Henning Happenings Chad Koenen One of my favorite shows growing up was Seinfeld. I would almost set my alarm, one an actual clock since we didn’t have cell phones back then, to make sure I didn’t forget to watch each episode on NBC. One of the most memorable episodes, other than the Festivus and Soup Nazi… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda This is about apples. While explaining what I’m going to explain here to a lady in church last Sunday, it dawned on me that I haven’t put this in writing. I’ve written lots of stuff about the forty-plus years I’ve spend killing apple trees, and-or watching them expire of natural causes…. Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I recently heard something about a new phone number “988” for people dealing with a mental health crisis. With all these three digit numbers, 911, 411, 511, can you talk about that? Answer: 988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Here we are getting ready to start the summer and have the school year end. With the start of summer brings thoughts of all the different summer sports.   Baseball is absolutely one of my favorite sports to watch.  Being a young child I was able to follow my three brothers around… Read More

Landmark Center Dan Broten Space is still available for two upcoming Saturday workshops at the Landmark Center. Artist Faythe Mills will host a pencil portrait drawing workshop on Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A $40 registration fee includes all instruction and materials needed to create a unique pencil drawing from a photo… Read More

To the Editor, I’d like to publicly thank Officer Mike Helle for the kindness he has shown the community of Henning, especially these past few months and throughout the years he has served as peace officer in our town. I use the term “peace officer” explicitly, as our good officer not only fights crime, but also… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Should you want an apple tree to survive, you must: Select an apple tree correct for this  growing zone; support it with posts and ties to keep the wind from shaking the soil loose around the roots; protect it from mice and rabbits by using metal screen around the lower trunk;… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My daughter just got in a crash recently. Nobody got hurt but it got us talking on how important it is to know what to do after something like this. Can you write about that? Answer: The first and most important thing to do after you’ve been involved in a crash… Read More

Library Happenings Library School Wow for the farm kids that are taking Post Secondary College classes in the library. During the day they can be found studying hard and with many of them involved in sports as well, that puts them home late where they then have the responsibility to do chores around the farm.  … Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Rainbowe and I were looking out the window the other day, watching it snow when it’s almost May, remarking that it would likely only be summer if and when Hell freezes over. As we were talking about whether or not it would or would not, I was reminded of the following, which… Read More