Police report preview - April 27 to May 6

Here is a preview of this week's police report. The entire report can be found on Page 4A of this week's print edition.

‘Skol, Vikings’ heard ‘round the Capitol

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings and their fans have something to cheer about. And they did cheer and sang “Skol, Vikings,” the team’s fight song, during a Thursday evening news conference celebrating legislative passage earlier in the day of a plan to build a new stadium for the Vikings and other events. It is to be open in 2016.

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Ozzy, the Hastings Police K9, makes arrest in West St. Paul

When a suspect in a drug transaction was chased after by the West St. Paul Police Department and the Dakota County Drug Task Force two weeks ago, the man had seemingly escaped.

Fund established to benefit Hastings family that lost its home to fire two weeks ago

A benefit fund has been set up to help the Hastings family that lost its house, camper and truck to a fire recently. The homeowners are Nolan and Jean Appert.

Crash just north of Hastings bridge injures one person, whose truck rolled down embankment

A crash May 7 immediately north of the Hastings bridge injured at least one person and snarled traffic in both directions.

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Rotary Student of the Month Klair Becker puts family first

Hastings High School senior Klair Becker puts her family first. She spends many hours, several nights a week providing around-the clock care for her grandparents. She would not have it any other way.

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Editorial: Theft from charred home is a new low

As if things weren’t bad enough already for Nolan and Jean Appert! Two weeks ago, their house was destroyed by fire on 17th Street.

Letter: Thanks for supporting Riverside Company again this year

On behalf of all of the students in the Hastings High School Riverside Company show choir, we would like to extend an enormous thank you to the entire Hastings community for your tremendous support our entire season, culminating in our trip to the Show Choir National Championship competition in Chicago and our third-place finish in the competition.

Letter: Residents encouraged to try out for ‘Sound of Music’

Make community theater your summer hobby! Maybe you were involved in theater choir, dance, band, or orchestra while you were in school. Maybe you have never taken the risk, but wondered what it would be like.

Stark is Hastings' Athena winner

Athletes like Kaitlin Stark don’t come around very often, according to her coaches at Hastings High School. Stark, this year’s Athena Award winner at HHS, is a two-sport athlete. She’s been a captain on both the hockey team and the softball team and her graduation this spring will be tough on both programs.

Hastings boys golf team wins its home tournament with a 306

A home-course advantage certainly helped the Hastings boys golf team on Monday. The Raiders won their own Don Saatzer Invitational at the Hastings Country Club, shooting a 306.

Raider girls place seventh in Forest Lake golf tournament

The Hastings girls golf team placed seventh out of 18 teams at an 18-hole invitational in Forest Lake on Monday, May 7.