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

This week we are featuring three books from our series “What on Earth is a….” Recently when updating our Junior Non Fiction Dewey Decimal numbers 550-599, we chose to move this series to our slat wall for more student engagement with these books.  The covers are bright and the images are interesting to say the… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: I have a question for you with harvest season going on. Is it legal for a vehicle with a slow moving sign to drive over 30 mph? Answer: A towed implement of husbandry that is empty and not self-propelled may be towed at lawful speeds greater than 30 miles per hour… Read More

Alan Linda Freelance Writer “I know you don’t ignore me on purpose,” said a woman to me. It was some time ago, and I’ve mostly repressed this conversation due to deep psychological failings. (These are failings common to man; failings completely invisible to women.) Saying something like me ignoring her is like throwing a soft… Read More