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🌱 How PFAS lawsuits could affect future Hastings water bills.
Coming up: Storytime for Babies on the Hastings Patch calendar
Hello Hastings! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
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!)
- 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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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hastings
Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!
- 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 - Freedom Fest 2026
Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, 2800 Ravenna Trail, Hastings
4:00 pm - Waggin' Tales
Children's Area, Wescott Library
10:00 am - 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
Thursday September 10
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Tuesday September 15
📣 Hastings Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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
Tuesday September 8
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- Panoramic Perspectives Therapy and Training PA — (952) 600-8191
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Free portable AC unit.
Works great, available because of recent upgrades. At end of driveway on corner of Forest and 11th. (Nextdoor Pinecrest)
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Hastings. Apply here.
- Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member 39341 in Hastings. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hastings here.
🗞 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)
Ok Hastings! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- 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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