Category: Featured

Pirates Prepare For Repeat Performance

The Prescott Pirates are set to defend their WBA State Tournament Crown, coming up this weekend, in Haugen. This past weekend, the Pirates pounded Tomahawk 18-1, and followed it up with a solid 6-1 win over Brill on Sunday. Prescott now takes on Osecola on Saturday afternoon, in Haugen. KDWA’s Nick Tuckner caught up with …

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Make n Do at the GRRVLC

An event at the Great River Road Visitor and Learning Center lets participants use recycled materials to attract birds to their yards. Freedom Park Executive Director Jessica Bierbauer talks about the next Make-n-Do Monday. Click here for audio     (photo by Margaret Smith)    

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Make n Do at the GRRVLC

An event at the Great River Road Visitor and Learning Center lets participants use recycled materials to attract birds to their yards. Freedom Park Executive Director Jessica Bierbauer talks about the next Make-n-Do Monday. Click here for audio     (photo by Margaret Smith)    

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Riverboats Pass Through Hastings

The Riverboat American Queen and the Queen of the Mississippi passed along the riverbanks this weekend, giving photo opportunities to several local residents. We talked with some of those who who gathered late Sunday night on the observation deck at Lock and Dam 2. Dan McGinnis had tracked the boat’s return from a port call …

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PHOTO: Bauer Family Reunion 2K15

In the middle of the crowd during the big picture. Photo by Reggie Bauer.    

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Fall Preview: Johnson Enters Final Year At HHS

With the Fall Sports Season now underway, with Hastings Football Practice open on Monday morning, Hastings High School Athletic Director Tom Johnson joined KDWA Sports to talk Raider Sports, as he enters his final year at HHS. Click here for audio        

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Pirates Win Two, Hawks Fall Over Weekend

With the Amateur Baseball Playoffs now underway, the Hastings Hawks and Prescott Pirates were both in action, with Prescott having the better weekend of the two teams. KDWA’s Nick Tuckner has the weekend recap, to open the week, Monday! Click here for audio        

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Man in Jail After Dead Body Found

A man is in Dakota County Jail after a woman was found dead in his home Friday morning. Police responded to a report of a dead body at a residence in the 500 block of 9th Street in South St. Paul. Police Chief William Messerich said South St. Paul officers took Thomas Michael Luby into …

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Relay For Life

The annual Relay 4 Life fundraising walk took place on Friday night in the Hastings High School Parking Lot. Co-Organizer Joanne Schommer told us nine teams had signed up to walk and that the reason she became involved was very personal. Click here for audio     Mayor Paul Hicks told us about the message he …

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Man Who Stole MNDOT Truck Now In Custody

A man is now in custody following the theft of a DOT pickup truck from a site in Hastings. Gregory H. Wiley, Jr. age 33 of Inver Grove Heights, took the truck, left unattended by a road worker and headed north on Hwy 61 where Cottage Grove and St. Paul Park police made visual contact …

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