Hastings native launches eBay, Craigslist alternative
Hastings native Jeff Rowe just might have the next big thing. On Feb. 1, he launched Okanjo Partners Inc., (okanjo.com) a website that combines the local side of Craigslist with the instant purchase power of eBay and adds to it a way to be charitable.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 03/01/2013
Committee advises seeking external candidates for city administrator position
The Hastings City Council’s administrative committee recommends that the full council seek outside applicants for the city administrator position. The recommendation was made two days after City Administrator Dave Osberg submitted his official letter of resignation. His final day with the City of Hastings will be March 22.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/28/2013
Two Hastings cleaning companies join efforts
Two small business owners in Hastings have teamed up to provide their clients with even more services. AB CAM Services and Property Tenders, both professional cleaning companies, are teaming up to provide their clients with more comprehensive services.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/28/2013
Fire and accident report for the week ending Feb. 25
Here is this week's fire and accident report.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/28/2013
Flower-bombed: Hastings artist creates smiles with mobile flower displays
When he lived in Chicago, Hastings artist David Cook created sculptures that fit the city’s industrial nature. It was moody, haunting and even a little scary, he said. About four months ago, he started a new project that is vastly different. He made a collection of large, brightly colored flowers and temporarily installs them in various spots around the Twin Cities area. “I’ve been getting nothing but smiles,” he said.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/28/2013
Masters of the Sky program comes to Carpenter Nature Center
Chrys, a long-crested eagle, was never supposed to come to the U.S. Long-crested eagles are native to Africa, and that’s where Chrys was hatched. But as an adult, he was trapped and brought to this country illegally, to be sold for the black market pet trade back in the 1980s. The dealers who had captured him cut off the crest his breed is named for in an attempt to get the bird past the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/28/2013
14-year-old arrested after joyride in Hastings
Hastings police responded to a hit-and-run incident at Hastings Middle School at 2:57 p.m. A driver reported his truck had been damaged while he was inside the school. A witness provided the suspect vehicle’s license plate to police, which showed the vehicle had been stolen from an auto repair business along South Frontage Road on Feb. 13. The vehicle had been parked in the business’s lot overnight for repair.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/28/2013
Hastings girls each sold more than 2,000 boxes of cookies last year
At the age of 11, Jaydin Peterson and Natalie Sorenson have proved they have some good business sense. The girls, part of Girl Scout Troop 53594, have figured out how to sell large amounts of Girl Scout cookies.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/21/2013
Accident report for the week ending Feb. 15
Here is this week's fire and accident report.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/20/2013
Quality One Woodwork gets $1 per acre deal
The Hastings City Council signed an agreement that gives Quality One Woodwork the option to purchase 1.8 acres of city property for $1 an acre within the next nine years.The Hastings Star-Gazette, 02/20/2013
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