Everyone invited! Please pass the word on. The Brooten Ambulance service will hold their annual pancake breakfast fundraiser on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at the Bucky's Pickles building, the former American Legion Hall, on Central Avenue South in Brooten. They will serve from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Price: Free Will Donation. Take-outs available. To view a photo gallery of pictures from the Brooten Ambulance pancake feed in March 2024, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's SmugMug gallery:...
The Knights of Columbus is serving from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 13 at the KaDe Shack in Brooten. The Father Vincent Santo Council No. 13284, serving the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa communities, invite everyone to come to Brooten. All you can eat! Serving fish, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, beans, dinner rolls and Lois Wesbur's brownies. Takeouts are available! The price is $14 for adults. Thank you in advance for your...
The recording is from Trinity Lutheran Church of Brooten during the Mid-Week Lenten worship service on Wednesday, March 11. The Trinity Lutheran and West Lake Johanna Lutheran church parish hosts these worship services on Wednesdays during Lent. The final Wednesday worship will be held Wednesday, March 25 ahead of Palm...
Attention irrigators! The Stearns Conservation District is co-hosting the annual Irrigators Clinic to be held on Tuesday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lakeside Ballroom (180 S. Lakeshore Drive, Glenwood). Registration is free and includes a meal. Pope Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will host the clinic this year. To register, visit www.popeswcd.org or call the Pope SWCD at 320-634-5327. Registration is needed for the meal. Registration can also be done by...
The St. Patrick's Day parade in Padua for Sunday, March 15 has been cancelled due to the weather and the tough road conditions. The Padua Pub is still open for those who are able to travel, but of course, your own discretion is advised. Tread lightly out there! Also, the Pub's traditional St. Patrick's Day Irish buffet will not be held on Sunday; instead, they will serve this on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Pub. Please spread the word. For a fun throwback to six...
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Rooney family and friends and their staff at the Padua Pub hosted their 40th annual St. Patrick's Day parade. This took place four hours before a massive, statewide government-induced shutdown took place for schools and numerous businesses in Minnesota. The attached video features the parade held that...
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