To the Editor, “Why would someone who I thought was supposed to be for our community and represent it want to cast a shadow over the town, the city employees and emergency departments?” That was one of the questions that Chelsea Cordes-Waskosky asked the city council at our regular council meeting August 1 as she handed out… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen The Koenen family got in touch with our inner Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold from the movie National Lampoons Vacation) and recently made a cross country trek to the great southwest. We put close to 4,000 miles on our van as we traveled to Salt Lake City, several national parks like Zion… Read More

By Chad Koenen Publisher Filing is underway for a number of local school board and city council positions in the area. With that, we are also beginning to field a number of questions from candidates about our policy regarding letters to the editor and a voters guide leading up to the election.  Though I haven’t seen any… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I just got a short video from one of my twice removed cousins. This cousin is special because he ended up with Uncle Wilbur’s—that would be my dad’s Uncle Wilbur—1936 Plymouth Business Coupe, with less than 40,000 miles on it. In the video, he has apparently unburied it from way back… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School Each week this summer we have been celebrating different national days in this column. Today we recognize that Aug. 21 is National Senior Citizens Day. I plan to take one of my senior citizen friends on an outing each day this week as a way to celebrate them.   With many senior… Read More

Space is still available for the Ellen Jean Diederich two day watercolor workshop at the Landmark Center scheduled for Aug. 10-11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please call 548-5760 to register and get supply list.  Mari Fredericks will host a stamp card making class on Saturday, Aug. 20, please call for details.  Mark your calendars for… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow   Question: Hello, maybe you can clear this up for me, what is the definition of stop? I think a slight pause is good enough. I look at it as I am stopping, but everything is clear so I can proceed. Answer: To answer your question, it is called a “stop sign”… Read More

Question: I see so many vehicles driving too fast on the highways. Are you guys doing anything about it? Answer: You are correct and yes we are. As we’ve reached the halfway point of July – and summer – it’s important to remember that extra speed enforcement is ongoing across the state with help from the… Read More

Humbug. Charlatan. Quack. Con artist. Trickster. Snake oil salesman. Such are the terms we still use to describe people selling ocean front property in Iowa, and sure fire cancer treatment using weasel nut extract. Or the cure for Covid being drain cleaner. That’s one that deserves mention in this category. Actually, the cure that lasted the longest… Read More

To the Editor, Why I Support Nathan Miller for Minnesota State Senate District 9. When I met Nathan Miller last March, I soon knew I liked this man. I also learned he is a man after my own heart and I connect with him in many areas.   Nathan is a Christian and a conservative, with a connection… Read More