Library Happenings Henning School    Sometimes, getting the case of the giggles can be the best way to change the course of your day.  This happened to me recently when I was choosing the book to feature for this week’s column.        We recently purchased at the Scholastic Book Fair the book Totally Random… Read More

Bobbi Adams  Chief Medical Officer  Tri-County Health Care I love the holidays and the gleeful excitement that comes with the approaching winter. However, all too often, illness comes with it. As a healthcare provider, I’ve grown used to the sniffles and the sore throats, but this year things are different. Hospitals and clinics around the state are… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen The little things in life can oftentimes leave the biggest impression. Take for example the impact left by Donna Geiser when the longtime volunteer visits elementary school students in East Otter Tail County to share about the importance of recycling. Both of my daughters have had the opportunity to learn about… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda We’ve spent the past below-zero days sitting around St. Paul the Parlor Stove, which I dug out of the far dark corner of the pole shed this past fall. There it had sat, ever since the pole shed collapsed on it from snow load four years ago in another shed. It broke… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda There are several seasonal subjects about which I have written. Wood ticks. Fishing opener. Deer hunting. Those are just a few. Perhaps it is ego; perhaps it is lack of faith; whatever it is, first columns about those subjects are columns which I don’t think I can improve. Here is another:… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener This is kind of a cruddy time of year for gardeners.  It’s too early to start seeds, and you have “debugged” all your houseplants. The seed orders are all sent so now what? If you have been thinking about starting a new garden or have a lot of winter-kill on your present… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Last week, I noticed a truck with a snow plow blade on it, it took up the whole traffic lane, it was not a Minnesota Department of Transportation truck.  What is the legal length allowed for a snow blade? Answer:  The maximum legal width is 8 feet 6 inches in Minnesota. … Read More

Library Happenings Henning School This week’s column is featuring Christmas memories from our Post Secondary Enrollment Option students (PSEO) about their most memorable Christmas so far.  Faith Fisher was 11-years-old and had just recently moved into my house in Henning. For Christmas all she wanted was a kitten.  On Christmas day, I unwrapped a bag of… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten Let it Snow, let it snow…Time to dust off the show shovel and find the sled as we welcome a new layer of winter to our region. Soon the ice will be ready for safe fishing and next week we will celebrate the Winter Solstice with our longest night of the… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As memories go, some of my best ones revolve around electricity. One thing about electricity always fascinated me–it was available in so many different forms. Back in 1949, when I was five years old and our telephone was one of the first–not the first, which was before I was born–of the better… Read More