HASTINGS — The winner of Friday’s Jammers Boat Races in Hastings attributed her victory to misfortune. “I have to thank my boat for falling apart, because it gave it more speed,” said 11-year-old ...

1998: Todd Kirshenbaum, marketing director of Hastings Museum, prepares for the first annual Kool-Aid Days in Hastings. 1999: State Sen. Ardyce Bohlke, who successfully lobbied to have Kool-Aid named ...

HASTINGS — Peace and love, Kool-Aid Man. This year's theme for Kool-Aid Days in Hastings, which starts Friday, is "Peace, Love and Pineapple," said Jody Jacobi, a member of the Kool-Aid Days board of ...

The Kool-Aid Man, known for busting through walls and uttering his "Oh, yeah!" tag line, will be computer-generated and take on the personality of a celebrity trying to show that he is just an ...