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Hastings officers assisted the Dakota County Sherriff's office on a call at 2:05 a.m. in the area of Sixth and Forest streets. A deputy had made a traffic stop and the driver fled from the scene. The driver of the vehicle was known and had an active felony warrant. The Hastings...

A suspicious male was reported at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, in the 800 block of Bahls Drive. The man jumped out at a restaurant employee and startled her while she was on a break. The man introduced himself as "Viral." He went into the restaurant, sat at the bar, poured pepper...

The 6.5 million pound main span for the new bridge in Hastings is on the move. Live video is streaming online of the initial part of the move, which is taking place today. Click here to see the live video. The move is a very slow process and is expected to take all day. Crews have...

A report of intoxicated juveniles was called in at 4:15 p.m. in the area of Park Lane and Bahls Drive on Sunday, July 29. A couple of boys had found a friend from school sitting at a picnic table with his head down. The 13-year-old juvenile was barely responsive, so the boys called...

The same man who was caught sleeping in someone else's motorhome in Hastings last week was caught again this week. This time, he opted to sleep in a bus parked at a hotel. This time around, Hastings police were called on the report of someone sleeping inside a bus in the parking...

The owners of a motorhome along Red Wing Boulevard found a person sleeping inside their motorhome on Sunday, July 22. The man was confronted by the owners, and the police were summoned. Eventually the perpetrator was cited for misdemeanor trespassing and misdemeanor theft. He had...

Officers from the Hastings Police Department were sent to the Dakota County jail when deputies learned a woman who was visiting an inmate there had a warrant out for her arrest. Officers arrested the woman on three separate driving after suspension warrants.

Hastings police officer Rene Doffing was found not guilty of two counts of theft this morning by a Dakota County jury. The jurors deciding the case announced just before 11 a.m. they had reached the verdict. The decision was read in court at about 11:15 a.m. "We are elated with...

Some 20 months after being accused of stealing a corkscrew from a restaurant here, Hastings police officer Rene Doffing is getting his day in court. Doffing's theft trial began Monday afternoon in Dakota County court. He is being charged with two counts of theft related to the incident....

A 28-year-old Minneapolis man had a bad day in Hastings on Tuesday, July 3. The man was driving himself to the Dakota County Courthouse here for a hearing related a charge that he was driving after his license was revoked. A Hastings police officer on patrol pulled the vehicle over...

The trial for Rene Doffing, the Hastings police officer accused of stealing a corkscrew from a local restaurant, begins Monday. Doffing allegedly stole the corkscrew in November 2010. Since then, there have been a number of delays in the case. At a pretrial hearing earlier this week,...