Heavy snow can kill a tree during the winter By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Snow is coming. It is Minnesota after all, land of snow and frozen noses. If it is heavy and wet or mixed with sleet, it can really raise havoc with your trees and shrubs. Of course, you have protected the small shrubs… Read More

Chit Chat for Health C.H.A.T. Henning CHAT is selling Christmas ornaments to decorate the tree at the Landmark Center for the tree lighting event on Dec. 4. Consider purchasing an ornament in honor, or in memory of someone. Small bulbs sell for $20 and large bulbs sell for $50. This year the funds that are raised will… Read More

Happy Thanksgiving!  This year has flown by it seems.  With all the hustle and bustle with the library changes, and then the book fair happening, we are almost to the first of December and I’m still wanting sunshine and gardening.   This week in our library we are featuring three very fun books that will get… Read More

Dan Broten Landmark Center Thank you to the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Board for the favorable review of our National Register nomination proposal. Through several years of research and a presentation by our historian Rolf Anderson, our nomination was approved and will now pass on to Washington, DC for final stamp of approval making Henning… Read More

The Yurho brothers were sitting in Smut’s Bar and ButcherShoppe Emporium, all four of them: Stinky, Coffee, Pinball, and Belkula. They were tightfistedly nursing  tap beers and watching through the big plate glass window over the bar as several men butchered their way through an assortment of deer. Only in Boatville does deer butchery become… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 A conservative budget and higher- than-expected enrollment resulted in an increase in the Henning School District general fund last year. The district finished the year with 11.8 percent more revenue than anticipated and overspent its budget by just .3 percent, to lead to the positive change in the… Read More

Alan Linda Freelance Writer (Each year, I rerun this deer hunting column. I just don’t think I can do any better) Deer hunting season is once again over. Now is when the best part of deer season starts. Now is when hunters get their money’s worth out of telling the story of how they got their deer…. Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen I am not sure if I have ever met a person who is more superstitious than I was in my younger days. Whether it was where I sat during a football game, or parking in a certain spot at school, I made sure my ducks were in a row in order… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 Henning High School senior, Paige Wallevand, daughter of Pete and Beth Wallevand of rural Henning is one of 45 students/athletes from across the state who have been selected as a finalist for the honor of Powerade Athlete of the Year. Wallevand is a two-sport athlete who is active… Read More

Growing up in the 80’s had many perks, one of which was being around so many muscle cars. My best friend had a 67 Mustang and I could hear that car start up in the parking lot of the High School while I was still in class.   The roar of the engines of these… Read More