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Superintendent Report

This week's Raider Update is a celebration of our outstanding staff, highlighting those who were recognized at our recent staff appreciation event. Additionally, the usual calendar reminders are …

Hastings tennis splits matches

The Hastings boys tennis team is a competitive bunch. While the Raiders are 4-4 on the season, coach Alex Zuzek likes the fight he sees in his team. “We’ve had tons of close …
Jared Hanson’s best time this year in the 110 meter hurdles of 16.15 puts him second in the Hastings Raiders record books. The top time was 15.10 by Clayton Johnson in 2016.

Weather cancels pair of track meets

The Hastings High School track & field season is at the midway point, and the team will compete Friday, April 26 at the Hamline Elite Meet at Hamline University’s Klas Field. The …
Sienna McCoy had one hit with two RBIs against Burnsville in the 7-1 win over the Blaze

Softball stomps Burnsville, drops close one to Hill Murray

The Hastings Raiders began last week with a convincing 7-1 victory over Burnsville on Monday but encountered a setback when they fell to Hill-Murray on Thursday. This mixed bag of results leaves the …

Hastings High School Spring Sports Schedules

Baseball All games at 4:30 p.m. unless noted April 24 – Home vs. St. Thomas Academy April 26 – At Hill-Murray May 1 – Home vs. North St. Paul May 3 – Home vs. Two Rivers May 4 …

Raiders sweep the week, move to 3-2

Hastings Baseball had three games scheduled last week, Mon. against South St. Paul, a game they won at home 2-0. Wed. the Raiders were scheduled to play Simley, that game was moved to Thur. Friday, …

Dakota County offers document shredding events

Dakota County residents can bring confidential paper like tax documents, financial statements and medical records for free shredding at upcoming events. Only shred what you need to, such as documents …

MPCA launches robust program to sample entire Mississippi River within Minnesota

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced a new initiative to monitor water quality throughout the entire Mississippi River within Minnesota’s borders for the first time in …

Pedestrian safety study presented to Hastings City Council

At the April 15 Hastings City Council meeting, Dakota County Transportation Project Manager Bryce LeBrun reviewed the CSAH 42 Pedestrian corridor study and presented four alternative options that …

ISD #200 Staff Spotlight

Two years ago, ISD 200 gained a fantastic champion for our Global Languages Department with the hiring of Senorita Hoffman. She has been sharing her gift of Spanish with students for 15 years and now …
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Business
The Hastings YMCA will hold a Community Open House on Sunday, April 21 from 1-3 p.m. The event is free and for all ages. For the younger visitors, there will be a gaga pit, bounce house, face …
Government
Plans for the large-scale Walden at Hastings development on the new southern border of Hastings have hit a slight delay and are expected to start working their way through public meetings in May. …
Crime
Kelci Marie Meyers
Two people residing in Hastings were arrested by the South Metro SWAT Team Wednesday and charged with the New Year’s Eve shooting that left a boy critically wounded in St. Paul. Kelci …
Community
Laura Zabel

Weekly Teacher Feature

Ms. Laura Zabel has been teaching math at Hastings High School for three decades. In addition to supporting her math students, she serves as chair of the Math Department. Even though she initially …

Most Americans are facing some level of financial stress.

The average house payment in America today is $2,883 on a 30-year mortgage. The average payment on a fixed year rate mortgage is about $3,759. (January stats from businessfinder.com). The …

Deadline Extended to April 26th!! Sign up for the Fifth Annual Hastings Citywide Garage Sale until Friday, April 26 at noon!

DCHS designs Black heritage exhibit for LeDuc Estate

At the April 15 Hastings City Council meeting, Matt Carver, Executive Director of Dakota County Historic Society (DCHS), presented an annual review and discussed upcoming events of the Dakota …
One of the three sculptures by Dale Lewis installed along the Riverwalk.

Inaugural annual Arts and Culture Commission report on record

“I am both honored and privileged to be giving the first inaugural annual report of the Hastings Arts and Culture Commission,” Barb Hollenbeck began. “We had an interesting year, as …
Obituaries
Steven Hadac
Steven E. Hadac concluded a life well lived on April 16, 2024. Steve was an amazing man, husband, dad, grandfather and too many other things to list who lived a great 77 years of life. Born Jan. …
Nanette Kearns
Nanette Marie Kearns, 67, of Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin, died Thursday, April 18, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born December 8, 1956, in Hastings, MN to Leo and Carol …
Patrick Scully Sr.
Patrick Joseph Scully Sr., a loving husband, father, and grandfather died peacefully at Regina Senior Living on Wednesday morning, April 3, 2024, at the age of 98. Pat was a former longtime Dakota …
Shelia Gahler
Shelia Gahler, age 78 of Hastings, died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Friday evening, March 29, 2024. Shelia Geraldine, the daughter of Thomas and Monica (Schaffer) Maher, …
Cynthia O'Brien
Cynthia “Cindy” (Newman) O’Brien, age 74, formerly of St. James, Hastings, and Mankato, Minnesota, died on March 10, 2024, at her home in Goleta, California. Visitation will be on Saturday, …

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Local sports

Softball sweeps the week and moves 2-1

Emily Dembrowski dives headfirst into third base with excellent base running. The throw from the first baseman was wide, allowing Dembroski to score on an error giving Hastings their second run of the game in a four-run fifth inning.
The Hastings Raiders Softball team opened the season with a close loss at Tartan, falling 8-7. That meant the return home for their home opener had the ladies ready to right the ship. The Tuesday …
Jose Miranda logs the Saints third homerun in their 8-1 opening day victory on Saturday in Saint Paul.

Saints hit 3 homeruns, win 8-1 on opening day

The Saint Paul Saints won their home opener on Saturday evening defeating the Columbus Clippers at CHS Field in St. Paul’s Lowertown by a score of 8-1. We can all breathe a sigh of relief; …
Jack Seleski pitched three superb innings for Hastings.
The Raiders entered the week at 0-1 with a trip to North St. Paul on Wed. and then Two Rivers on Fri. After a 13-3 thumping at the bats of Park of Cottage Grove, Hastings took the chip on their …
The Hastings Track & Field teams are off to a great start. Three meets into the season, the Raiders have each placed first in the meets in team score. Head coach Jason Koch likes what he sees …
Baseball All games at 4:30 p.m. unless noted April 17 – At Simley April 19 – Home vs. Tartan April 22 – At Mahtomedi April 24 – Home vs. St. Thomas …
Ballin' in Dakota County 12th Annual Charity Basketball Tournament is Saturday Law enforcement officers from throughout Minnesota will participate in the 12th Annual Ballin’ in Dakota County …
Education

Superintendent Report

I hope your first full week back was a good one. This week’s update includes an acknowledgement about our Minneosta weather, testing, an overview of the recent coffee and conversation and …

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A sign honoring former Dakota County sheriff’s deputy Luther Klug, who was killed by a drunken driver 28 years ago, was unveiled by friends and former colleagues during a ceremony April 12 on County Road 68 in Ravenna Township.

Luther Klug Memorial Highway a tribute to dedicated, fondly remembered deputy

A ceremony Thursday morning at the start of Dakota County Road 68 south of Hastings was a tribute to a fallen Dakota County Sheriff’s Deputy, who lost his life in service 28 years ago. County, …

Opinion
Columns

How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

The discovery of fragments of avian flu virus in about 20% of milk samples from stores in initial testing across the U.S. suggests that the H5N1 virus may be more widespread in U.S. dairy cattle than previously realized. …

From voice acting to Shakespeare: 10 outstanding summer programs for actors to sharpen performance skills

Backstage picks its 10 favorite summer theatrical programs where budding actors can hone their skills.

How the pretzel went from soft to hard – and other little-known facts about one of the world’s favorite snacks

The pretzel, one of the fastest-growing snack foods in the world, recently crossed a billion dollars a year in sales. It has its own emoji, comes in flavors like pumpkin spice, mocha and banana, and is now available as an aromatherapy scent. …

Will Caitlin Clark do okay in the WNBA?

Caitlin Clark will do great in the WNBA. She can shoot, she can pass and she’s a savvy player. Clark did what no one ever dreamed anyone would do and that was to score more points than Pistol …

My View: An interesting weekend

It was an interesting weekend. If anyone would have asked me a few days ago what the odds would be of me doing these things on back to back days, I would have said one in a million. I should …

My View: Heed the warning

I knew the weekend snowfall was going to come before most of you. In fact, I knew about it before many so-called weather experts. A few weeks ago, I attended a high school basketball game. …

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Letters
Letter to the Editor: New teacher licensing doesn’t promote Marxist activism.
I write to refute claims of Patricia Moulton, Rush City MN posted in last week’s April 10 paper. I typically dismiss such nonsense out-of-hand, but I was curious…why was a Rush city …
No more trapping
To the editor: Re: Dave Beck’s 2/22/24 article in the Hastings Journal. As an animal loving woman, I am appalled that trapping is still allowed in this state/country. It is cruel and barbaric. …
Zoning bill should be canned
To the editor: A bill is being formulated at the legislature that would restrict a city’s ability to control its zoning ordinances. The state law would even supersede any zoning ordinances …
Letter to the Editor: Postal dilemma
To the editor: John, A very nice job on the story about the postal dilemma that we are all facing today. All is forgiven about the "lion's share" comment. You've done your research and correctly …
Respect for end of life decisions
To the Editor: On behalf of the DFL Senior Caucus, I would like to extend our gratitude to Representative Tina Liebfling for hearing the Minnesota End-of-Life Options Act last week in the House …

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