5 years ago

Citizen’s Advocate

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019

With the possibility of hosting the 2020 state Babe Ruth baseball tournament on the horizon, the Henning City Council approved up to $10,000 in repairs to the city-owned baseball field in town. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the Henning City Council approved the expansive repairs that included replacing the dugouts. Henning Utilities Supervisor Scott Grabe said the dugouts are in bad enough shape to be considered a potential safety hazard and will likely need to be replaced in the near future regardless of the state Babe Ruth tournament.

A tornado briefly touched down just south of Henning on Tuesday afternoon. The tornado was reported around 2:20 p.m. in the area of County Highway 65, Rocky Ridge Road and County Highway 134. According to a release from the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, first responders located an area on County Highway 134 where witnesses reported a brief  touchdown of a tornado. The only damage noted from this tornado was windrows of oats that were tossed on top of the power lines and fence along the field. 

25 years ago

Thursday, Aug. 18, 1999

The Henning Advocate

The Vining Watermelon Committee’s plans are well underway for their annual Watermelon Day Festival which will take place Saturday, Aug. 21 in Vining. The day promises many opportunities beginning with the Arts and Crafts show which opens at 9 a.m. Ginny Wallevand, chairperson, reports that there will be over 70 exhibitors participating with a desirable assortment of goods available. Crafters will be set up from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Now for the painful news. That is what one Otter Tail County Commissioner said before County Auditor Wayne Stein discussed levy limitations and state aid dollar changes. According to Stein, the county’s levy limit for payable 2000 increased by six-tenths. Special levies decreased by 0.06 bringing the total net levy to 0.55 percent. Homestead and Agricultural Credit Aid, however, decreased by a little more than 2 percent. The county will also receive no local performance aid. “There will be some painful cuts before this is done,” said Commissioner Andy Lindquist.

50 years ago

Thursday, Aug. 23, 1974

The Henning Advocate

The Gene Seaver home was hit by lighting Tuesday morning. Although the Henning Fire Department responded, Mr. Seaver brought the fire under control himself with a garden hose.

 Cynthia Perreten Axell, daughter of Dr. And Mrs. E. C. Perreten of Henning received her Master’s degree in speech pathology and audiology.

75 years ago

Thursday, Aug. 23, 1949

The Henning Advocate

John Brandt, president of Land of Lakes Creameries, will be the guest speaker at Henning’s 12th Centennial-Harvest Festival.

100 years ago

Thursday, Aug. 22, 1924

The Henning Advocate

The delayed southbound Soo passenger yesterday ran into and killed two people at a crossing at Detroit. The victims were Mr. And Mrs. Gus Grinnell of Milbank, S.D. According to the story of the engineer, Grinnell, who had stopped his car before reaching the crossing and then started up again, the engine struck the machine squarely. The two killings bring the season’s rail crossing fatalities to eight people near Detroit.

Quite a delegation from here who are interested in the petition filed with the county commissioners, which would detach seven farms from the village, were in Fergus Monday, to learn what action the board would take. Owing to some points of law in the matter, the hearing on the petition was postponed until the regular meeting.

You can smell the town of Grasse in France miles away for here a large proportion of the world’s supply of scent is made from the violet, the jasmine and mimosa.

125 years ago

Thursday, Aug. 24, 1894

The Alliance Advocate

The Advocate is authorized to state that there is no foundation for the report that there is a new bank to be incorporated at Perham with M.J. Daly as one of the chief promoters.

The Northern Pacific is planting trees along its right-of-way through Dakota. The trees when they attain a respectable size will serve as a snow break and beautify the prairie through which the road runs.

The drugstore at Eagle Bend owned by A.B. Chalmers and the general store owned by J. McRae, were totally destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Origin of the fire is unknown. Th drug store was valued at $4,000, with $3,000 insurance. The general store was valued at $2,000, no insurance.