 In Hastings, the Mississippi River is still rising. Ellie Roth has more. Water in the Mississippi River rushes past downtown Hastings, carrying full uprooted trees and inching towards homes built along the riverbanks. Jack and Sandy O'Brien drove down to Hastings from Mendota Heights to watch the river rise. Yeah, we've been down here for two or three days in a row, and every day we come it's a little bit higher.