The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The pretty young woman at the library handed me back the book I was checking out. She had affixed a sticky note to it, which said: “DO NOT DESENSITIZE.” Do not desensitize? Being as how I’m a male raised by a female, trained by a Tribe of Girls, cautioned for years about… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener For decades, we never had to worry about adding sulfur to our soil. “Dirty air” from atmospheric deposits fell using rain as a carrier. The 1990 Clean Air act forced the removal of millions of tons of sulfur emissions from U.S. factories. The result is that now we need to add… Read More

To the Editor,  My Independent petition to qualify for the Seventh District congressional ballot in November was close, but we didn’t make it. I received 924 signatures in the two-week signing period. 1,000 were required. That’s my fault. If I had talked with 100 more people, then we would have. The people who signed and then… Read More

To the Editor, Every election has its anxieties and fears but not attacks on the very foundation of our democratic nation. We have just gone thru a very significant trial of an ex-president who was found guilty of all 34 counts of a felony indictment. The trial was a model in professionalism by judge, prosecutors, witnesses… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Growing up next to the biggest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River had many advantages.  Just like living here in Minnesota amongst all these beautiful lakes, opportunities were all around to be on the water as well as in the water. I spent many hours on docks and boats, pontoons,… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten The Henning Landmark annual meeting is scheduled for this Wednesday, June 12, beginning 5 p.m. at Landmark Center. This meeting is open to the public, all are welcomed to attend. We will celebrate our 15-year anniversary, discuss highlights of past and present activities and events, share our current schedule of activities, and… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There’s a lot of focus lately on immigration, and although mostly it’s about the USA-Mexican border, I think maybe there’s something  there for us here in Minnesota, too. Specifically, I think there should be a better process to determine whether or not someone from some other states can survive here in… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Growing up with three brothers, I spent a lot of time in the grandstands eating sunflower seeds, telling my brothers how to pitch the baseball. I learned how to keep the scorebook at a very young age and of course worked many concession stands at tournaments.  Baseball is my favorite sport. We… Read More

I enlisted as an 11C, or Indirect Fire Infantryman, at the start of my senior year of high school in September of 2017. I was 17 years old at the time, and excited to see what the Army National Guard could teach me and the opportunities it could give me. After finishing my senior year… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Captain’s Log, June 1, 2024 I remember reading science fiction novels back in the sixties, some of which took place in the far distant future; some with dates such as the current one above. Huh! This ain’t science fiction any more. This crew’s captain has been sailing all these years into the future… Read More