Having been owned by members of the Walker family since 1948 the business had seen many different buildings and name changes over the years, but one thing remained the same, the quality service and baked goods offered to those coming through the doors.
The Guy Who Sings, ended up recording a song called Owatonna! Owatonna! Owatonna! and I don't think he got the name right once. Well curiosity got the best of me and I found his 50-song Youtube album for Minnesota and sure enough, there was a Faribault song, a Hastings song, one about Farmington, Rochester, and the list goes on and on.
A Minnesota State Patrol officer accused of sexually abusing a teenager has been cleared of one charge but a jury could not reach a decision on another.
Update: 22 year old Amanda Jean Olsen has been found safe in an apartment in River Falls Wisconsin. She was found during a welfare check about 10:12 p.m. Monday and was returned to her family in Hastings.
Joel Neal Hansmeier, 43, of Eagan, was killed early Saturday morning when the motorcycle he was riding collided head on with a Kia SUV being driven by 22-year-old Rachel Marie Dickson of Cottage Grove.
According to the State Patrol information, Hansmeier's Harley-Davidson was southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 61 south of Highway 10 near Hastings when it struck the Kia head on in the le
Fire broke out about 1AM in a house on the 2000 block of Ashland Street in Hastings on Wednesday morning.
The Hastings fire department reported that the fire was contained to most of the back of the house, and a family of four got out safely but will not be able to return to the home because of the damage...