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The joint parish Christmas Eve worship for Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches was held in Brooten on Wednesday, December 24. A near-full house of children and adults gathered and heard a Christmas message from Synodically Authorized Minister Linda Simms, who has helped guide Trinity and WLJ since September as the parish seeks a new full-time minister. The attached video begins with Simms providing her children's sermon....
And! Just when you didn't think it could get worse. Minnesota day care ("day") programs are licensed to operate from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. In the case of the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis, they recently posted hours of operation as being 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. This is a problem. They receive taxpayer funding from state and federal sources while operating outside the legal hours of operation. Red flags, anyone? The attached video from Angela Rose shares her recent visit to this location on the...
Sunday School children and teachers at Big Grove Lutheran Church in North Fork Township held their Christmas program on Sunday, December 21. The attached video features most of the Christmas program. The video has a rough beginning while the tripod was adjusted at the rear of the church sanctuary. During that part, two students gave welcoming comments to worshipers and asked that cell phones be turned off. Finally, 44 seconds into the video, the rough part ends. (You may want to just skip the...
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. January 3, 2026 Belgrade VFW Steak and Pork Chop Fry with meat raffle The Belgrade VFW invites everyone to their next Steak and Pork Chop Fry on Saturday, January 3, 2026 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This...
From the Sivaady channel on YouTube. This is GOLD! Nick Shirley SINGLE-HANDEDLY embarrassed the media "powerhouse" that is known in America as CNN. He did so with astonishingly success. On CNN, the liberal mouthpiece who goes by the name of Tiffany Cross called Shirley a "random YouTuber." She's offended that Shirley's work breached through the noise and reached tens of millions of American citizens at a time when perhaps a only a half a million people in America watch CNN each day. The bottom l...
A career-high 28 points by senior guard Taylor Pieper helped the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team claim third place in the Red Bracket of the Old National Bank Holiday tournament on Tuesday, December 30. The Jaguars evened their record at 3-3 with the win. In the first of back-to-back border battles at Willmar's Big Red Gym on Monday, the Jaguars lost 68-62 to New London-Spicer. The game to follow featured the host Cardinals taking on MACCRAY, which resulted in a 69-42 win for...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa hosted a winter Christmas concert featuring the choirs and bands in grades 6-12 performing at Olson Auditorium on Tuesday, December 16. During the 7th-8th grade band concert, they performed Up On a Haunted Housetop by Scott Watson, narrated by science teacher Erin Koshiol. This song is featured in the attached video. Additional coverage with band students was published in the December 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The God Squad students of Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches of Brooten held their Christmas program on Sunday, December 7 at Trinity. The attached video includes video from the program that morning. The parish God Squad students performed Christmas carols on Saturday, December 6 as part of the Brooten Santa Day events. They were featured on one of the units in the Brooten lighted Christmas parade that evening....
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. This video begins with the song We Three Kings being performed....
Here's an in-depth breakdown of the public assistance fraud that's consumed Minnesota's good standing in the United States. Nellie Miranda has this summary of the attached video: Minnesota is facing one of the largest social services fraud scandals in U.S. history, with federal prosecutors warning the total could exceed $9 billion. From pandemic programs to autism services and housing aid, taxpayers are discovering how weak oversight and political negligence allowed massive fraud to flourish....
The power of the song Silent Night was demonstrated in one of the most destructive wars in world history just 98 years after written in 1816 and within miles of where written. by Father Joseph Mohr, while he was serving in Mariapfarr, Germany. It was famously associated with sparking the unofficial Christmas Truce on December 25, 1914, in World War I along the Western Front. No song had ever paused a war. During the early months of WWI, in frozen trenches near Ypres, Belgium, German soldiers...
It was not pretty, but the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team survived a late comeback attempt by host Melrose Area after building a 17-point lead in the second half. A buzzer-beating three-pointer by the host Dutchmen made the final score 59-56 on Friday, December 19. In another border battle on the road, the Jaguars traveled to Swift County on Monday, December 22 to Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg. The Fighting Saints (5-2) entered the night averaging 72.6 points per game. In spite of a...
Saturday, December 27 is the big day in Brooten! Lincoln's Bar and Restaurant is excited to have live music at the Main Theater dining room with the Tanner Stark Band. Doors and the kitchen open at 4:30 p.m., and the live music kicks off at 7:30 p.m. The dance floor will be open! Restaurant and bar open all night. Just a $10 cover charge unless you're dining in. A full steak and seafood menu plus craft cocktails will be served. Walk-ins are welcome. For groups of 6 or more, Lincoln's staff...
A cozy group of over 70 children and adults gathered in the warm confines of the South Lake Johanna Lutheran church sanctuary on Wednesday, December 24 for a Christmas Eve worship. The service was led by Pastor Ron Knutson, who currently preaches at Sunburg Free Lutheran and Scandia Lutheran churches. The attached video, which begins while worshipers are singing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, features most of the worship service. Pastor Ron graduated from Brooten in 1958. This is his 55th year...
Is there any organization on earth that lies worse than government? In Minnesota, we have the state government. There's Case No. 1. The state government says they need your tax dollars in order to pay for roads, bridges and schools, among other important components of modern society. The thinking folks of the world know better, and we know that the state wants your tax dollars for much, much more than roads, bridges or schools. We now see they wanted part of your hard-earned tax dollars to go...
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...
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...
