Library Happenings Henning School Happy New Year everyone!  How exciting it is that it is 2025.   Our current PSEO seniors in the library during fourth period have been having an interesting year. Each Wednesday of the school year, they have been served pie. The pie has been a different kind each time and the students… Read More

To the Editor, People have talked to me with concern about the Satanic holiday display in the Minnesota State Capitol. It appears to be a phoenix with a pentagram, suspended overhead. Governor Walz says such displays are protected by the First Amendment. “Minnesota Satanists applied through the Department of Administration, which manages the capitol grounds, to… Read More

To the Editor, End of another brutal election cycle and gearing up for the next with lessons to be learned and new strategies to adopt. Don’t see much hope of getting both parties to at least try to work together to put our country and our democracy above party and individual interests. Been saying that for years. … Read More

Library HappeningsHenning School Henning Public School library wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.  The year 2024 seems to have gone by so fast.  The library is so thankful for all the wonderful people who have given so generously to our Pages for a Purpose campaign.  We have improved the library immensely, adding many new books, dispensing… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Every few years, a new device that is a “guaranteed unbelievable breakthrough in energy savings” comes along. Back in the sixties, a “new breakthrough in the dynamic viscosity of hydraulics” was the latest heating “discovery.” This device, which as I remember weighed quite a bit, like around 30 or 40 pounds, bragged… Read More

To the Editor, My colleagues at West Central Initiative often smile when I say, “Donor Advised Funds are the coolest thing,” because they know that this mantra of mine is so very true. Not only do Donor Advised Funds help the donor with charitable giving throughout the year, but what our donors do with these funds… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School “North Country Cabin Cooking 275 Quick and Easy Recipes” by Margie Knoblauch and Mary Brubacher is our featured book this week at the Henning Public School Library.  This is a great recipe book to check out and have at your family cabin over the New Year’s Holiday.   The book features recipes… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As time goes by here on the farm, we have been watching my Amish neighbor handle a crop of corn on acreage which he has rented from me. Finding just a mere one or two words to convey how both entertaining and instructive this viewing has been is difficult. What of course… Read More

To the Editor, Rural small business owners and agricultural producers can decrease energy costs through energy efficiency measures and the installation of renewable energy systems such as solar, with the help of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).  Grants are now available for up to 50 percent of eligible project costs, and guaranteed loans are available… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hello, I am looking at getting my kids an e-scooter for Christmas. I was just curious before making the purchase what are the laws and rules for these things. Answer: Motorized foot scooters (also termed “electric scooters” or “e-scooters”) have seen a marked increase in use recently, primarily due to their… Read More