By Jesse Grabow Ask a Trooper Question: I know road construction season is starting. Do fines for speeding double in the work zones?   Answer: Highway work zones are areas where road construction or maintenance work is underway. Machinery operates day and night and can be moving or stationary. Road workers set up zones with signs and road… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School The natural response to the demands of life is stress.  It can become chronic and even have serious health consequences.  Chronic stress has been linked to many different physical and mental health problems, including heart disease, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances. One of the most effective ways to combat stress is… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As you know, I made a large part of my livelihood servicing home appliances, and there came a day, after puzzling over what was wrong with various washing machines, dryers, water heaters, furnaces, and so forth for many years, I realized that they were communicating with me. I was surprised, let me… Read More

By Marsha Erickson West Central Initiative Early Childhood Specialist As my family prepares to celebrate our youngest child’s high school graduation, I’ve found myself looking back with deep gratitude. The years of school, activities, and growing pains have shaped our children into who they are—but their journey didn’t begin in a classroom or on a sports field––it… Read More

Thanks to the generosity of Henning area individuals, organizations, churches, townships and fund-raising efforts, the Henning Food Shelf had a successful 2025 March Food Share Month Campaign that ran from March 1 through April 6, raising a total of $18,000 and taking in 948.2 pounds of food donations. The volunteers and clients of the local… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten The Community Mural Puzzle Project is ready for installation, as all 39 1,000-piece puzzles have been assembled. We are awaiting return of two puzzles and then we are ready to mount collection for display at Henning City Hall and Landmark Center. Look for installation in the next few weeks. Out of… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School As the school year draws to a close, our high school seniors are on the cusp of an incredible milestone—graduation. This moment marks the end of years filled with hard work, personal growth and countless memories. It’s an exciting time brimming with anticipation, but also a moment that can bring its… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The GossipBox Café, on these dragged-out miserable and muddy days between winter and summer, packs the coffee crowd in at ten and two. Let’s listen in on these coffee-cup ten o’clock farmers: “Who’s buying coffee?” “If’n the sun don’t come out today, I’m calling the auctioneer and puttin’ the whole shebang on the block.”… Read More

Just a few months into the second term and already chaos reigns supreme. While the Oligarchs play around with the very basic tools of our democracy, millions of our people, Republicans and Democrats alike plus the unaffiliated, are facing an unknown future financially, medically, and basic living necessities like safe food, safe water, safe living… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The arrival in the mail of the large white envelopes filled with the pretty blue papers marked “important property tax information enclosed” is not the highlight of anyone’s day. It’s not even the best of a worst day.  This eighty acres on which I live went up in value $100,000.00. That’s just… Read More