Blogs: Hastings

Hastings might be about to hit the brakes on data centers while the city figures out what they'd actually mean for us.

Another 10% water rate hike is headed to Hastings residents July 1 — and without state funding, the total bill could eventually climb 150%.

Highway 61 through Hastings is getting torn up and rebuilt starting in 2028 — here's the full rundown on what's planned.

Hastings hosted the 20th Hockey Day Minnesota with pro hockey, high school games, and wind chills that made your eyelashes freeze.

Hastings' Parks Commission weighs in on parkland for a massive 375-home development, plus playground replacements, a $1M inclusive park grant, and more.

A highway. Then an airport. Here's how Carpenter Nature Center survived both threats.

A 1929 stock purchase, an apple orchard, and no kids. Here's what they did with it.

In 1991 they had zero apples. Now they harvest 1,600 bushels a year.

It was abandoned for 100 years. A prairie restoration project found it again.

The road is named after a real town. Here's what happened to it.