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Hastings Family Service Earns Charities Review Council Meets Standards Seal

Hastings Family Service has once again earned the Meets Standards seal from the Charities Review Council. As a nonprofit agency, HFS is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of accountability, transparency and effectiveness. The Charities Review Council’s process provides a way for HFS to continually review and update their processes, and to learn and grow …

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Hastings Construction Projects Update

The Hastings Neighborhood Reconstruction Project are still moving forward. 15th street has been re-opened after being blocked off for a couple of weeks due to the construction. City Engineer, Nick Egger, goes over the project update Click here for audio     The Downtown Water Main Project is comming to an end. Concrete patching work will …

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Former Raider Talks Golf: 5th Annual Tourney

With more news on the 5th Annual Hastings Football Association Golf Classic, Former Raider Tom DeSautel joined KDWA Sports on Wednesday, to go over some of the key details including cost, food, and sponsorship information. The tournament will take place on Friday, August 22nd, at Hidden Greens! Click here for audio        

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Free Kickball Tournament Registration Information

The United Way of Hastings and the Hastings YMCA will be hosting their annual FREE Kickball Tournament on July 27th and 28th at Veterans Park, in Hastings. Tiff Owen with the United Way joined KDWA Sports on Wednesday with the details. Click here for audio        

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Freedom Park Junior Ranger Program

Friends of Freedom Park will be having a National Parks Junior Ranger Program on Saturdays during July. This is a free program for students age 8-12, and at the end they’ll even receive a Junior Ranger Badge. Executive Director, Jessica Bierbrauer, goes over the details of the program. Click here for audio        

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Hastings City Council Update

The Hastings City Council met on Monday, July 7th in the Council Chambers of City Hall. During the meeting, Branch Manager for Pleasant Hill Library, Mary Scheide, gave the council an update on the library. Click here for audio     At the Hastings City Council meeting, Kevin Burke, a resident of Park Lane, raised a …

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Drowning at Point Douglas Beach

On July 6, at 5:05 PM a 9-1-1 call was received by the Washington County Communications Center on a possible drowning on the St. Croix River at Point Douglas Beach. Witnesses on shore saw 40-year-old Juan Gabriel Diaz go under the water while swimming from the swim area designation buoys back to shore. He called …

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Legion Up Next On KDWA Thursday

The next LIVE Broadcast of Summer Baseball on AM 1460 KDWA Radio will be Thursday night, as the Hastings American Legion Baseball Team travels to Red Wing. Join KDWA’s Ed Valenti from “The Ath” at 7:30pm, Thursday!    

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Weekly Hastings Summer Slowpitch Update

The 2014 Adult Summer Slowpitch Softball Season in Hastings has only a few weeks remaining, and many of the teams are getting ready for their respective postseason tournaments. KDWA’s Nick Tuckner has your weekly peek at all of the standings for your favorite teams, in our Sports Updates! Click here for audio        

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Community Movie Night

On Wednesday, July 23rd at 6pm, Hope Lutheran Church will be having a Community Movie Night featuring the movie Turbo. People will get to enjoy a movie, free “walking tacos”, and of course popcorn. The church clears our their sanctuary space to accomidate seating for everyone, but you have to bring your own blanket or …

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