Hastings News

She was a trusted coach, friend, teacher and mentor who appeared eager to take a troubled student under her wing.

Tony Rose said he now feels a sense of gratification. And who can blame him? His five-year crusade for Social Security benefits is over - and he won.

When a jail program manager invited Les Grinsteinner to participate in a weekly criminal justice class with students from Metro State University, the union carpenter and repeat DWI offender figured he'd be a good sport and bear their questions.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 2:27 pm US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. 1 of 1 The criminal charges state Dunnum had inside his residence six long-barrel guns, one handgun, a flare grenade and an inoperable standard grenade.

Looking her brother's killer in the eye, Amy Olson held high a picture of Richard Jackson caring for her daughter, followed by a picture of Jackson's gravestone.

The organizers of Cottage Grove's Holiday Train stop for the Friends in Need food shelf are planning an all-you-can-eat breakfast fundraiser Nov.

Minnesota veterans will benefit from what Governor Pawlenty called a "bonehead decision." The decision was the purchase of expensive 50-inch, plasma televisions for the Moose Lake Sex Offender Treatment Center.

No one taught Jasper Jax how to fetch, not that anyone can tell. The yellow Labrador retriever follows his decoy everywhere but does his best retrieval from a dock.

Writes Cousin Nan: "Alas, I lost something I treasured: the watch that my dad wore through his Army stint in World War II.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 1:01 pm US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. A Medina, Minn. woman has been charged with faking threatening e-mails to herself and blaming her ex-husband. According to charges filed in Dakota County, 33-year-old Martha Christine Lundell divorced her husband in February and asked for a restraining order against him in May.

Taylor Pass Could a fourth or even a fifth person have been in the garage of Tina SanRoman's Burnsville town home on the night the single mother was fatally stabbed in the abdomen? Attorneys for 19-year-old murder suspect Taylor Pass have introduced new DNA evidence taken from a hat and sweat shirt found at the crime scene that does not match the ...

Share + Nov 2, 2009 4:59 pm US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. 1 of 1 A 6-month-old infant is dead after he suffocated while in the care of his grandmother.

Vampires are everywhere, and it's not just because of Halloween. From television's "The Vampire Diaries" and "True Blood" to fangy flicks like "Cirque du Freak" and the November release of "New Moon," the second movie based on the popular "Twilight" series, vampire media has permeated popular culture in a way that goes beyond fake teeth and crushed ...

As a Boy Scout, Daniel Haywood always had to chuckle when he was forced to endure a lecture or training video on how to respond to sexual abuse.

New flu figures released by the Minnesota Health Department on Wednesday showed two more H1N1-related deaths - bringing the state's overall total to 12.

Five candidates will compete Tuesday for three Hastings school board seats. With one term under their belts, incumbents Vince O'Brien, Teresa Moes and Dan Cater will vie for re-election, while newcomers Angie McGinnis and Lisa Hedin will attempt to unseat two of them.

South St. Paul and Hastings schools are campaigning for resident support of a tax increase next month at the polls.

A Hastings woman said her 11-year-old son died after a swine flu infection led to a fatal case of pneumonia, which if confirmed would make him the 11th person in Minnesota to die from the outbreak.

You might call it an alleged two month joy ride - one that came to an abrupt halt for a Dakota County correctional officer when Minneapolis airport police caught up with him in Hastings.

The fifth and final suspect in the October 2008 kidnapping and torture of a disabled Lakeville man has been found guilty of multiple felonies.