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City of Hastings to Host Flood Mitigation Open House March 5  

 The City of Hastings invites the community to attend a public open house as part of its effort to improve flooding conditions in the city. The open house will be held at the Hastings Municipal Airport, 3300 W. 12th Street, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 5. All members of the public are invited to participate in the meeting. No formal presentation…

City of Hastings launches EngageHastings

The City of Hastings has introduced EngageHastings, an online platform that gives the public a voice and is also a great resource for information.  City Administrator Shawn Metcalf said many residents have told him they want to be involved with the City, but may not have the time. EngageHastings allows residents the opportunities to be involved in…

Electric crew responds to outage in southwest Hastings

A two-person electric crew responded to an outage, caused by a commercial truck, at 10:46 a.m., Friday, Feb. 23 in southwest Hastings.  The truck hooked phone and cable conductors on a pole at the northwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and U.S. Highway 6. This stretched electric lines, which snapped back and came into contact with each other.  The lines…

Open house for City Hall designs to be March 4

Working with CMBA Architects of Grand Island, the City of Hastings will hold an open house to let the public look at and provide input on proposed renderings for the renovation of the City Hall building at 220 N. Hastings Ave.  The open house will be 4-6 p.m., Monday, March 4 at the Hastings Municipal Airport, 3300 W. 12th St. Troy Keilig, Principal…

HFR leads response to fire at 211 E. 2nd St.

The residential structure at 211 E. Second St. suffered extensive damage from a fire early Monday morning, Feb. 26. At about 1:56 a.m., Hastings Fire & Rescue units were dispatched to a report of smoking coming from a structure at 211 E. Second St. Units arrived within six minutes to find heavy smoke coming from the second floor of a two-story home.  The…