Note: on Friday, for the second time, a video embed code was fixed on this web article. We continue having technical difficulties. To see a photo gallery from the lighted Christmas parade, click here: BrootenChristmasParade. Brooten was buzzing all day and into the evening on Saturday, December 6. Retail businesses were busy with activity, and the Brooten Activities Club hosted the annual Santa Day event in downtown Brooten. Businesses like Earthy Elements, LLC, had a great response from the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary students of Ms. Kathryn Freeman did a terrific job with their K-3 music program on Wednesday, December 3. The title of the music program was "Arctic Animal Antics" and featured third grade students reading parts between songs. Additional coverage was published in the December 11 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. In the attached video, you can watch the students perform the first song of the...
At the Parkers Prairie triangular on Thursday, December 4, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team fell to 2-3 overall with a 61-9 loss to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg followed by a 54-24 loss to Parkers Prairie/Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale. In the other dual, K-M-S defeated PP/BH/V 34-32 after the Fighting Saints earned 18 points from 3 forfeits in the top 3 weights (189, 215, 285). The wrestling team's next action is on the home mats on Friday, December 12 with a Central Minnesota Conference...
On Saturday, December 6, Jane Fauskee hosted a Christmas sale with her Hopeful Hills Ranch products. Fauskee has a big Christmas Sale and open house this weekend (December 13-14) at her ranch. Her business website is: https://www.hopefulhillsranchalpacas.com/farm-and-herd. Attached is a video from the Hopeful Hills Ranch Christmas sale hosted in Brooten on Saturday, December 6 at the Fauskee Oil headquarters as well as a video from an open house 5 years...
On Friday, December 19, customers of the community banks of Bonanza Valley State Bank of Brooten and Kensington Bank of Belgrade are invited to Christmas-season appreciation events. At BVSB in Brooten that day, bank customers are invited to the lobby between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to receive free gifts and enjoy numerous treats. Treats made by the Brooten American Legion Auxiliary will be part of what's offered plus meat and cheese trays and coffee and milk. At Kensington Bank that day, they will...
At the former Saucedos Restaurant location, Mexico Querido is now open on main street in Belgrade. Their business phone number is 320-633-0002. Their hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday. They are open on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mexico Querido has a wide array of lunch specials (16 options) that are offered Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. They have a long list of appetizers, side orders plus a vegetarian menu. Their kids' menu (ages 10 and under) has 10...
