The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda As I was having coffee during fellowship hour at the church, the conversation turned toward old sayings. You know them—sayings like: “A penny saved is a penny earned”; “It’s raining cats and dogs”; “It’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey (one of my favorites, which I did… Read More

Jordan Rasmussen When I was sworn into the Minnesota Senate back in January, I shared that my priority remains to stand up for Greater Minnesota values and get work done on behalf of our communities. Overall, this was an immensely partisan and expensive session for Minnesotans. Yet despite being in the minority, I was still… Read More

As I was reading the Advocate report of the scholarships awarded to this years’ graduates and several alumni, I felt proud of this community, especial of one alumni. Thank you! Education has become an expensive venture. Many adults are still paying off college expenses long after graduating. Yes, there are scholarships “out there” — students must… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Each day that we walk on the road for exercise, it becomes clearer and clearer that the drivers of the cars that meet me can be divided up into three categories. Walking gives you time to puzzle out stuff like this. The first category of people is the nicest one. These are… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School What a wonderful time it is in the Henning Public School library.   Recently we have had three fabulous businesses sponsor books for the library. Simonson Lumber of Alexandria, Minn., sponsored four books, Ziegler Cat of Fergus Falls, sponsored nine books, and Hilltop Lumber of Alexandria, Minn., sponsored four books. With their… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten The Landmark Summer Series will provide reading and entertainment each Wednesday in July with one-hour activity in our garden patio area. Join us at 7 p.m. on July 5 and July 12 for guest readings from arts related books, along with a short activity and refreshments.  On July 19, the CLIMB Theater… Read More

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Ottertail Rescue and Henning Ambulance members for their promptness in helping our sister MaryJean on Sunday, June 18. Thanks to the people involved, she is back home and doing fine. We appreciate everything you did for us.  Marlin and Elaine Irons  Rosalie Lindberg

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen One of the best ways to judge not only yourself, but your community, is through the eyes of outsiders. Since we typically have an inherent bias through what we experience in our everyday lives, having people from outside of our community come to town can yield some valuable information. It can… Read More

Master Gardener Bev Johnson Warning, this is a re-run but still relevant. Bunkey was thrilled to death when his neighbor down the street brought him a pretty red yarrow. Now two years later, he has had to resort to Roundup in an attempt to get rid of it. Yarrow is one of our plant thugs and,… Read More

Library HappeningsHenning School At various events around Henning you will be able to see the wonderful easels that Hilltop Lumber of Ottertail donated materials for. These easels were made by Mr. Hill’s wood shop class. They are engraved with Hilltop Lumber and Mr. Hill’s shop class name on them.  Being displayed on these easels will… Read More