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Six men from Hastings spent a cold and wet night in the elements after they encountered an unforgiving snowstorm and darkness while on their snowmobiles as they vacationed in Wyoming. The six were missing for about 18 hours. They were supposed to return their rented snowmobiles at...

St. John the Baptist Catholic School, Vermillion students participated in an illustrator’s workshop Jan. 31 as part of the school’s “Family Day” during the Catholic Schools Week celebration. School parent Jim Caturia talked with students at an all-school assembly, telling...

A St. Paul man who reportedly “hated” one of his co-workers brought a knife to his Bailey Nurseries job and stabbed the man to death, according to a criminal charge filed Friday.

It’s the biggest dog show event of the year, and the Beskau family of Hastings was excited just to be competing in it. But on Monday, Feb....

Kennedy Elementary School student Max Lidkte spent 10 weeks studying geography. It paid off when he won the school’s annual Geography Bee. The other finalists were Maddy Daley, Jade Schmidt, Kristina Cahill, Taylor McCoy, Max Lidtke, Rhys Fillion and Megan Langenfeld. Teacher/coordinator...

A group of about 10 people visited the five Hastings public schools last Friday on a special surprise mission. Members of the Hastings Public Schools Foundation (HPSF) Board of Directors and its grants selection committee presented 10 “What If” grants, totaling more than $70,000...

On one of the coldest days of this brutal winter, Carol Estrada drove her little black car across town and pulled up alongside a trailer in the Three Rivers mobile home park in south Hastings. In one hand she held a small garden tool, which she used to chip away at the frozen pile...

It started as an innovative promotional campaign. Nicole Swanson of Nicole’s Nu Wave salon in Hastings decided to promote her business by taking advantage of one of Hastings’ biggest events of the year: the downtown Hastings Cruise Ins. The day before one of the shows, she called...