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City seeking proposals for insurance broker services

The City of Hastings is seeking proposals from qualified and licensed insurance brokers. Qualified firms to provide Insurance Broker Services for property, liability, and workers’ compensation insurance programs for a three-year period effective Oct. 1, 2024, with an option to renew the contract for two additional one-year periods by mutual agreement…

HPD addresses 911 outages

The Hastings 911 Center would like to thank everyone for their understanding during the recent 911 phone line outages we have been experiencing over the last several months. We would like to clarify some things so everyone understands these outages and the details surrounding them.  Windstream Communications is the sole provider for 911 phone lines…

Downtown snow removal to begin 4 a.m., Jan. 13

The City of Hastings will begin downtown snow removal at 4 a.m., Saturday. Please make sure all vehicles are in parking lots, or the vehicles may be towed. There is A LOT of snow so snow removal may take two nights.  The City of Hastings declared a snow emergency to begin at 8 p.m., Thursday Jan. 11. Hastings saw significant snowfall the evening…

City department closures on Friday Jan. 12

Several City of Hastings offices closed on Friday, Jan. 12 due to weather.  The Hastings Solid Waste Landfill, Hastings Public Library and Hastings Museum all closed for the day. In addition to the closures on Friday, Hastings Parks and Recreation youth basketball activities on Saturday, Jan. 13 were postponed.     Most city offices will be closed…

Snow emergency to begin 8 p.m., Jan. 11

The City of Hastings has declared a snow emergency to begin at 8 p.m., Thursday Jan. 11. The snow emergency will continue through noon, Saturday Jan. 13, based on the latest winter weather forecast that predicts several inches of snow, as well as extremely cold temperatures.  No parking is allowed along snow emergency routes during the above timeframe…