Category: Featured

St. Philip’s Pastor Ed Frederick Passed Away

As reported earlier this week on KDWA, here’s an update to the passing of St. Philip’s Lutheran Church’s Senior Pastor Rev. Ed Frederick. Pastor Ed passed away early Sunday, June 1st, peacefully in his sleep at his residence, after a long battle with cancer. He was diagnosed with lung cancer, which spread to his brain. …

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Two Hastings Seniors Awarded Discovery Scholarships

Two Hastings High School seniors, Mark Huneke and Brendan McCabe, were recently awarded Discovery Scholarships from Flint Hills Resources. They are 2 of 26 students from 13 schools in Dakota and Washington counties to receive a $2,500 scholarship for the 2014-2015 school year. They were chosen based on demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurial skills, and academic performance. …

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Summer Donations and Volunteers

Hastings Family Service is preparing to help families in need during the summer months and they could use your help. Hastings Family Service is a community based nonprofit agency providing a range of emergency and supportive services for over forty years to assist and guide neighbors from the Hastings area who lack food, clothing, shelter, …

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Cardinals Prepare For Title Clash With Ellsworth

With the Prescott Baseball Team sneaking by a spunky Baldwin Team on Wednesday, they move on to Friday’s Regional Championship Game against Conference Co-Champion, and bitter rival, Ellsworth, in Hager City, LIVE on KDWA. Head Coach Jeff Ryan joined KDWA on Thursday to look back at Wednesday’s performance, and a preview of Friday’s showdown. Click …

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Raider Karbo Qualifies For Next Week’s State Meet

The Hastings Raiders Girls Golf Team will also have one individual in next week’s State Meet, at Bunker Hills, as Raider Junior Izzy Karbo shot an 84-84-168 at the Section 1AAA Meet, in Cannon Falls, qualifying for the Big Show! Head Coach Becky Hartung talked with KDWA Sports on Thursday about the run through Sections. …

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Mark Henry Runs for Dakota County Commissioner

Mark Henry is running for Dakota County Commissioner of District 1. Mark grew up in Castle Rock Township and has been a long term resident. He’s involved with a lot of different groups in the community. He’s on the Fair Board, Vermillion Watershed Planning Commission, and coaches high school track. Some of the things he’s …

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Mike Slavik Runs for Re-Election

Current District 1 Dakota County Commissioner, Mike Slavik, will be seeking re-election. Slavik is familiar with how governent works from his time being on the City Council. During his time as County Commissioner, Slavik has focused on ways to better social services. He is also proud of the fact that Dakota County is now on …

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Ian Martin is Running for Hastings City Council

On Monday, June 2nd, Ian Martin filed with the City of Hastings to become a candidate for the open At Large seats on Hastings City Council. This makes a total of 6 candidates running for the position. Martin was born and raised in Hastings, works as a police officer in the Twin Cities, has a …

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Raiders Win Section, On To State Next Week

After weather postponements, delays, and playing in a new Section, none of the variables affected the Hastings Boys Golf Team, as they won the Section 1AAA Team Title in Montgomery, on Tuesday. The Raiders will now head to State next week, but first, KDWA Sports caught up with Head Coach Pete McGinnis on Wednesday afternoon! …

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Raider Doubles Pair Talks Sections, and More

The Hastings Raiders Boys Tennis Season ended last week, and the Junior Pair who was one match away from the State Meet joined KDWA Sports to talk about the season. Both Austin Houska and Danny Steiner chatted with KDWA’s Nick Tuckner about the Section tourney, and more. Click here for audio        

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