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    June 7, 2012
    Cottage Grove mother charged with manslaughter in newborn's suffocation
    Police say a Cottage Grove woman suffocated her newborn baby while sleeping with him after she had been drinking. Washington County prosecutors charged Toni A. Medrano, 29, with two felony manslaughter charges in connection with the 3-week-old baby's death last year. Medrano admitted...
    news/crime-and-courtsJune 7, 2012 - 11:02am
    May 24, 2012
    Funeral in Cottage Grove for husband and wife killed in triple-fatal crash
    A husband and wife who died in a head-on car crash last Sunday will be laid to rest Thursday in Cottage Grove, and a third person involved in the crash died overnight Wednesday as a result of injuries sustained in the crash near Prescott. A funeral service for victims Richard and...
    news/crime-and-courtsMay 24, 2012 - 9:20am
    Jesse Dahlquist, left, Crystal Gibson and Chase McDonald stage a small protest outside The Salvation Army store on Vermillion Street in Hastings on Tuesday. Dahlquist and Gibson organized the event. McDonald has a family member who is gay, and was there to support her and her lifestyle. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardson
    Protest staged in front of Salvation Army in Hastings
    Last year, Jesse Dahlquist and Crystal Gibson say they were the subject of an attempted assault in the parking lot at The Salvation Army in ...
    newsMay 24, 2012 - 9:00am
    May 18, 2012
    Ron Paul, pictured here at a Minnesota speech in 2008, will talk to the Minnesota GOP convention after Friday's Senate endorsement contest. File photo by Scott Wente
    Ron Paul adds mystery to GOP convention
    ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Republicans gather in St. Cloud this morning, with the official main event picking a candidate to face Democratic U.S....
    news/politicsMay 18, 2012 - 8:48am
    Josh Jacobsen looks over his motorcycle, which was restored and reassembled by a group of Hastings volunteers while he was deployed in Afghanistan. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardsonplay button
    Hastings group surprises soldier with cycle
    For $150, Josh Jacobsen bought his first motorcycle from a neighbor in Northfield. He pushed it home that day, and likely had no idea that would...
    newsMay 18, 2012 - 8:00am
    May 11, 2012
    Online auction ends May 14 for six vehicles, including five DWI forfeitures from Hastings
    The City of Hastings Police Department has opened access to an online public auction of seized and surplus vehicles. The majority of the vehicles being sold are DWI vehicle forfeitures. The remaining vehicle is a city-owned squad car that has been taken out of service and authorized...
    newsMay 11, 2012 - 9:45am
    May 10, 2012
    Reps. Denny McNamara of Hastings, left, and John Kriesel of Cottage Grove get ready for Wednesday in the Minnesota House. Photo by Don Davis/State Capitol Bureau
    House approves Vikings stadium; final vote today in Senate
    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early Thursday approved a construction plan 71-60. Representatives...
    news/politicsMay 10, 2012 - 8:51am
    May 9, 2012
    Minnesota senators Tuesday debate a proposal to fund a Vikings stadium. In recent weeks, that became a hot topic as the Legislature nears the end of this year's session. Photo by Don Davis/State Capitol Bureau
    Vikings stadium bill pressed for time as it moves forward
    The task of finding a way to build a Vikings stadium falls to six legislative negotiators after the House and Senate passed different plans. The...
    news/politicsMay 9, 2012 - 8:36am
    May 7, 2012
    The Vikings World Order joined other football fans in the Minnesota Capitol Monday to cheer for a new stadium. Photo by Don Davis/State Capitol Bureau
    House debates Vikings stadium plan
    ST. PAUL -- A debate a decade in the making began this afternoon as the state House considered whether to build a nearly $1 billion Vikings stadium. "This...
    news/governmentMay 7, 2012 - 10:34am
    This is the scene just north of the Hastings bridge on Monday, May 7, after a crash that injured one person. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardson
    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. Southbound traffic...
    newsMay 7, 2012 - 8:56am
    April 30, 2012
    An explosion sent a massive ball of flame and smoke up from one of the buildings while firefighters worked to control the blaze. (Star Gazette photo by Katrina Styx)play button
    Fire strikes near landscaping company in Hastings
    A structure fire burned at least one building on the grounds of a landscaping business along Glendale Road in Hastings on Monday afternoon. The...
    newsApril 30, 2012 - 6:38pm
    April 27, 2012
    On Monday morning, Niles Appert was driving past his brother Nolan's home along Pleasant Drive at the intersection with 17th Street West. That's when Niles Appert saw the flames and the smoke. He is pictured here on the left, watching as the house goes up in flames. To his right is his fiancée, Megan Kieffer. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardson
    Hastings family plans to rebuild on site of Monday's blaze
    Thirteen years ago, Nolan and Jean Appert moved into the home on the corner of 17th Street West and Pleasant Drive. Soon after, they began filling...
    newsApril 27, 2012 - 6:00am
    April 26, 2012
    Hastings woman returns home to inspect work, finds contractor smoking marijuana in her driveway
    A Hastings resident had hired a contractor to work in her home along the 1500 block of Meadowview Trail. She stopped at her home at around 9:45 a.m. Monday, April 16, to check on the progress of the work, and when she pulled into her driveway she saw a man in a vehicle. She approached...
    newsApril 26, 2012 - 3:39pm
    April 25, 2012
    Chris Paulson was one of the first firefighters on the scene Monday. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardson
    Camper's built-in charging unit caused house fire in Hastings on Monday
    A house, garage, pickup truck and camper were destroyed in a fire in the 1300 block of West 17th Street Monday morning. Hastings firefighters...
    newsApril 25, 2012 - 1:44pm
    April 23, 2012
    Tara Mauch of Hastings gives mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dog that had been trapped inside a burning Hastings home on Monday morning. The dog is getting care at a veterinarian but appeared to be OK. Star Gazette photo by Chad Richardson
    Two dogs, one rabbit saved from blaze inside Hastings home
    Two dogs were rescued from a house fire in Hastings on Monday, with one of them receiving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation from a neighbor. The...
    newsApril 23, 2012 - 12:23pm
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