Photos by Chad Koenen Members of the Henning FFA celebrated national FFA Week at Henning School from Feb. 23-27. The week included dress up days, a paper, rock, scissors challenge, a cow hunt, agriculture trivia and a pepfest. The pepfest featured a number of games for students in grades K-12 including a “pig” round up with… Read More

The Henning Police Department will be hosting a Level 3 sex offender notification meeting on Monday, March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Henning Community Center. The meeting is open to the public and representatives from the Minnesota Department of Corrections will be on hand to answer questions about a Level 3 sex offender who… Read More

By Marsha Erickson West Central Initiative In the early care and education world, we often hear the phrase “It takes a village.” Nowhere is that more true than in the small lakeside community of Ottertail.  The City of Ottertail—population 721—sits on the east side of Otter Tail Lake, the largest lake in Otter Tail County and a major… Read More

Sen. Jordan Rasmusson (R-Fergus Falls), Republican lead of the Senate Human Services Committee, joined Senate Republicans to roll out a legislative action plan to stop fraud in Minnesota’s public support services and restore accountability in state government. The plan focuses on three key objectives: stricter legislative oversight, smarter use of technology to verify services, and… Read More

The Otter Tail County Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force and the Otter Tail County Coalition of Lake Associations (OTC COLA), www.otccola.org, are again sponsoring the second annual Lake Stewardship Symposium on May 16. The 2026 Symposium is in response to enthusiastic requests received from attendees of the first Lake Property Owner Stewardship Symposium held on May… Read More

By Kendra Mobilia Report for Minnesota When a speeding drunk driver crashed into the outside seating area of the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park and killed two people and injured a dozen others in 2024, Rep. Larry Kraft began looking for ways to prevent similar incidents in the future.  Now the St. Louis Park DFLer is sponsoring… Read More

By Shay Scanlan Report for Minnesota Democrats at the Minnesota Capitol started a push in the second week of the legislative session to prevent gun violence, but Republicans pushed back, saying the laws would infringe on the rights of lawful gun owners and not deter criminals.  The DFL push was backed by parents and students from Annunciation Catholic… Read More

5 years ago Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Citizen’s Advocate Henning High School senior Megan Weber scored her 1,000th career point last Monday in a non-conference game against Rothsay. Weber, who is the daughter of Darren and Eileen Weber of Henning, needed 20 points coming into the game to eclipse the milestone. She reached that mark on a… Read More

Group to host second meeting to brainstorm solutions By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning EDA will host a second housing oriented meeting with local representatives as it seeks to address a shortage of affordable housing options in the community.  During its regularly scheduled meeting last Thursday morning, Henning EDA President Andy Eckhoff highlighted the success of the… Read More

School board to continue discussion for class options By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning School District will not explore additional cooperative opportunities with the Battle Lake School District for athletics and the annual spring musical, but academics and other fine arts programs may still be on the table. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the Henning… Read More