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

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I have a question for you regarding on-ramps to the freeway. I thought I used to see yield signs when coming from the ramp. Do I still need to yield to traffic on the freeway?   Answer: Yes, you must yield when you are merging to the main line traffic as… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School My family and I love to play cards. We have many different games we enjoy and this year we are involving our two granddaughters in the card games. During our Spring book fair hosted by Cherry Street Book Store of Alexandria, Minn., I purchased a deck of cards with our birds… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I just read: “Growing older is mandatory.” It seems to me that someone who said or wrote something like that is still too young. At my age, there isn’t much time to spare for someone younger who says something about someone older. Let’s instead of talking about old age instead get down to… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Can you talk about drug use and impaired driving. It seems like I am seeing more and more of this.   Answer: Drug-impaired driving is as dangerous as alcohol-impaired driving. Minnesota law prohibits driving while impaired by controlled or intoxicating substances. These substances include illegal drugs, prescription drugs, and over… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Our featured book this week is “The Broken Blade” by William Durbin. Mr. Durbin lives near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness. He has been the winner of the Minnesota Book award two times and a winner of the Great Lakes Book Award.  The back cover of the book jacket reads “Durbin’s first novel… Read More