To the Editor, November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a time to recognize and celebrate this specialized type of care—care for the whole person, including medical, emotional, personal and spiritual care, as well as grief support for the person’s loved ones.   Hospice care impacts the lives of so many, from those who are facing… Read More

To the Editor, It’s been said over and over again that a picture is worth a thousand words. Once again Chad, you have done such an amazing job with your photos of the Henning Hornet volleyball team, OTC football and the cross country team.   The colored picture of Ally Hart going for a dive and what I… Read More

To the Editor, As COVID-19 rips through our community, we are asking for your help. Perham Health had been experiencing a significant rise in hospitalizations—mostly due to general increase in demand – even prior to this recent COVID-19 spike. But the fast rise in COVID-19 cases over the last two months is stretching our resources and placing an incredible… Read More

To the Editor,  I wanted some excitement in my life and boy did I get it.  I went through the haunted house. Now I’m not saying I wasn’t scared because I surely was. Everyone done a good job of scaring me. Thanks for being there. Sincerely, Nancy Landgraff Henning

As I have written about before, I love to look at the “National” days.  This first week of November is full of some great ones!   November 1 is National Author’s Day.  If you have a favorite author you enjoy, take the time for the day to sit back and read.  Enjoy a cup of… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen Earlier this year we unveiled a new website for the Citizen’s Advocate, New York Mills Dispatch and Frazee-Vergas Forum.  While we have heard a number of positive comments about the overall design, readability and functionality of the new websites, we have also heard a few concerns in regards to our e-editions. In… Read More

Alan Linda Freelance Writer It was just before July 4, 1969, up by the DMZ in Vietnam, and Tex—a fellow draftee from, well—and I had just been assigned to sandbag duty. You see, I had come up with a fairly undefined idea to make a rocket from gunpowder with which to celebrate the 4th. “Fairly… Read More

Sgt. Jesse Grabow Ask a Trooper Question: Can you talk more about school bus safety? I’ve seen a lot of school bus stop arm violations lately. Answer: This is an important topic. Here is some information we shared on our DPS blog recently. “After a year of seeing very few (if any) school buses in your neighborhood, you… Read More

To the Editor, I am writing today to share information about patient safety issues facing persons in our community. It is time for the MN Legislature to agree to a special session. Why? Your local hospital is either full or unable to admit additional patients due to staffing issues.  Patients are being deferred to hospitals in other… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School As a young child I was always afraid of bats because my brothers would often tease me and convince me that the bats would end up getting stuck in my long hair.  One night after attending a late baseball game we came home to find a bat in our house flying… Read More