Hastings News

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.

A reported fugitive from justice isn't so far away, after all. On Monday, Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom described Mohamud Ahmed Hassan, 19, as a fugitive because he failed to appear for a June 18 court appearance in Hastings.

Today and tomorrow are noteworthy for anybody interested in a higher-speed rail line that would connect St.

An overlooked piece of Newport land suddenly has become hot property. The long-abandoned 11-acre Knox Lumber Co.

An 18-year-old Hastings man left behind his cell phone at a home he broke into, police say.

Share + Oct 3, 2009 8:36 am US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. 1 of 1 Twenty-three-year-old Tylar James Hokanson faces three counts of first-degree murder while committing child abuse and three counts of second-degree murder while committing a felony.

Several blocks of ramblers on Fourth Avenue South were used as the neighborhood where the main family in the film, the Gopniks, lives.

Share + Sep 29, 2009 2:52 pm US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. 1 of 1 Carlos Robles was already being held at the Dakota County Jail on assault charges when he was captured on surveillance video beating another inmate in an argument over the television channel.

A felon with a history of losing his temper allegedly fractured bones in a fellow inmate's face at the Dakota County Jail.