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The City of Hastings Utility Department is organizing a monthly lunchtime food truck event planned to take place year-round. Food Truck Fridays will debut Aug. 22 and take place in the Highland Park parking lot just east of the Hastings Museum. Food Truck Fridays will begin at 11 a.m. and is anticipated to last until 2 p.m. The concept for Food Truck…
The south lane of the 600 block of West Third Street between Denver and Hastings avenues, adjacent to the Hastings City Hall building, will be closed for the remainder of August. The closure will accommodate various aspects of the ongoing renovation of the Hastings City Hall building, 220 N. Hastings Ave. The south lane will reopen overnight each…
After consulting with the Southern Public Power District, which has a 34.5 kilovolt transmission line close to the traffic signal pole at the northeast corner of the intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and Showboat Boulevard, the Nebraska Department of Transportation has determined the line cannot just be taken out-of-service and a load study is needed,…
The Hastings Police Department participated in the “Speeding Prevention Enforcement” campaign from July 14 through 31. This campaign was funded through a grant from the Nebraska Department of Transportation. The “Speeding Prevention Enforcement” grant allowed HPD Officers to work overtime hours conducting additional traffic enforcement throughout all…
Hastings Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire around 5:50 a.m., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 at 1518 W. Seventh St. The one resident, an adult male, exited the structure on his own but did sustain minor injuries. The fire was under control in about five minutes. The fire has been determined to be unintentional and caused by combustibles too…
