Spoil Me Spa opens in Hastings

Sheila Hanson is hoping her new business can be Hastings’ one-stop-shop for all things spa-related.

Lawrence Interiors moves downtown

They offer the same services and employ the same people. It’s just the location that has changed.

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Innovative Surfaces is chamber’s ‘Business of the Year’

Bruce and Sherry Akins love Hastings, and work to keep it nice in both their personal and professional lives.

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Navigation season ends at Lock and Dam 2

A total of 6,426 vessels and 7,072,327 tons of cargo passed through Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings from March 23 to Dec.6.

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Second Street Depot Bar and Grill opens

When no jobs are available, you take your destiny into your own hands.

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Affinity Plus to open at former Starbucks site

Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union will be the newest tenant in the strip mall across from Walmart come springtime.

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Hastings business integral on upcoming ‘Extreme Makeover’

Ty Pennington may be the host of the TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” but when it airs Jan. 3, one of the stars of the show will be Hastings’ own Jill Ragan Scully of Impressive Windows and Interiors.

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Three businesses fail alcohol compliance checks

Three Hastings businesses failed alcohol compliance checks conducted by the Hastings Police Department Dec. 12, and the failure could mean a fine and liquor license suspension for one of them.

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Kings holds annual toy and gift drive Dec. 8.

King's Place’s annual Toys for Tots drive will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. Those who bring in a new, unwrapped toy will receive a coupon for a free hamburger, chips, beverage and treat.

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Subway program benefits local schools

Eat a Subway sandwich and earn some extra money for your school.

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Half a century at Smead

The last time David Fasbender applied for a job, Alaska and Hawaii had just become states, the Barbie doll was making its debut, “Ben-Hur” was a hit at the box office, and the Explorer 6 was transmitting the first images of Earth ever taken from space.

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Snowflake Days coming to downtown Hastings

Downtown Snowflake Days is a new event that’s aimed at getting people to the downtown area during the holiday shopping season, and to introduce people to some stores they may have never visited.

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Impressive Windows making impression: Hastings woman’s work to be featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Jill Ragan Scully’s grandma taught her how to sew when she was 8 years old. Ragan Scully used to make costumes for plays the kids in her neighborhood would put on. In high school, she made prom dresses and coats for her friends.

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Fond du Lac Band wants $75 million back

Minnesota News
In a move that could conceivably bankrupt the city of Duluth, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is asking a federal court to return the $75.5 million it has given the city since 1994 as part of its agreement to open the Fond-du-Luth Casino.

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Businesses can make tracks for exports

Minnesota News
EAGAN, Minn. -- If a product dreamed up by an 11-year-old boy and manufactured in a 900-population community known as the Moose Capital of the North can successfully be shipped around the world, other small Minnesota businesses could do the same.

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