Landmark Center Dan Broten Artist Carol Braaten will host a Rosemaling Workshop at Landmark on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration fee of $85 includes wooden board, paint, materials and instruction needed to create your own sandwich board using “Rogaland Style” rosemaling technique. Please call 548-5760 to RSVP. Our readers group, Beverage… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My granddaughter had a project where she was trying to locate the license plates from all the different states. In our effort to help her we noticed that many license plates have a frame around them that obscures the actual state and only the numbers and letters are visible. Also… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Each day I try to call my mom at  8 p.m. My mom turned 80 on July 13 this year and for the first time in many years, her three living children were able to be there and celebrate with her. My mom (and dad) have four children, 11 grandchildren, and… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Is it legal for me to have a blue soft lighted “RAM” lettering logo on the front grill of my truck? It’s not flashing, but always illuminated. Any answer is appreciated.  Answer:  No vehicle is allowed to have a blue light or any colored lights illuminated on the vehicle if it… Read More

To the Editor,  At the risk, and knowing full well, that this will be an unpopular opinion with the School Admin, improvement committee and some parents. Our decision to vote NO on the Henning School District referendum in November is based on these facts: 1) 14 percent increase in groceries, utilities and other household needs, no end… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda When our oldest child was 15, and we were wrestling constantly with the freedom vs. safety issue, she came home from a night out with her friends with a tale that nearly drove us to lock her in her room until she was 30. She had been out the night before with… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen Have you ever made a joke you thought was hilarious, but completely fell flat?  That is pretty much a daily occurrence for me at the Koenen household. However, a joke that I told a TSA agent last Thursday morning was followed by an awkward silence that made me wish I could get… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener The garden is full of tomatoes, many green some just getting ripe. Bunkey hates to see any garden produce go to waste or freeze if he can save it, tomatoes in particular.  Here is one way to salvage at least some of them now. Start by cutting the indeterminate tomato vines… Read More

Letter to the Editor, Voting has always been an imperfect choice in a fallen world.  It is based on personal judgements about how to best vote our values. People of faith vote in different ways. Religious faith can be abused and manipulated in politics. As a Republican and a Christian, I do not believe that God… Read More

Letter to the Editor, I support this referendum! Many years ago someone cared to build schools, remodel, and rebuild giving us a good education. Now it’s up to us! We moved to Henning in 1941 when I was enrolled in first grade. Mrs. Neuner was my first teacher, graduating in 1953. The Neuner addition built in 1958… Read More