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The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school board will meet on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at the B-B-E elementary school library beginning at 7:30 p.m. The meeting, originally scheduled for July 20, was moved...

Greetings to those of you on the World Wide Web who have visited our Bonanza Valley Voice website! I want to share an update on our building of the subscriber database for web viewing of the newspaper...

Below is video recorded for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran church on Sunday, June 28, 2020....

The town of Elrosa had much to be proud of following the weekend of June 19-20-21. The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team hosted the Elite 8 tournament and drew a terrific crowd with near-perfect...

The Elrosa Saints baseball program is in full swing, with Pee Wee, Little Dipper, Legion and amateur teams all back on the playing field. Elrosa's amateur baseball team will host the Elite 8...

Below is video featuring the worship service for Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Happy Father's Day!...

In a nutshell... 1.) The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team (and other Stearns County League town teams) will play games this weekend - Friday through Sunday, June 12 to June 14. Elrosa kicks things...

The Brooten Commercial Club continues to have unpaid debt with the Minnesota Department of Revenue as well as the Internal Revenue Service. The tax debt with Minnesota surpasses $17,450. The tax debt...

Two important events are coming to Brooten in the next week. The first is on a week day, while the other is on the weekend. They are the types of events that can be easily missed, as they happen just...

The Stearns County League has resumed baseball action for the 2020 season. After being held on hiatus due to Governor Tim Walz's executive order restricting recreational and outdoor activities, area...

In a case of felony theft by swindle in Pope County District VIII court in Glenwood on Tuesday, June 2, Jana Zenner was handed a sentence including five years of supervised probation plus restitution...

Note: this article was updated on Saturday, June 6 with additional information provided by the I.R.S. The Brooten Commercial Club continues to have unpaid debt with the Minnesota Department of...

On Friday, June 5, the Belgrade August Fest Committee announced that due to the COVID pandemic and continued uncertainty about holding public events, they will not hold August Fest this summer. They...

Click on the link to jump over to the Jaguars Sports blog to view video from the graduation ceremony held on Wednesday, May 27 at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. (short link)...

The feeling of despair runs deep after watching this video. The level of kids un-enrolled from schools because of this will be unfathomable. My family will take no part in this. Now is the time to...

Announced during a morning press conference on Saturday, May 30 by state leadership, Governor Tim Walz authorized the National Guard to "fully activate." The Minnesota National Guard is an...

Below is worship services for Norway Lake Lutheran church parish, for Sunday, May 31, 2020....

As a sign of the dire financial situation the state's agriculture faces, the Minnesota House and Senate last week passed by a combind 201-0 vote legislation that stops foreclosures until December for...

Here's the worship service for Sunday, May 24 at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN. As a reminder, the mailing address for sending in offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County...

After being mostly dormant since the Bonanza Valley Voice adopted use of a formal website late in 2015, the publisher's blog has been dusted off and is back in business. I've added the ability to...

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the members of the Brooten American Legion have canceled this year's Memorial Day service out of concern for our relatives, friends, neighbors and comrades. Please visit...