Puzzle lovers are invited to gather into groups of four to form teams for a jigsaw puzzle tournament coming to the Belgrade library on Saturday, April 27. The tournament runs from 12:30 to 3 p.m. that afternoon in downtown Belgrade. Each team receives the same puzzle, and teams try to put the puzzle together the fastest. (Six team limit.) Register with your team name. For ages 12 to adult. Register your team by calling the Belgrade library at 320-254-8842. April 26 update...the library...
How do we keep our beautiful Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa communities healthy so we can care for each other as Jesus teaches? We start with being informed. Recently Officer Jansky with the Belgrade Police Department shared his concern over Opioid and Vaping use in our communities. The Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran parish has collaborated with the Stearns County Public Health Department, B-B-E schools and the Belgrade-Brooten Police Department to organize a public presentation to share facts...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior Jeffrey Cihlar finished a distinguished speech career with back-to-back trips to the state speech meet. Last Friday in his second appearance at state, Cihlar competed in Extemporanous Speaking at Shakopee high school. While he just missed earning a spot in the state finals in his category, he earned a big achievement by being named to the Class 1A All-State speech team two days prior. It is part of the conclusion of a high school career for one of B-B-E's most...
East Norway Lake Lutheran church's spring meatball dinner was an overwhelming success on Sunday, April 21. In a span of just two hours, close to 300 were served a hearty meal with their specialty meatballs (made by McKale's Catering with use of ENL's special directions), mashed potatoes and all the typical additional food including a massive variety of dessert options. By the time the newspaper's publisher left the ENL fellowship hall at 12:45 p.m., 285 had been served with a few more yet to...
