In June, 795 graduating seniors from communities across Minnesota were awarded their high school diplomas as members of Minnesota Connections Academy’s Class of 2025. The tuition-free, public online school recently recognized graduates during a traditional, in-person commencement ceremony at the Minneapolis Convention Center on June 7. “The faculty and staff at Minnesota Connections Academy are so… Read More

Clay Target National Championship July 9-13 Athletes and teams representing 460 high schools from across the nation are scheduled to participate at the 2025 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship this week! The USAHSCTL National Championship will be held at the Michigan Trapshooting Association in Mason, Mich. July 9-13. The Championship features 3,000 athletes… Read More

The Relay For Life of Otter Tail County is this Friday, July 11, at the East  Otter Tail Fairgrounds.  Organizers are excited to be celebrating 30 years of Relaying in Otter Tail County. They have some exciting things planned to celebrate people who have had an active part in this thirty year history and to… Read More

Local students graduate from UND More than 1,700 students graduated from the University of North Dakota (UND) this spring, in ceremonies whose speakers included the governor of North Dakota and a former Minnesota Vikings tight end — both of whom are UND alumni. Ceremonies were held across successive weekends, culminating with the Spring General Commencement on… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher   The Deer Creek Shockers erupted for 19 runs on their way to a 19-1 win over Dent on Wednesday night. Deer Creek was led offensively by Chase Nordlund who went 3-4 with six RBI’s, while Lane Dilly reached base four times and scored four runs in the win. The Shockers were led on… Read More

Henning to host Dent, Vergas, Perham, Urbank in action this week By Chad Koenen Publisher The Henning North Stars have hit a bit of a hot streak of late having won for the third time in their last four games to improve to 3-9 overall.  Last week the North Stars fell to Clarissa by a score of 6-1… Read More

The Trinity Center in Henning will be holding its annual meeting on Wednesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Trinity Center. 

By Chad Koenen Publisher Quilters from across the region will showcase unique and one-of-a-kind masterpieces during the annual quilt show at the Trinity Center on Saturday.  The quilt show will go from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. The featured quilter will be Vivian Palm, who is still… Read More

5 years ago Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Citizen’s Advocate One year to the day of the accident that took both his legs and his left arm, Andy Eckhoff completed a task few could have thought was possible just 12 months ago. Eckhoff, who lives in rural Henning, walked 4.02 miles on a treadmill, the same distance he… Read More

Coronation set for Friday night after annual parade By Chad Koenen Publisher In one of the largest fields in several years, five local youth will be competing for the title of Henning Festival Queen.  The coronation ceremony will be held on Friday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. following the Henning Festival parade.  Candidates for the Henning Festival… Read More