City of Henning – Gateway To The Lakes

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Nestled in the heart of Otter Tail County’s 1,048 lakes, Henning has much to offer the many tourists who frequent the area and keep returning year after year. The community enjoys the small town rural life with the benefits of beautiful scenery, quality medical services, excellent retail stores, great schools and churches and wonderful neighbors. Live, Work, and Play here!

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Henning is the gateway to fishing, hunting and water recreation in the nearby lakes. Rolling farmland, modern dairies and hardwood forests cover the county. It is located 90 miles from Fargo-Moorhead and 175 miles from Minneapolis in Otter Tail County in the west central part of Minnesota. The 2010 Census lists the population at 802, while still relatively small, the city has many “big” things to offer.

TH108/DOUGLAS AVE

MnDOT has set up a temporary demonstration project with some of the public open house design features selected for the 2024 reconstruction project on Highway 108.
Visit mndot.gov/d4/projects/henning to learn more, and to take an online survey about the project demonstration. Your feedback will influence the Highway 108 project design, as well as MnDOT’s statewide pedestrian plan.

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ABOUT OUR CITY

The Henning Chamber of Commerce and the city’s EDA promote the business community. Henning takes pride in their K-12 school. There are three Lutheran churches as well as a Methodist, Baptist and Catholic Church. Medical needs of the community are covered by Tri-County Healthcare with a satellite clinic, as well as privately owned physical therapy clinic, dentist, eye clinic, and chiropractic offices.
The City of Henning provides Fire, Police and Ambulance services to the Henning community area.
Henning also employs and provides senior living opportunities at Willow Creek Senior Living Center; there are 16 assisted and 12 independent living units.

Major employers of the community are Tri County Clinic, Henning Public Elementary and Secondary School, Earl B Olson Feed Mill and Turkey Hatchery, First National Bank, Mid Central Equipment, Henning Pro Ag Service, Willow Creek Senior Housing and Master Composites. Utilities for the city residents are provided by the City of Henning. Electric power, natural gas as well as water & sewer are city owned. The city’s natural gas system extends outside of Henning to furnish natural gas to adjacent rural and lake customers. The local telephone company offers high speed internet and digital cable and a privately owned business provides garbage service.
Henning is also proud of a municipal grass strip airport with an active EAA Chapter.
Henning’s newspaper, the “Citizen’s Advocate” publishes weekly news and happenings for Henning and the surrounding areas.