By Chad Koenen Publisher The American spirit will be on fully display on November 11 at one of the largest Veterans Day programs in the region.  The program will get underway at 1 p.m. and feature Henning students in grades K-6 who will sing songs in honor of those who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force,… Read More

Community helps local vineyard By Tom Hintgen Otter Tail County Correspondent Sunny skies prevailed Saturday, Sept. 11, when family members and friends picked grapes, in bunches, at the 4-acre vineyard east of Underwood owned by Bryan and Vicki Severson. “It takes lots of dedicated friends and family members to help out at harvest time,” said Bryan, a retired… Read More

Above: This week’s mystery photo features members of the 1968 district champion basketball team from Deer Creek. Do you know any of the people pictured above? If so, contact the Citizen’s Advocate at news@henningadvocate.com or by phone at 548-5585. Below: Last week’s mystery photo featured Ben Amundson and Wayne Beaman. 

In one’s lifetime, we have many mentors who come into our lives.  For me, I never want to let these people down and I always want to be doing the best I can.   During the summer I spent many hours at the library working on different projects. In July, the library was gutted. The carpet… Read More

I have to admit I cringed a little bit when I changed the dates of the newspaper this week. I even had to check my calendar to make sure I didn’t accidentally miss the month of July. Now that Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson conquered space, maybe their next project can be creating a time machine. … Read More

Of course, it goes without saying that out here in the country—and “out here in the country” can be just about anywhere in these 50 United States—that one of the most anticipated events of the year is The Demolition Derby. Even my Appliance Army—which consists of everything around this farm that has either wheels, or water,… Read More

I have always been fascinated with the railroad.  I love the sound of the train coming down the tracks, the far off whistle rolling across many miles.  I love to count the train cars as they pass by and watch in amazement as so many goods are transported continually throughout our country.   I look forward… Read More

Battle Lake Alliance Church 401 W Gilbertson St., Battle Lake Derek Mansker, Pastor (218) 864-5539 www.battlelake.org Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship Monday: 7:30 p.m. Prayer at Rich and Sarah’s  Henning Area  Christian Fellowship EagleBrook Association Church 501 Front Street, Henning Senior Citizens Center (218) 371-6398 Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Fellowship, 9 a.m. Worship Firestarters Worship Center 107 W Main, Ottertail Rev. Pete Thiel (218) 367-3455 Sunday: 10  a.m…. Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 Lutheran Island Camp will be hosting its 25th annual quilt auction on Saturday. More than 300 quilts have been made for the auction this year. All the proceeds from this year’s auction will benefit general projects at the camp and will help support sending kids to camp. A 45-year… Read More