By Cliff Buchan Special to the Advocate As the calendar turned to August, athletes in high schools across Minnesota were back in action with organized team practices. By the end of the month, the allure of Friday night lights will excite football players, fans and communities. It’s been this way in Minnesota for decades. For many of the… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School John Coy is an author of sports books, scoring big with readers of all ages on ways that life can imitate sports by being unpredictable, exhilarating, and frustrating.  These books do not stay on the shelf long as they are frequently asked for. Our featured book of the week is “Love of… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten The annual Landmark Corn, Brat and Burger Feed is scheduled for this Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Landmark Center. Please join us for free-will meal including fresh sweet corn from Buehler’s, grilled brats and burgers by Chef Doug, chips and beverage. We will have some silent auction items, live music… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: When traveling through cities and towns with stop lights, I see a lot of people crossing the street at crosswalks that don’t seem to understand the pedestrian signals. Can you write about that?   Answer: Yes, I can as this is an important conversation about traffic safety. There are stop and… Read More

Thank you to all of the all of the Henning businesses who donated door prizes for the EAA sponsored fly-in on July 20.  The Henning EAA

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The origins of the words we use every day are nothing short of wonderful. The words themselves are wonderful, too, the way you suddenly see one that is right in front of you but you never noticed before. Like the word “nincompoop.” Can there be a better sounding word for what this… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hello, we took a trip to the cities this summer. While down there we came across these freeway ramp meters. I know we don’t have those in out-state Minnesota but I thought you might be able to write about it in one of your articles for anyone that travels. Thank… Read More

To the Editor, Thanks, Joe for your selfless decision to step down from the presidency in face of mounting concerns for your age over the next 4 years. This, in no way diminishes the greatness of your presidency which, although criticized by your opponents, will shine brightly by historians as a nation and democracy saving term… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School “Home of the Brave” written by Katherine Applegate is this week’s featured book.  Katherine Applegate is not an author living in Minnesota, she lives in California, but writes this beautiful story of a young boy who shares a love for both his home of Africa and his new home of Minnesota. This… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Iron is only one of 16 essential elements that plants need to grow. Here are the others. Macronutrients. Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), and Oxygen (O). then there are the secondary nutrients. Calcium (C), Sulfur (S), and Magnesium (MG).  and micronutrients. Iron (FE), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo),… Read More