The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda My mother was born in North Dakota, in the middle of The Great Depression, at a time when it was “Root hog or die.” Times were tough. Banks were failing. Drought was everywhere, and then the grasshoppers came. “My job was to watch the bunch of turkeys we were… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten Ceramic artist Mimi Seykora will host a five day pottery workshop at the Landmark Station of Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 3, 5, 10, 12 and 17.  Participants can choose their own projects using wheel throwing, hand building, or slab construction methods. Seykora will guide you through the steps to create as… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I heard the Minnesota State Patrol got a new design for your patches and squad cars. Can you talk about that?   Answer: You are correct. For the first time in more than 50 years, the Minnesota State Patrol has a new look.   Last year when the… Read More

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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More