To the Editor, Why we will be voting YES, YES on the School Referendum: 1. Paying it forward fall of those who voted for past referendums that were passed so that our children had access to quality education and space according to the standards at that time. 2. Supporting the changing educational needs and practices for our grandchildren… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten A few spaces remain for the chip carving workshop by Sid Visness, which is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Landmark Center. This workshop is sponsored in part by the Sons of Norway Lodge 1-32 from Vining. Ask about a rescheduled date for the… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As quite a few of you know, I read a lot. Don’t care what. Might be Chinese history; might be the history of British politics. Or about what’s really, really inside an atom’s nucleus.  If it pops up in front of me, I read it. As I’ve consumed various kinds of fiction–novels,… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Is it legal for farmers to load hay on a state highway? Our neighbor bales several miles of state highway ditches.  To load the round bales he drives down the highway with a pickup and bale wagon.  His son is in the ditch with a tractor and loader.  The son… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Petunia was complaining to Bunkey about how boring the flowerbeds were looking.  The mums hadn’t started blooming, the phlox were done, some of the lilies hadn’t had their spent blooms cut off and the only thing showing much color were the annuals scattered here and there. She was right, he decided, it… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School The beauty of the leaves on the many wonderful trees we have in Minnesota.  How great it is that we can see so many different colors of leaves.   We have a great book here in the library that is titled “Trees of Minnesota Field Guide” by Stan Tekiela. The following information… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School This week we are featuring the book “School Spirit” written by Johanna Hurwitz.   The book jacket reads, “Will the Edison-Armstrong School close-forever?  Julio Sanchez, president of his fifth-grade class, can’t believe the school board would consider such a measure, but they are. They see the building as old and costly; Julio… Read More

To the Editor, It has been an honor and privilege to serve on the Henning School Board for the last 14 years.  We, the Henning School Board, have been committed to ensuring that the Henning School offers a quality education, maintains a safe and comfortable facility and fairly compensates the faculty and staff while being frugal… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen A new scoreboard was officially dedicated on Friday night at Don Seipkes Field in Henning. The scoreboard is not only a great addition to a football field, but is another wonderful enhancement that we have seen in our community and school in recent years. In addition to the new football scoreboard,… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda It has been one hundred years since a young Swiss patent clerk named Albert Einstein turned the world upside down with his preposterous ideas. His third paper is the one we’re all somewhat familiar with, the theory of relativity. Pretend you’re sitting in a saddle affixed to a light beam tearing… Read More