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Town Hall Meeting on Saturday

State Representative Denny McNamara and State Senator Katie Sieben will hold a town hall meeting in Hastings. McNamara form Hastings and Sieben from Cottage Grove will discuss key issues that are expected to be debated during the 2015 Legislative session. The public is strongly encouraged to attend the meeting at City Hall on Saturday, January …

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Hastings Varsity Show Choir Wins in Onalaska

Another weekend and another big win for the Hastings Varsity Show Choir. All three performance groups of the Hastings Show Choirs participated in the Onalaska Invitational on Saturday. The junior or prep division, represented by Divaz and Upstage Revolution, resulted in a 3rd place trophy won by Upstage, under the first year direction of Michelle …

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New Hires for Hastings Fire Department

The City of Hastings has hired 12 new paid-on-call firefighter/EMT staff. The new hires started work with the City on January 5th. Those with current certification have already been integrated into department operations and call response. The rest are attending Firefighter I training at Century College. The training is being paid for by a grant …

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United Way Faculty Basketball Fundraiser

The United Way of Hastings, the HHS Student Council, United Way Junior Board, and Hastings Young Life are joining forces for a Hastings High School-Hastings Middle School Faculty Basketball Game fundraiser on Tuesday, January 27th, at 6:30pm, at the Hastings High School Field House. Tiffany Peine from the United Way of Hastings joined KDWA Sports …

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Two In A Row, Park Here Tuesday

The Hastings Raiders Boys Hockey Team has won two straight games, outscoring Henry Sibley and South St. Paul by a combined 12-3 score on Thursday and Saturday, in Metro East Conference Play. Head Coach Russ joined KDWA Sports for a two-game recap on Monday, and also previews their two-game set this week, with Park Tuesday, …

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FINAL: Hastings 6, SSP 3.

Hockey Day In Minnesota was very productive for the Hastings Boys Hockey Team, as the Raiders earned a season split with South St. Paul, Saturday, winning 6-3 over the Packers. Austin Houska scored twice, among five different goal scorers for Hastings (6-10-1), who earned their second straight win. They now host Park (Cottage Grove), Tuesday …

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FINAL: Hastings 75, East Ridge 3.

Though there were plenty of open weights on the East Ridge side of the meet, the Hastings Raiders Wrestling took care of business on Friday night, beating former SEC Rival East Ridge, 75-3 at the HHS Field House on Friday, on Youth Night! 9th Grade State, and a Youth Tournament will continue at the Field …

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Week In Review: Winter Fun

This weekend’s edition of our KDWA Sports Week in Review takes you around the Winter Sports landscape, talking plenty of Basketball, and Hockey, plus chat about a couple of local sports happenings over the next couple of weeks! Click here for audio     Click here for audio        

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Tougher Visitor Protocol Coming to Hastings Schools

Safety is a top concern in district 200 and Hastings Middle School Principal Mark Zuzek tells KDWA about changes that are coming to ensure a better level of protection in area schools. Click here for audio     Zuzek explains the current procedure for visitors to the schools. Click here for audio     We asked how …

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Hastings Community Survey Results

Hastings residents are among the most satisfied in the Metro area. That’s according to the 2014 Community Survey conducted by the Morris Leatherman Company that was presented to the Hastings City Council at its January 5th meeting. Bill Morris of the survey company interprets the results for the council. Click here for audio     Complete …

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