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To help make Celebration of Lights festivities run as smoothly as possible, several blocks of downtown streets will be closed at noon on the event date of Thursday, Nov. 19. Second Street will be closed from Burlington Avenue to just west of Kansas Avenue. Lincoln, Hastings, Denver and St. Joseph Avenues will also be closed between First and Third…
Most City of Hastings offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026 in observance of Veterans Day. Front desk services will be unavailable at the following departments: Hastings Police Department Hastings Fire and Rescue Administration Finance Development Services Hastings Utilities Parks and Recreation Hastings Public Library The…
The South Heartland District Health Department won the Parks and Recreation Department’s 2026 Halloween scarecrow contest with the entry “Joy,” who is a Community Health Worker. Voting took place Oct. 19-31 on the Hastings Parks and Recreation Department’s Facebook page. The winning scarecrow highlighted the South Heartland District Health Department’s…
This year’s winning display for the Parks and Recreation Department’s Halloween Light Fight received inspiration from above, and below. Grant and Tammi Jacobsen received the most points among the 11 competitors in this year’s Hastings Parks and Recreation Department’s Halloween Light Fight contest with the theme “Heaven and Hell” for the display at…
The public is invited to a ribbon cutting for the renovated Hastings City Hall. The ribbon cutting will be at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Because the elevator will not be accessible to the public tours will not be provided. If you would like to schedule a tour, contact Public Information Manager Tony Herrman at (402) 461-2321. Representatives…
