Fasbender. …
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Hastings Holiday Tree Lighting On Small Business Saturday
The Hastings annual tree lighting ceremony with Mayor Mary Fasbender will be held at 5:30 PM on the north side of City Hall on Saturday, November 26. The Good News Gang!, a children’s choir from Our Saviors Evangelical Lutheran Church, will perform. Shop, eat and have fun at the Holiday Hoopla, 8:30 AM to 6 …
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VFW Donates To Dakota United Hawks
Lyle Russell VFW Post 1210 in Hastings reports that to help support the Dakota United Hawks Adaptive Floor Hockey Team, the post has made a donation of new player warm up jackets and gameday gear. According to a VFW post on social media, the Dakota United Hawks are composed of cognitively impaired athletes from the …
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Lewis Sculpture Gets Toothbrush
Local artist Dale Lewis continues his unique approach to upcycling materials into wildlife art, and reports that he recently provided “dental care” for a work of his currently on display in Iowa. According to Lewis, Dr. Jay Lala, of Central Park Dentistry in downtown Mason City, IA, purchased a four-foot tall beaver, Bucky, made of …
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HFS Announces Gift Match
Give To The Max Day is on Thursday, and Hastings Family Service announces that they are hoping for an extra bump in donations, due to a matching gift. HFS Office Manager Kelly Carter has the details. Click here for audio A link to the HFS Give To The Max Day donation page is provided …
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BR4R Give To The Max
In late October, Building Remembrance for Reconciliation commemorated the anniversary of the burning of Brown’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Hastings in 1907. BR4R is dedicated to using history and the arts to remember, reconcile and heal. To continue their efforts to celebrate early Black History in Hastings, BR4R asks the community to consider …
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GCSO Names Chief Deputy
The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office reports that after approval from the Goodhue County Board, and due to the resignation of previous Chief Deputy Jeremy Lerfald, on Nov. 9th, Sheriff Marty Kelly has appointed Jonathan Huneke as the new Chief Deputy. Chief Deputy Huneke began his career with the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office in 1999. Since …
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