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Mayor Fasbender Grieves For Burnsville

Mayor Fasbender Grieves For Burnsville

The City of Hastings mourns with our brothers and sisters to our West, in Burnsville, following Sunday morning’s tragedy that took two police officers and a firefighters from our Dakota County community. Mayor Mary Fasbender shared some time with KDWA, to send our love and support, from one Dakota County family to another. Click here …

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Sheriffs Department Reeling After Sunday

Sheriffs Department Reeling After Sunday

KDWA Radio’s continuing coverage from Sunday’s Burnsville Police Shooting tragedy, Dakota County Sheriff Joe Leko joined KDWA to talk about coping with the situation from a department perspective, the fact that everybody in Dakota County is hurting right now, and the importance of everybody banding together in the County, to support the City of Burnsville …

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Burnsville Shooting Press Conference

Burnsville Shooting Press Conference

The City of Burnsville held a press conference on Sunday afternoon, at Burnsville City Hall, following Sunday’s tragedy that took the lives of three first responders, as officers Matthew Ruge and Paul Elmstrand, along with firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth were killed in a Sunday morning shootout, that also injured another police officer, as Park High School …

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BREAKING: Burnsville Shooting Kills 3 Responders

BREAKING: Burnsville Shooting Kills 3 Responders

The Burnsville community is mourning the loss of Police Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Finseth. At 1:50 a.m. Sunday, February 18, Burnsville Police were called to the 12600 block of 33rd Avenue South on a report of a domestic situation where a man reported to be armed was barricaded with family …

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SWAT Warrant Finds Murder Suspects

SWAT Warrant Finds Murder Suspects

In our Hastings Police Update with Deputy Chief of Police, Bryan Schowalter, we first broke down the warrant search that was executed on Malcolm Avenue in Hastings on Wednesday, as Saint Paul Police along with the South Metro SWAT Team executed the warrant, which provided the arrests of Morris Robert Ryan, 27, residence unknown, for …

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Local Youth Raising Funds For EF

Local Youth Raising Funds For EF

A local family is making the most out of a difficult situation, after a young 10-year old Hastings Girl was diagnosed with epilepsy, she then wanted to make sure that other families having to battle the same disorder, to have the same quality treatment that she has been receiving from the Epilepsy Foundation. Last year, …

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River Blades Hosting “TV Glide”

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The River Blade Skating school will be hosting “TV Glide” a skating show that brings some of your favorite old television shows to life, on the ice of the Hastings Civic Arena, coming up on Saturday, March 2nd. River Blades Skating School Director Amanda Truax joined KDWA, to preview the event, coming up to start …

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Wietecha On Charitable Gambling

Wietecha On Charitable Gambling

The City of Hastings is looking to monitor charitable gambling just a little bit closer, following last week’s Hastings City Council meeting, installing a few more “checks and balances” on not only who is providing charitable gambling, but also making sure that the money raised by said gambling, stays right here in the City of …

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Hastings Show Choirs Still Rockin’

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The Hastings Show Choir Season continued over the past two weeks, since our last update with Hastings Show Choir Director Luke Warren, and the performances continued to shine both in Nebraska, and then back in the Twin Cities this past weekend, with dazzling performaces from both Dynamic and Riverside, electrifying the crowd from start to …

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Planning Underway For Rivertown Days

Planning Underway For Rivertown Days

Even though we are just about halfway through the month of February, planning for Rivertown Days 2024 is in full bloom, and Hastings Chamber of Commerce President Kristy Barse was eager to chat about how everything is going, thus far. Barse tells listeners that planning is in full swing, as much of everything from last …

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