Elias Thomas Report for Minnesota After compromises and emotional discussions, the House Transportation Committee approved an omnibus budget bill, despite some committee members from both political parties expressing dissatisfaction with the contents. The bill contains nearly $10 billion in spending over the next two fiscal years for roads, bridges, transit and airports. It also contains a host… Read More

Nationwide honor recognizes excellence in employee experience, workplace performance Arvig has been named one of America’s Greatest Midsize Workplaces in 2025 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The award honors companies nationwide that excel in employee experience and workplace performance. Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group awarded Arvig a five-star rating through an evaluation based on online employee… Read More

Contributed photo Bill Brady recently visited Henning School ninth grade driver education students to lead his annual semi-truck blind spot education class. Trainers this year included (left to right): Mitch Lund, Hammerlund Transport; Eldwin Davis, Bituminous Paving; Phil Cronk: Cronks Trucking and Bill Brady, LGI. 

The Sons of Norway – Leif Erikson Lodge of Vining will be hosting a Scandinavian Hymn Sing at First Lutheran Church in Battle Lake. The hymn sing will be held on Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m.  Join the Sons of Norway for an opportunity to hear and sing familiar songs.  Hymns include Children of the… Read More

First workshop set for April 29 in Fergus Falls With chronic pain and opioid misuse on the rise, Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) is one of several rural sites awarded a grant to improve provider skills and community access to holistic chronic pain interventions aimed at reducing the risk for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).   “Opioids have… Read More

An error was noted in the April 8 issue of the Citizen’s Advocate in a story entitled “New recycling program comes to Henning area in 2026.” The story stated that the free recycling program would be for all residents in the southeast quadrant of Otter Tail County. However, the grant Otter Tail County received will… Read More

With hearts full of joy and gratitude, Mary, Mother of the Church Area Catholic Community (Mary’s ACC) warmly welcomes Rev. JC Duncan as its new pastor. Beginning his ministry on April 1, 2025, Fr. JC immediately stepped into his role, celebrating Mass across the ACC and embracing his calling to serve with compassion, humility, and… Read More

Otter Tail County and the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Task Force in partnership with the Otter Tail County Coalition of Lake Associations (OTC COLA) are pleased to invite all area lake property owners to attend the upcoming Lake Stewardship Symposium on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Thumper Pond Resort… Read More

For more information or questions contact the Henning Public School District Office at 583-2927, option 1. Henning Summer Recreation starts June 2 for all groups except T-ball and Toss ball. T-ball and Toss ball will start Monday, June 9.  Registration forms with information are available on the Henning Community Education webpage and at the Henning Public… Read More

5 years ago Monday, April 21, 2020 Citizen’s Advocate Henning is getting closer to completing its own field of dreams. For much of the past four years, a group of volunteers have transformed a baseball field that was deemed as being unsafe for games into one of the nicer complexes in the Park Region Conference. Last week… Read More