Rise Up Recovery in Hastings is looking to create a fundraising committee to lead the fundraising campaigns for Rise Up Recovery. If you have skills, gifts, experience, or interest in planning, coordinating, and implementing events and fundraising activities, please email Angela Connell at angelaconnell88@gmail.com. Click here for audio
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Rise Up Recovery Seeks Fundraising Coordinator
Rise Up Recovery in Hastings is looking to create a fundraising committee to lead the fundraising campaigns for Rise Up Recovery. If you have skills, gifts, experience, or interest in planning, coordinating, and implementing events and fundraising activities, please email Angela Connell at angelaconnell88@gmail.com. Click here for audio
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LeDuc Tours Open May 12th
The LeDuc Historic Estate in Hastings will open for tours for the 2022 season on Thursday, May 12th. Tours are scheduled Thursday through Sunday, at 10 and 11:30 AM, and 1, 2:30 and 4 PM. Cost is $10 for adults, $8 for Seniors older than 60, $6 for students ages 5 to 17, and free …
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Vaughan Will Not Seek Reelection
Late Wednesday evening, Hastings City Council member Mark Vaughan announced via social media that he would not seek reelection to the Hastings City Council this fall. His post read, in part, “It has been a true honor and privilege to represent this city as an elected official and I take great pride in all that …
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Hastings Chamber Mentoring With ISD 200
Kristy Barse, President of the Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau has partnered with ISD 200 on a pilot program that uses local business people as mentors to High school students as they prepare for next steps after high school. Click here for audio Barse also commented that HHS counselor Steve Peterson …
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Community Fund Grant Awardees Named
The Hastings City Council recently approved the allocation of $96,977 from a new Community Investment Fund to help fund six projects proposed by local organizations. According to the City, the Downtown Business Association, Building Remembrance for Reconciliation, the Hastings Hockey Association, the Dakota County Historical Society, Hastings Hawks and Hastings Youth Athletic Association, and the …
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St. John the Baptist School Receives Grant
St. John’s Catholic School in Vermillion was recently honored at the annual Minndependent gathering. St. John’s will receive a $5,000 grant from Minndependent’s STEM grant program to support the new Science curriculum. Since the program began in 2004, Minndependent has awarded over $1.5 million to advance STEM teaching and learning at independent schools throughout MN. …
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Perkins Reopening Date Set
The residents of Hastings have been patiently waiting for a mainstay in town to reopen its doors after a kitchen fire closed the building last fall. The Perkins Restaurant on Vermillion Street now has a target date to reopen and Regional Manager Jodie Verhaest has the details. Click here for audio Verhaest also announced …
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Firefighters Attend Training
Hastings Firefighters Jamie Stevens, Kiel Kwiatkowski, and Adam Harklerode recently attended a Fire Department Instructors Conference, and participated in a variety of classes geared towards improvement and best practices in fire service, including hands-on training focused on vehicle extrication and machinery disentanglement. They have also attended classes in instructor training, leadership, tactics, and fire department …
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Miesville Lions Club Scholarships Available
The Miesville Lions Club is now accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded to Hastings High School seniors graduating in the Spring. Scholarships will be awarded to local students by May 24th. Applicants must have a 2.0/C or better grade point average and use scholarship to further education. Scholarship applications are available at the Hastings …
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