🌱 How PFAS lawsuits could affect future Hastings water bills.

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In today's newsletter:

• How PFAS lawsuits could affect future Hastings water bills.
• What the 2028–29 Highway 61 rebuild will change in Hastings.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 60 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, temps: high: 79, low: 53.
• Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hastings moves forward with environmental litigation (hastingsjournal.news) — Hastings city leaders have formally authorized outside attorneys to launch environmental litigation over PFAS contamination in the municipal water system, aiming to recover some of the city's mounting treatment and infrastructure costs. The council also hired Minnesota-based local counsel on a contingency basis, meaning legal fees depend on a successful recovery, as officials juggle expensive new treatment plants, wells, and water main upgrades with pressure on local water rates.
   

• MnDOT gives Rotary an inside look at Highway 61 reconstruction (hastingsjournal.news) — Hastings drivers, businesses, and pedestrians face a massive Highway 61 reconstruction in 2028–29 that will overhaul intersections, add medians and roundabouts, and rebuild the aging Todd Field retaining wall while keeping at least one lane open each way. MnDOT is coordinating with the city, schools, and utilities to improve safety, traffic flow, sidewalks, and underground infrastructure, though full funding for the $64 million project is still being secured.
   

📸 Around Hastings

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Thursday September 10
• Storytime for Babies
  Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room, Pleasant Hill Library
  10:00 am
• Galaxie Book Club
  Galaxie Large Meeting Room L139, Galaxie Library
  6:30 pm
Friday September 11
• Freedom Fest 2026
  Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, 2800 Ravenna Trail, Hastings
  4:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Waggin' Tales
  Children's Area, Wescott Library
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Feeding Your Baby
  Wescott Large Meeting Room, Wescott Library
  10:00 am
• Storytime for 2s-6s
  Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room, Pleasant Hill Library
  10:00 am
• Burnhaven Book Discussion Group
  Fox Den Board Game Cafe , Offsite
  6:30 pm
• Farmington Books & Brew Online
  Farmington Large Meeting Room, Farmington Library
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Blazing Needles
  Park Grove Library Cottage Grove Service Center,
  9:30 am
• Storytime for 2s-6s
  Pleasant Hill Library Pleasant Hill Large Meeting Room,
  10:00 am
• Feeding Your Baby
  Pleasant Hill Library Wescott Large Meeting Room, Wescott Library
  10:00 am
• Small Business Call
  Cottage Grove Area Chamber 8617 W Point Douglas Rd S #150, Cottage Grove, MN 55016
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Cottage Grove

• Cottage Grove skating program offers lessons for all ages and abilities (cottagegrovejournal.news)
• School Resource Officer reminds residents of traffic safety (cottagegrovejournal.news)
• Convention and Visitor's Bureau hears update on lodging taxes, upcoming Food Truck Festival (cottagegrovejournal.news)

Rosemount

• Edina police report, Aug. 23-29 (hometownsource.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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