The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda While I’m totally preoccupied with worry about whether or not the planet is going to be  annihilated by a rogue comet, or maybe poorly-understood dark matter might obliterate us, or maybe even whether or not we are cooked by a sudden EMP (ElectroMagneticPulse) from our sun, another concern is added to… Read More

The last year has been full of ups and downs.  In addition to taking care of COVID-19 patients, we’re trying our best to get patients vaccinated while sifting through a cloud of misinformation. Our current situation is unsettling, but it still shouldn’t deter those in need. I have personally observed many people avoiding care, allowing chronic… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My wife slid off the state highway this morning. She came to a stop in the median ditch, unhurt but rattled—only needing to be pulled out. When she called me I told her to call the State Patrol and stay in the car until you arrived. What is the right… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 Years after a previous search turned up cold, the Lila and the late Sgt. Robert Johnston family received the answers they were looking for all along. Medical records and information about Sgt. Johnston’s military service, that were once thought to be lost in a fire, have now been found…. Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 Manila and Delmar Wiebe have recently sold the Wiebe’s Garage building in downtown Ottertail. The building was constructed by Delmer’s dad in 1927 and has been in the Wiebe family ever since. Delmar is 82-years-old and still plans to fix up cars near his home in Ottertail, just… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen We finished the last newspaper of 2021 prior to the Christmas holiday. By the time the newspaper went to print I was in Amarillo, Texas (feel free to start humming the George Straight song “Amarillo By Morning” any time now). By the time you received your newspaper I was somewhere near… Read More

Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda A long time ago, one of our neighborhood friends out here in farming country invited me over to her place for a bonfire. “We always have one,” she said. It was February, I said. “It’s my birthday,” she said. It’s 12 below zero, I said. But, heck, I’d never been to a… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: What is the law in regards to pushing snow from ones driveway out onto the road? Answer: It is illegal to place snow from a driveway on or next to a public highway or street. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reminds everyone, “The placing of snow on or near a public… Read More

5 years ago Citizen’s Advocate Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016 Winter has begun and that means added stress to heating systems and infrastructure across the region. Henning School is no different and some of the district’s aging infrastructure dating back to the mid 1950’s is beginning to show its age. During its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the… Read More

Alan “Lindy” Linda Freelance Writer Fresh lutefisk found its way into the local grocery store. I paused in front of the meat case where it lay, so innocent, so unable to at least in appearance, live up to its hideous reputation. Look at that whiteness. That unique texture. I reached down and grabbed it, put it… Read More