Photo by Chad Koenen Members of Kala Mills’ third grade class at Henning School have been having an egg-celent time with a new egg and chicken lesson in class. The students have been watching 30 eggs over the past few weeks and waiting for the chickens to hatch. Nearly all of the eggs hatched prior to… Read More

ICS identifies potential repairs, needs at school building By Chad Koenen Publisher Over two nights last week, the Henning School Board and several staff members received an up-close look at the school district and building as a whole. During a pair of special school board workshops on Monday and Tuesday night, representatives from ICS  went through results from… Read More

Many city neighborhood, rural grocery stores were located in Otter Tail County By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Our county, following World War II from the late 1940s to the 1970s, included many city neighborhood and rural grocery stores. One of those stores is fondly recalled by Diann Hennig, Fergus Falls High School class of 1960, whose parents… Read More

Gardeners sought for community project By Chad Koenen Publisher Do you want to have a garden, but lack the space, or a tiller to work up the land? Or do you enjoy gardening but don’t know what to do with the fruits of your labor? If so, the Henning School is hoping to provide you with the… Read More

School board split on decision to switch to seven-period day By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning School District will keep an eight-period day for the 2022-23 school year. During its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night, the Henning School Board approved keeping an eight-period day after hearing concerns from members of the Henning Education Association. The vote to… Read More

Contributed photo Doug Trana presented the Henning Food Shelf with a check for $2,200.36 last week on behalf of the Henning Lions Club. The money was raised during the annual Henning Lions Club pancake breakfast to benefit the food shelf. 

Elections were held earlier in March  Township residents made their way to their respective halls Tuesday, March 8 to fulfill their civic duty by voting for township officials.  Compton Township A total of 10 voters made their way to the Compton hall to cast their votes for Maryann Line to serve a two year term as… Read More

Contributed photos Henning School first graders in Rachel Mathias’ class joined the local celebration of World Down Syndrome Day on Monday, March 21. The students wore mismatched socks and all received a free t-shirt to mark the annual Down Syndrome Day. They also completed a variety of projects as well. Callie Kysar, who is in… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher An informational meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. at Henning School for anyone who is interested in joining the Henning School fishing league team. The meeting will be held at the school and is open to Henning School students. All interested students and parents are encouraged to attend… Read More

Funding comes from money collected for taxes for fuel, license fees and more To support the state’s system of streets, roads and bridges, four types of taxes are collected by the State of Minnesota. The taxes paid for fuel, license fees, motor vehicle sales and auto parts sales are collected in the Minnesota Highway Users… Read More