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The Hastings Public Library invites families to a special, safe Halloween celebration with its first Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 31 from 5pm to 7pm at the Library 302 Greenspace. Denver Ave. will be closed from 3rd St. to 4th St. to safely transform the parking lot across the street into a festive route of fun, creatively decorated vehicles for children…
Van Kirk Bros Contracting completed the installation of the casing and water main across South Elm Avenue on Thursday afternoon Sept. 25, 2025. The crossing had to be completed with an open trench method because of tight right-of-way constraints. The trench was backfilled and the roadway surfacing was replaced with high early-strength concrete to…
Van Kirk Bros. Contracting is scheduled to close South Elm Avenue from South Street to B Street on Monday, Sept. 22 to install water main and casing under the road. The installation is scheduled to be complete and concrete back by Friday Sept. 26 so it can cure over the weekend and reopen early in the next week. Businesses will still have access from…
With mosquitoes especially bad right now, the Parks and Recreation Department will begin spraying with a fogging machine on Wednesday evening Sept. 17, in parks and certain areas where activities are scheduled in the coming days. The evening and early morning time frame is the most effective for control and has the least impact on other insects. The…
Members of the Hastings City Council passed the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget during a special meeting on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 with $408,000 in cuts. The only items on the meeting agenda were amended Ordinance 4809, adopting the annual appropriation bill; and a resolution adopting the annual fee resolution, which was postponed from the Sept. 8 council…
