Hastings News

Gunter Drews and his wife plan to turn their Spring Lake Park Reserve property -- a small marina on 9.8 acres inherited from Drews' father-in-law -- into a quiet cabin getaway.

Hastings police are asking the public's help in identifying who is behind spray-painting what is believed to be satanic graffiti on the exterior of St.

A concept plan discussed at the city's planning committee last month shows the pharmacy building and a parking lot occupying an entire city block along the east side of Vermillion Street, between 14th and 15th streets.

Editor's Note: The following is a press release from Dakota County. Property taxes on Dakota County real estate for the first half are due Wednesday, May 15.

Jeremy Olson writes about children and families, and is an overscheduled father of two.

Drive half an hour around the Twin Cities early this morning and you will be forgiven if you feel like you entered another time zone.

The minimum wage in Minnesota stands at $6.15 an hour and has not been raised in nearly a decade.

Discoveries made during a routine shoplifting call in Eagan led to the arrest of two Dakota County men accused of running a serial check forging operation out of a hotel room.

The main span of the new Hastings bridge was floated into place in September 2012.

The 2013 Washington County Fair is set for July 31 through Aug. 4. Planners on Friday issued a release seeking "interested business owners to exhibit" at the event, which expects to draw more than 53,000 people over the five days.

A Dakota County SWAT team helped Hastings police arrest an Apple Valley man that police believed was high on methamphetamine and in possession of a handgun.

A report of an Apple Valley felon armed with a handgun and under the influence of methamphetamine prompted a SWAT team response in Hastings on April 16.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and an Eagan domestic violence shelter is holding a candlelight walk on Wednesday in an effort to involve the wider community in the fight against sexual abuse.

They have three children: Steven and Mandy Woods of Hastings, Minnesota, Gregory and Shelly Woods of Springfield, Missouri, Robyn and James Aydelott of Bixby, Oklahoma.