More passengers have been recovered from the wreck of the Costa Concordia, which sank off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, earlier this month, but the parents of Hastings resident Sara Heil are still among the missing.
Crews working on the new Highway 61 bridge in Hastings are getting ever more optimistic that they will get the project completed by the late fall of 2013.
The death of longtime Hastings resident John Zgoda shocked many of those who knew and worked with him. His battle with esophageal cancer began just last May and claimed his life Jan. 10.
Two Twin Cities residents have been charged with simple robbery (aid and abet) after they allegedly stole a set of employee’s keys during the early morning hours of Jan. 17. That robbery also led to other charges being filed against the pair.
People across the country are waiting to hear news of an American couple from White Bear Lake that were on board a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, Jan. 13. A Hastings woman is among them.
A large group of volunteers will give their time for three days in early February to help starving children in another part of the world. The Feed My Starving Children MobilePack has filled all 2,500 volunteer slots for the upcoming Feb. 2-4 meal packing project at Hastings High School.
Here is this week's police report preview. The complete preview can be found on Page 4A of the print edition.
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