Library Happenings Henning School Our featured book of the week is “The Scarecrow” by Beth Ferry and illustrated by the Fan Brothers.  According to  Wikipedia, Terry and Eric Fan are American-born Canadian children’s book writers and illustrators who made their picture book debut with The Night Gardener (2016), which was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book…. Read More

It seems like about every time I am out in the public, no matter what the occasion, once someone realizes I own the local paper they seem anxious to tell me something.  And in more cases than not, it is how something someone has read impacts their lives. For example, the man that caught me in… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The other evening at a public gathering of some sort or other, Lt. S got my attention from across a gift display table. She was making swiping motions at me, across her face with her hands. I observed her doing it, and wondered if she had developed sudden onset Parkinson’s, or… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten An Oil Pastel Painting workshop hosted by artist Stephen Henning at Landmark Center will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A $35 registration fee will cover step by step instructions, 16×20” Suede Board, and a full set of 50 Oil Pastels to complete an artwork… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hello, we read your column every week. I’ve noticed more often lately on numerous occasions that when a school bus is stopped and dropping-off or picking-up kids, they do NOT have their red lights flashing or their STOP arm extended. The bus will only have the yellow lights flashing. When… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School According to Loonproject.org, “The Loon Project is a scientific investigation of population dynamics, reproductive success, and territorial behavior of common loons in the Upper Midwest.  There are approximately 105-110 marked breeding pairs in Wisconsin and 105-110 marked breeding pairs in Minnesota, located in Crow Wing and Cass counties.  This study began… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda (This was written a long time ago. A recent drive by the old farmstead in Iowa, where the barn mentioned below still stands, must mean it should be read again.” It is the day after. Nearly everyone else has left, and I am sitting by myself in the empty haymow of my… Read More

By Dan Broten Landmark Center The Pie and Pumpkin Oktoberfest will be held this Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Landmark Center. Enjoy free pie and ice cream and paint a pumpkin to decorate for the fall season. Pumpkins will be by the Station building, food will be served inside Landmark Center…. Read More

To the Editor,   For far too many Americans, high drug prices can force difficult choices like whether to ration meds or pay for groceries. This has been true even for seniors covered by Medicare.  Medicare is the biggest payer of prescription drugs in the country. If our free market system was working the way it’s supposed… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Aimee Bissonette is a teacher, lawyer, occupational therapist, business owner and mom. She has written 12 picture books, both fiction and nonfiction.  Writing is her most favorite thing to do and second is being a lawyer helping other authors get their books published. She loves the North Woods along Lake Superior’s shores. … Read More