Hastings Star Gazette

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, Hastings will get a chance to meet with former NFL tight end and Hastings native Ben Utecht over copies of his new book, “Counting The Days While My Mind Slips Away.”Utecht will be at the Hastings Bierstube, 109 W. 11th St., from 6-8 p.m. to discuss and sign...

Hastings based artist Andy Evansen is hosting a plein air festival in Hastings on Oct. 1. The event, which was created to help raise funds for the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council (HPAAC), will bring 15 of Minnesota’s top outdoor painters to Hastings. “It’s a who’s who...

The Hastings' football team lost at home to the South St. Paul Packers 26-0 Friday night in the wet and muddy conditions. The game was the exact opposite of last week's win versus Hill-Murray where the Raiders controlled the game and the tempo with their running attack....

Hastings police discovered a marijuana grow operation in the basement of a Hastings home Sept. 12. According to police, officers received a report of a possible domestic assault that had taken place earlier in the day. The officers investigated a home in the 300 block of West Seventh...

Cross-Country The Hastings boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams ran in the Metro East Conference Preview at St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park and then in the Mayo Invite at Eastwood Golf Club. At the conference preview the boys finished second out of nine teams and the girls finished...

Girls’ Soccer Hastings girls’ soccer players notched their first win this past week against Tartan 2-1, and tied earlier in the week against North St. Paul 1-1. North St. Paul Head coach Scott Meier said that the girls played their best match of the season against North St. Paul. “We...

Girls’ Tennis The Hastings girls’ tennis team had a week of road trips as they traveled to Visitation, South St. Paul and Eagan. Their match at Tartan was cancelled due to weather. Visitation The Raiders took their lumps in their matches against Visitation, losing the match 1-6....

Plans for Crawford’s Corner have come to a halt, just as the new restaurant was on the verge of opening its doors. Crawford’s Corner, a new restaurant that was working toward opening in the former RJ’s building in downtown Hastings, had been working on cleaning up the vacant...

A former Red Wing nursing home employee was sentenced Monday, Sept. 19, in Goodhue County District Court after pleading guilty to a pair of theft charges including stealing a resident’s $4,000 wedding ring and bringing it to a pawn shop in 2015. Erin Kyla Russell, 25, of Hastings,...