To the Editor, It has been an honor and privilege to serve on the Henning School Board for the last 14 years.  We, the Henning School Board, have been committed to ensuring that the Henning School offers a quality education, maintains a safe and comfortable facility and fairly compensates the faculty and staff while being… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen A new scoreboard was officially dedicated on Friday night at Don Seipkes Field in Henning. The scoreboard is not only a great addition to a football field, but is another wonderful enhancement that we have seen in our community and school in recent years. In addition to the new football scoreboard,… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda It has been one hundred years since a young Swiss patent clerk named Albert Einstein turned the world upside down with his preposterous ideas. His third paper is the one we’re all somewhat familiar with, the theory of relativity. Pretend you’re sitting in a saddle affixed to a light… Read More

Plan for the future when planting a new shrub By Bev Johnson Master Gardener The last edition of the Northern Gardener magazine had a list of uncommon shrubs for zone 3. If your estate needs a bit of a tune up, perhaps you should look into one of these. Aronia or black chokeberry is a… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: A friend recently told me that it’s illegal to honk your car horn in Minnesota (he showed me an internet article).  I find this hard to believe.   So many friends and family members drive by our house, giving their horn a little honk and waving; is this… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School This week we are celebrating fall sports and featuring four wonderful books in the Jake Maddox series.   Our first book is “Lucky Soccer Save” by Collin Scharf.  This book jacket reads, “Lucky Martinez is the new kid on the River Valley Junior High HV soccer team.  But his goalkeeper moves… Read More

I’m excited to reconnect with our students, staff, and families as we begin working toward another successful academic year at Henning Public Schools.  As you may have heard, the district has been evaluating plans to reinvest in our aging building. We made substantial progress over the summer, and I would like to take a moment… Read More

To the Editor, Several people have thanked me for my recent letter in this paper concerning Hillbilly’s driving like the spoiled brats that they are. Some suggest that if nothing else, Mr. Helle could at least park the police car along Inman St.  I suggest Mr. Helle needs to get control of this town. Tommy… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The Darwin Awards are given to people who remove themselves from the gene pool in rewardingly stupid ways. Here are some of them. Sidney Zelaya Gonzalez, 20, was pinning a king-size mattress to top of a van with the weight of her body, intent on claiming the free curb-side… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Why are so many vehicles allowed to be on Minnesota roads with only a rear license plate? This seems to be especially true of late model expensive makes (Tesla, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, etc.). Isn’t the lack of a front plate a primary offense and the vehicle therefor subject… Read More