Articles from the August 25, 2016 edition


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  • Great start to state tournament for Regal

    Randy Olson|Aug 25, 2016

    The Regal Eagles have won their state tournament opener, just as they did back in 1997 in their last trip to the big show in Minnesota's Class C of amateur baseball. The Eagles, facing the the Shakopee Coyotes in Dassel this morning (August 20), sat in a 2-2 tie through nine innings. Chris Beier started and went seven innings. Brian Kingery, Atwater draftee, finished for Regal and earned the pitching win. In the bottom of the 12th a two-run, two-out home run by Nathan Meyer ended the game in...

  • Class of 1996 reunion

    Randy Olson|Aug 25, 2016

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 1996 held a 20th anniversary of graduation reunion on Saturday, August 20 in rural Elrosa at the home of classmates Kurt and Michelle (Gjerde) Herickhoff. Almost half of the surviving class attended. Awards were given out for noteworthy honors such as "who traveled the farthest" and "who has the most children", and a moment of silence was held to remember fallen classmates Heidi (Gregory) Deters and Wanda (Holtberg) Gjerde. Both passed away after courageous fights with cancer, Heidi in February 2011 and...

  • GRHS 5K Scrub Run/Walk is August 27: register soon!

    Aug 25, 2016

    In honor of the late Dr. Mark Johnson, who passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer in February of 2015, Glacial Ridge Health System is holding the second annual 5K Scrub Run/Walk on Saturday, August 27. *Details at www.glacialridge.org/ScrubRun The fee is $25 for 13 and over; $12 for 12 and under. $50 goes to the top male and female runner. Below is a question & answer response provided by GRHS's Quinn Jacobs, R.N. and E.R. Department manager about the event. 1. What is the purpose of...

  • Old log cabin church historical discussion

    Randy Olson|Aug 25, 2016

    This video was taken on Sunday, August 21 at the old log cabin church of the Norway Lake settlement area. It accompanies a story that was published on page one of the August 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....

  • Upper Chippewa River Art Crawl

    Randy Olson|Aug 25, 2016

    This video accompanies two photos and a short amount of information that was printed on page one of the August 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The video was taken at Dreaming River Gallery, owned by Jeff and Jana Thornton. (The newspaper misspelled Jana's name.)...

  • Elrosa Saints win state opener

    Randy Olson|Aug 25, 2016

    For the third time in team history, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team is heading to the Sweet 16 round of the Class C state tournament. In the Round of 32 at state, Elrosa beat Blue Earth by a 1-0 score on Saturday, August 27 in Hutchinson to improve to 19-14 overall. The Pirates, who were competing in their 14th straight trip to the state tournament, beat St. Joe 6-0 in the opening round of state last weekend. They had won 12 of their last 14 games and entered the state tournament with close to 30 wins. As of July 26, Blue Earth had a...

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