Category Archives: Hastings News
Hastings Park and Rec offering disposal site for real Christmas trees
HASTINGS - The Hastings Parks and Recreation Department will offer two locations for residents to dispose of real Christmas trees after the holiday until Jan. 26. The following locations are available...
Dec 24, 2024 Aquacourt Christmas tree disposal site, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
NWS Hastings looks back on 2009 Christmas Blizzard
HASTINGS - The Christmas Blizzard of 2009 will be one blizzard which won't soon be forgotten and will draw memories of raging blizzards of years past. For 18 to 24 hours, a large part of south central...
Dec 24, 2024 A snow drift buries a NWS Hastings employee's vehicle after the 2009 blizzard, (NWS Hastings, Courtesy)
Hastings Police Department's activity from Dec. 23
HASTINGS - The Hastings Police Department released their daily activity from Monday, Dec. 23. Reported Offenses: On December 23, 2024, a 73-year-old Hastings resident reported a theft in the 1000 bloc...
Dec 24, 2024 Hastings Police Department, Courtesy
Light showers possible Christmas night, likely colder to start 2025
HASTINGS - There is the potential for drizzle and light showers late Christmas Day into Thursday, the pattern looks to turn colder as the calendar turns over 2025. There continues to be mild and dry c...
Dec 23, 2024 Brian Neben, Courtesy
City of Hastings announces closures for Christmas, New Years
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings offices will close at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and will be closed all day on Wednesday, Dec. 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Front desk services will be una...
Dec 23, 2024 City of Hastings Offices (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
City of Hastings receives three Community Block Development grants in 2024
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings had a banner Community Development Block Grant application year in 2024. Working with the Holdrege-based South Central Economic Development District, the City of Hastin...
Dec 23, 2024 Welcome to Hastings Mural, (Dallas Nau, Central Nebraska Today)
Hastings Police Department's activity from Dec. 21-22
Reported Offenses: On December 21st, 2024, a 36-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit-and-run accident in the 100 block of East A Street. On December 21st, 2024, a 79-year-old Hastings resident re...
Dec 23, 2024 Hastings Police Department, Courtesy
Burlington Ave. closure in Hastings to start today
HASTINGS - Contractor Consolidated Concrete will remove the homes on Burlington Avenue from Hill Street to 13th Street, beginning 7:30 a.m., Monday Dec. 23. The City of Hastings Street Department is w...
Dec 23, 2024 Corner of Hill Street and Burlington Ave. Dec. 20, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
Winner named in Hastings Parks and Rec Holiday Lights Contest
HASTINGS - For the 2024 winner of the Hastings Parks and Recreation Department's Holiday Lights Contest, decorating for Christmas has been a lifelong enthusiasm. Dan Hess received the most votes among...
Dec 20, 2024 Dan Hess posing with his trophy and with his grandchildren on Dec. 19, 2024, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
Hastings Police Department's activity form Dec. 19
HASTINGS - The Hastings Police Department released their daily activity from Thursday, Dec. 19 Reported Offenses: On December 19, 2024, a 49-year-old Hastings resident reported a criminal mischief in ...
Dec 20, 2024 Hastings Police Department, Courtesy