The Hastings Star Gazette

The Hastings Star Gazette
P.O. Box 277
741 Spiral Blvd.
Hastings, MN 55033

http://www.hastingsstargazette.com

(651) 437-6153
(651) 437-5911 (fax)

General Manager/Editor: Chad Richardson

E-Mail: news@hastingsstargazette.com

The Hastings Star Gazette is the community news and shopping source for this, the Dakota County seat. The Star Gazette serves the public through its Thursday weekly, Sunday shopper, numerous supplements, special sections and annual community guide.

This past year, the Minnesota Newspaper Association honored the newspaper for Best Special Section and Best Self-Promotion or House Ad. The Star Gazette also received a Distinguished Service Award from Special Olympics Minnesota, and the Minnesota VFW Ed A. Callahan News Media Award.
Hastings is a popular tourist destination for Twin Cities residents. Along with its crown jewel, the Mississippi River, day-trippers enjoy Vermillion Falls, Lake Rebecca and Lake Isabel; historic downtown business district along the riverfront and some 20 miles of bike trails. Local residents value its quality school district, Regina Medical Center, Smead Manufacturing, county government center and historic city hall.

Popular activities here include boating and fishing on the Mississippi River, swimming at the Hastings Family Aquatic Center, hockey and indoor soccer at the Civic Arena, several outdoor hockey and ice rinks, 30 parks, nearby public golf courses, canoeing on the Vermillion River. Also, Welch Village ski resort is 15 miles south of Hastings and Afton Alps ski resort is about 15 miles north of Hastings.

Hastings was known for its famous Spiral Bridge over the Mississippi River, which was built in the late 1800s and was demolished in 1951. Hastings is also the hometown of CBS Late Night Show host Craig Kilborn and the writer of the "Grumpy Old Men" movies, Mark Steven Johnson.