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Multiple Santa Day events were held in the Bonanza Valley area on two separate weekends, first on Saturday, December 6 (Elrosa and Brooten) and then one week later on December 13 (Belgrade and Sedan). In all four towns, numerous volunteers, families and businesses worked together to bring Christmas cheer to children of all ages. In the attached video, you can watch Amy Zenzen of Elrosa read a Christmas story to children gathered for Santa Day at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school choirs and bands performed their winter concert at Olson Auditorium. Performing were the middle school choir and band plus the senior high choir and band. In the attached video, the senior high choir (grades 9-12) perform the song Carol of the Bells, arranged by Steve Kupferschmid. Other songs performed by the senior high choir were Bethlehem Lullaby, arranged by Erik Whitehall plus Peace, Peace by Rick and Sylvia Powell. Additional coverage is coming in...
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...
Brooten's Bonanza Valley Days 2026! BVD 2026: four nights/days of activities! The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration in Brooten is coming next on July 9, 10, 11 and 12 in 2026! Spread the word and mark your calendars! The 2026 BVD grand parade starts at 1:30 p.m. in Brooten on Sunday, July 12, 2026. December 10, 2025 Sedan city council meeting The Sedan city council will meet in regular session on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 6 p.m., open to the public at the Sedan City Hall. December...
It's become abundantly clear the the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has had widespread fraud turn it into a totally corrupt arm of our federal government. The question remains: will we hold the government accountable for what they've allowed to take place? They were warned! A news article from WRTV in Indianapolis says that a woman in that city was thrown in jail after she stole IDs and then stole over $330,000 from SNAP. Think about that! That is astonishing fraud in a food...
The East Norway Lake Women invite you this Saturday, December 20 for a sing-along led by the Sunburg Fiddlers. Homemade soups and bread will be served from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (cost is $10 for adults; $5 for 5-12 years olds). The sing-along will begin at 1 p.m. A bake sale will be held before and after the sing-along. Coffee, cocoa and treats to follow. Also, there will be two quilts made by the ENL quilters available for purchase, check them out in the fellowship hall. All proceeds from the...
Who else thinks Tim Walz needs to step down? Retire? Resign? Full stop! He needs to step out of the public spotlight. We've had enough. Consider this: hundreds of state workers have publicly called for Walz to resign. Let that sink in for a moment....
Here's a video from the upper deck of East Norway Lake Lutheran church in Arctander Township on Saturday, December 20. The ENL church hosted the Sunburg Community Players, who performed an hour's worth of Christmas songs. They were directed by Joyce Rudningen....
Years after the fact, after most decision-making officials can be properly held to task, it is becoming common knowledge that the COVID jabbing was pushed in the United States based on fraudulent information. The most offensive message pushed by the feds was that the COVID jab slowed or even stopped the spread of the SARS-COV2 virus. The attached video, which lasts just under 9 minutes, spells it all out with Kim Iversen interviewing Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Jr. Dr. Redfield is an American...
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...
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...
Five years later...will anyone face consquences? From the attached video...Citing a German study discussed by Dr. John Campbell that claims 86–90% of positive results on PCR tests during COVID were false positives, Jimmy concludes that COVID-19 PCR testing dramatically overestimated infections. He contrasts these claims with earlier estimates from medical authorities and journals such as The Lancet, the UK government, and The New England Journal of Medicine, accusing them of deliberately m...
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 ago at Hopeful Hills R...
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...
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 show....
Try this on for size. Watchdog reports recently suggest that the Somali terror group al-Shabab has been siphoning stolen Minnesota welfare money. Fortunately, the President Trump administration is looking into this and looking into the full scope of what Somali immigrants have unleashed on Minnesota. In addition, the liberal New York Times has dug into the Tim Walz administration in Minnesota with a story outlining how fraud has skyrocketed while he's been the governor. Reports suggest the...
Sunburg Free Lutheran Church in Norway Lake Township is in the Advent season on the Christian calendar. In the attached video, you can watch part of worship service at Sunburg Free on Sunday, November 30. Early in this clip, Pastor Ron Knutson begins reading his Holy Gospel and then gives his sermon. Sunburg Free will hold its Sunday School Christmas program during worship at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 14....
Turnout was strong for the Pioneer Advent worship service held at the old log church in Arctander Township on Sunday, November 30. The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association hosts this event each year either the first or second Saturday following Thanksgiving. This year, this worship service had a turnout of 50 children and adults. The outdoor temperature was around 15 degrees. In the church, 5 space heaters helped warm the worship space. The attached video features the full worship, which...
The Minnesota Farm Bureau held their state convention on November 21-22 at the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest hotel in Minnetonka. On Friday that weekend, the Farm Bureau hosted their awards banquet. Featured guest speakers that evening included Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and Third District Congresswoman Kelly Morrison, First District Congressman Brad Finstad and also Seventh District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach The attached video features Finstad and Fishbach speaking at the...
The big day for Brooten to shine is coming THIS Saturday, December 6, when the Brooten Activities Club will host Santa Day on Main Street. All events are sponsored by the generous support of the Brooten Fire Relief Association and numerous locally-owned businesses in Brooten. Posters for Santa Day started going up last week, and a color version of the poster was published on the back page of the November 27 and December 4 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Brooten's Santa Day fun...
Well....he is really, really bad at his job! Seriously terrible. The attached video lasts just over a minute...take a look and see one more example of how rotten of a "news person" Tapper is....
Garage Logic recently stated its position on Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota. That position is crystal clear: Walz must resign. This was announced on Friday, December 5. In the attached video, which lasts about 9 minutes, spells out the reasoning behind this announcement. The top reason: too many sources have come out stating that Walz was complicit in the massive Somalian fraud that has led to theft of over $1 billion in taxpayer money. Put that fact next to another fact: the state budget of...
Turnout exceeded 210 for the fall ham and turkey bingo in Sunburg on Saturday, November 22. This event is held in the spring and fall and hosted by the Sunburg Fire and Rescue squad....
Cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for your friends and family will cost less than last year, marking the third straight year of price declines. The American Farm Bureau Federation's 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of Thanksgiving staples that make up a classic holiday feast for 10, which is $55.18 or about $5.52 per person. This is a 5% decrease from 2024. Three years of declines don’t fully erase dramatic increases that led to a record-high cost of $...
