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LOCAL VISITS
Photo galleries, interviews, livestreams, and local stories from Hastings-area businesses, organizations, and events.
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Green 2 Go’s Local Visit captures the June 11 ribbon-cutting celebration at 2103 Vermillion Street, including Chamber moments, storefront details, community photos, and livestream coverage.
What we captured: Ribbon-cutting gallery + livestream
Where: Green 2 Go, Hastings, MN
Highlights: Ribbon cutting, storefront photos, community moments
Explore: View Gallery · Watch Livestream
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A Local Visit documenting Intek Plastics’ June 2 Chamber ribbon cutting at 1000 Spiral Boulevard, with team photos, workplace details, Chamber guests, and a look at one of Hastings’ important local employers.
What we captured: Ribbon-cutting gallery + livestream
Where: Intek Plastics, 1000 Spiral Blvd, Hastings, MN
Highlights: Team photos, workplace culture, local manufacturing, Chamber celebration
Explore: View Gallery · Watch Livestream
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring Hasu Japanese Restaurant’s May 28 Chamber ribbon-cutting celebration at 1309 Vermillion Street, with two image galleries and livestream coverage of the team, sushi presentations, dining room, ribbon-cutting ceremony, and community welcome.
Visit Type: Ribbon-cutting gallery + food/team feature + livestream
Location: Hasu Japanese Restaurant, 1309 Vermillion St, Hastings, MN
Highlights: Sushi boats, team photos, interior details, Chamber ceremony, local dining story
Explore: View Gallery 1 | View Gallery 2 | Watch Livestream
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Journey Audiology and Hearing Care celebrated its May 21, 2026 Chamber ribbon cutting at its expanded 830 Vermillion Street office in Hastings. HastingsNow.com captured the celebration with video, ribbon-cutting photos, office details, team moments, and Dr. Rachel Allgor’s local hearing-care story.
Visit Type: Ribbon cutting + office/team feature
Location: Journey Audiology, 830 Vermillion St, Hastings, MN
Highlights: New office, Chamber celebration, team photos, owner interview, hearing care close to home
Explore: Ribbon Cutting Gallery | Office + Team Gallery | Watch Video
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring Caring Hands Massage & Spa in downtown Hastings, with four photo galleries showcasing the spa’s Vichy shower and sauna, couples massage room, calming décor, plants, orchids, massage tables, warm lighting, and the peaceful local wellness experience behind the brand.
Visit Type: Wellness business feature + photo tour
Location: Caring Hands Massage & Spa, 427 Vermillion St, Hastings, MN
Highlights: Vichy shower, sauna, couples room, massage services, spa details, local wellness atmosphere
Explore: Vichy Shower Gallery | Couples Room Gallery 1 | Couples Room Gallery 2 | Main Couples Room Gallery
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring Créme de la Créme, a colorful downtown Hastings ice cream shop on 2nd Street East. This spontaneous photo shoot captures the storefront, smiling local faces, handcrafted ice cream, cones, toppings, candy displays, window details, and the sweet personality behind one of Hastings’ newest downtown treats.
Visit Type: Downtown business feature + ice cream photo tour
Location: Créme de la Créme, 216 2nd Street East, Hastings, MN
Highlights: Storefront, handcrafted ice cream, colorful toppings, candy displays, local faces, downtown Hastings charm
Explore: Gallery 1: First Look | Gallery 2: Scoops + Sweet Details | Gallery 3: Downtown Ice Cream Story
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring 328 Grill’s May 14, 2026 Hastings Area Chamber ribbon-cutting celebration at its new home on 33rd Street West. This visit includes a photo gallery and MP3 interview clips with owner Mik German and Chamber organizers, capturing the food, people, community welcome, and fresh restaurant energy behind 328 Grill’s move to Hastings.
Visit Type: Restaurant ribbon cutting + image gallery + audio interview
Location: 328 Grill, 350 33rd St W, Hastings, MN
Highlights: Mik German interview, Chamber celebration, ribbon-cutting moments, community support, bold burgers, comfort-food favorites, Hastings restaurant story
Explore: View Image Gallery | Listen to Interview | View Menu
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring Power of 100 Women Hastings and its downtown community impact event. This three-gallery feature captures women-led giving, local leadership, nonprofit support, Main Street energy, business voices, creative downtown stops, and the shared Hastings pride behind a movement built to make a visible difference close to home.
Visit Type: Community impact event + downtown photo galleries
Location: Downtown Hastings, MN
Highlights: Women-led giving, local nonprofits, downtown businesses, community leadership, Main Street energy, local voices, Hastings pride
Explore: Gallery 1: Community Giving | Gallery 2: Downtown Business Energy | Gallery 3: Local Impact + Creative Stops | Learn About Power of 100
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring Pure Serenity Wellness Center in historic downtown Hastings, with a spontaneous photo gallery of owner Ericka Love, the 202 2nd Street E. storefront, wellness displays, crystals, gifts, downtown sidewalks, peaceful interior details, and the Salt & Selenite Sanctuary behind the brand.
Visit Type: Downtown wellness business feature + image gallery
Location: Pure Serenity Wellness Center, 202 2nd Street E., Hastings, MN
Highlights: Ericka Love, storefront photos, wellness displays, crystals, gifts, massage therapy, Reiki, halotherapy, Salt & Selenite Sanctuary, downtown Hastings charm
Explore: View Image Gallery | Visit Pure Serenity
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A HastingsNow.com Local Visit featuring The Hootenany, a grassroots downtown Hastings music event where local musicians, volunteers, venues, families, and music lovers come together for an evening of free live music and community support. This two-gallery feature captures the performers, crowds, downtown atmosphere, venue-hopping energy, and local music mission behind one of Hastings’ most memorable community traditions.
Visit Type: Downtown music event + community photo galleries
Location: Downtown Hastings, MN
Highlights: Local musicians, live music, downtown venues, community crowds, volunteer energy, family-friendly atmosphere, youth music support
Explore: Gallery 1: Downtown Music + Performers | Gallery 2: Community Energy + Music Mission | Learn About The Hootenany
LOCAL SOCIAL FEED
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FAQ
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HastingsNow is a reviewed local update feed for Hastings, Minnesota, featuring jobs, events, deals, announcements, Soundbites, and local social posts from Hastings-area sources.
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Local businesses and organizations use a private HastingsNow update link to send announcements, jobs, events, deals, photos, or 30-second Soundbites. HastingsNow reviews or labels updates before they appear publicly.
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HastingsNow organizes reviewed local events, deals, jobs, and announcements into category sections on the homepage.
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A HastingsNow-reviewed Local Update is a local event, deal, job, announcement, or Soundbite that has been submitted by a Hastings-area source and reviewed before it appears on HastingsNow. We check for basic local relevance, source identity, clear details, working links, and whether the update is useful for Hastings residents. Some updates come directly from verified local businesses or organizations, while others are added or organized by HastingsNow.
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Local businesses can get featured by sharing something useful for the Hastings community — a deal, event, job opening, announcement, new product, service update, photo story, or 30-second Soundbite. HastingsNow may feature local businesses through Local Updates, Soundbites, photo galleries, on-site visits, Local 10 picks, blog stories, or the Local Social Feed. The best updates are timely, clear, local, and helpful to residents. Businesses can contact HastingsNow to submit an update or ask about a local visit.
Hastings, Minnesota author and former educator Diane Davies shares the true story behind Willy’s Broken Heart, a children’s book inspired by the friendship of two rescue dogs, Willy and Bailey. After Bailey’s death—and the sudden loss of Diane’s husband of 53 years—their story became a compassionate exploration of childhood grief, honest conversations, healing, and the love and memories that remain.