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All Saints Music Festival

On Friday, May 16th, the first ever All Saints Music Festival took place at the Little Log House Pioneer Village just south of Hastings. The event was a collaboration by 5 rural churches looking for a way to raise funds in a fun way. Planning Committee Member, Julie Strommen, talks about the festival. Click here …

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Hastings School District Community Meeting

Hastings School District is inviting residents of the community to attend a community meeting to be held on June 3rd, in the high school commons, starting at 7:00 p.m. The meeting is to have parents, teachers, administrators and community members come together to share their thoughts, ideas, and opinions on what is important to the …

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Watermain Burst on Pleasant Drive in Hastings

On Monday, May 19th, a watermain burst around 10am in on Pleasant Drive between 4th and First Streets. The City quickly started repairs on the watermain, and no homes are left without water. Hastings Public Works Director, Tom Montgomery with the details. Click here for audio     Montgomery goes over what caused the watermain to …

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HERO Center

The Capital Investment package passed by the Minnesota House of Representatives early Friday morning includes $1.4 million for the Cottage Grove Health and Emergency Response Occupations (HERO) Center – a joint project with Inver Hills Community College that will offer specialized police, fire and paramedic training. The HERO Center will be built next to Cottage …

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Spring Playoff Seeding, Brackets Announced

KDWA’s Nick Tuckner has your first look at 2014 Spring Playoff Brackets, and Seeding for the Hastings and Prescott Softball Teams, and the Prescott Baseball Team. The Hastings Baseball Team will not seed until Wednesday morning, with their opening game already on Thursday. Stay tuned throughout Thursday for more on Raider Baseball. Click here for …

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Busy Spring Continues For Wolfpack AD

It’s been a very busy Spring Sports Season at Park High School in Cottage Grove, and Activities Director Phil Kuemmel joined KDWA Sports on Tuesday for a Wolfpack Update. This week, we talked about some of the new coaches hired in both Gymnastics, and Dance Team. Click here for audio        

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Click It or Ticket Campaign

Over the weekend the Prescott Police Department was busy with an increased number of speeding tickets, with some of them being for 20 mph over the speed limit. Prescott Police Chief, Gary Krutke, mentions that the Click It or Ticket Campaign will be starting on May 19th and going through June 1st. Krutke with the …

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Artists Under The Bridge

The Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council, ArtSpace, and City of Hastings with the support of the St. Paul Foundation, have designed an online survey that will tell whether or not artists would live in the Hastings area if affordable living and work space was available. The survey will be available online from May 28th to …

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Raider Softball Earns #2, Playoffs Open Wednesday

Seeding was announced on Monday afternoon, and the Hastings Softball Team is ranked #2 in the Section 1AAA playoffs, which will begin on Wednesday, at Hastings High School. After a 15-4 regular season, the Raiders will host the winner of Rochester Century and Austin, who will play in Hastings at 3:30pm. The Raiders will play …

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Cardinal Baseball Set For Two Huge Tests

Even though seeding has been completed, with Prescott earning the #2 Seed just behind #1 Ellsworth in the upcoming Regional Playoffs, the Cardinals have two huge games remaining this week, with both Osceola and Ellsworth, wrapping up the regular season. Head Coach Jeff Ryan has more on the last week of action, with Prescott now …

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