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Drug takeback event to be April 22

South Heartland District Health Department and Area Substance & Alcohol Abuse Prevention are providing a drug disposal event in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The event will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday April 22 on the east side of the Hastings Police Station at 317 S. Burlington Ave.,…

Lease signed for City Hall employee temporary office space

Negotiations are now complete for the temporary office space where Hastings City Hall employees will work as Hastings City Council members mull over the future of City Hall. The City of Hastings entered into an agreement Thursday, April 6 with the Hastings Building Company for 3,617 square feet, between Suite No. 422 and Suite No. 424 in the southeast…

Fifth Street work to begin with Briggs and Kerr avenue intersections

Werner Construction will be removing and replacing asphalt pavement on Fifth Street with new concrete pavement beginning at the intersections of Briggs Avenue and Kerr Avenue intersections on Monday, April 10. The project boundary will consist of temporary intersection closures for the new concrete work. Appropriate warning signs will be installed…

13,000-gallon fuel tank extracted at former Theis Auto Care

General Excavating of Lincoln completed the removal of a 13,000-gallon fuel tank at the former Theis Auto Care service station at 302 N. Denver Ave., midafternoon on Wednesday. Instead of two tanks, 8,000 and 5,000 gallons apiece, as was on file, it was a single tank with a wall inside. The fiberglass tank was installed in 1994. The tank will now be…

First four parks restrooms to open

Restrooms at several Hastings parks are scheduled to open this weekend in conjunction with ballgames. With a more favorable weather outlook, it is the Hastings Parks and Recreation Department’s plan to initially open restrooms on Saturday at Oswego Park at West Sixth Street and Westlawn Avenue; the Rec Fields at 16th Street and Saunders Avenue; Carter…