By Chad Koenen Publisher While COVID-19 created uncertainties like never before, the Henning School District was able to grow its general and reserve funds a bit last year.  During its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night, the Henning School Board heard its annual audit report from Luke Evanson of Eide-Bailly. According to the audit, the school district received… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Over the past decade Jerry Moen has seen just about it all at his body shop in rural Deer Creek. There were deer playing chicken with cars, pheasants who flew up in front of the wrong kind of a grill, vehicles colliding with one another, rocks and even a few baseballs that… Read More

Truck to replace 1984 tanker, serve as a back up engine for Deer Creek FD By Chad Koenen Publisher Christmas came a little early for the Deer Creek Fire Department. The department purchased a used 1999 Freight liner FL80 pumper/tanker truck to replace an old 1984 tanker.  Deer Creek Fire Chief Travis Collins said the new truck… Read More

Stephanie Jorgenson’s third grade class put together a surprise for a fellow classmate.   Jaeger Sapp’s dad, Jeremiah, is in the United States Coast Guard and the Henning third grader likely won’t get to see him for Christmas.   Jorgenson and the rest of the class decided that they would surprise Sapp with a special Patriotic Pillowcase… Read More

Despite a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, Henning School will continue with in-person classes for the foreseeable future. Last week Otter Tail County’s 14-day COVID-19 number per 10,000 residents jumped from 8.79 from Aug. 9-22 to 11.9 from Aug. 16-29, which is above the guidelines set forth by the state for in-person learning at the… Read More

Even the smallest gesture can bring a sense of calm in the face of tragedy. That is the hope of a stuffed animal program by local fire, police and ambulance departments. The program provides a free stuffed animal when emergency personnel respond to a call with young children.The program received a big boost recently as… Read More

Christmas is still four months away, but Ava Eckhoff did her best to bring some extra cheer and gifts to residents at Willow Creek in late August.Eckhoff, who is the daughter of Tim and Tether Eckhoff of rural Henning, created gift bags for all of the residents at Willow Creek as part of a community… Read More

Representatives from the Minnesota Department of Transportation were in Henning on Monday morning to set up a demonstration for an upcoming 2024 reconstruction project on Highway 108 in Henning. The demonstration is meant to show what could be completed as part of the project including: temporary striping and delineators between Second Street and Front Street… Read More

A rural Dent man was arrested and charged with arson following the burning of a bridge just past midnight and into the early-morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 6, on the west side of Star Lake.Arrested was 43-year-old Ryan Curtis Johnson. He owns a house very close to the bridge.Earlier, about eight minutes past midnight, the… Read More