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As parts of the United States close their schools to children at a time when child mental health crises are spiraling out of control in those same areas, over in our part of the land of Rocks and Cows (Governor Tim Walz's words) of rural Minnesota, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas showed nine new COVID-19 cases in the January 6, 2022 Minnesota Department of Health report. At Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools, the doors are open to all children ages 0-18, and classes are in session...
In a home non-conference contest on Tuesday, January 4, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars boys' basketball team defeated Upsala 65-43. This was their fourth straight win that also started a three-game home stand. After posting a 43-28 halftime lead, the Jaguars held the Cardinals to just eight points in the game's final 15 minutes of play. Upsala did not score in the last five minutes. The Jaguars (6-2) host Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City tonight (Thursday) in a Central Minnesota Conference game....
The eighth annual Tully's Ice Fishing Memorial Tournament is coming on Saturday, February 5, 2022 on Big Norway Lake. Visitors can approach the tournament site by using the lake's south side access. This is an exciting and family-friendly opportunity to participate in an event that promotes being active and enjoying the outdoors in Minnesota's winter. The fishing tournament runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and organizers are excited to have Tempt-Lure and Northern Spiked Darkhouse Spears in...
A troubling trend emerged in 2021 involving what can be called "vaccine injury shaming" when those who are injured by vaccines speak out about what they went through or are currently going through. The 16-minute long video below explains more. Shaming vaccine injured people does not encourage those who are un-jabbed to change their mind....
It's fascinating to see the campaign for better health that was recently launched in El Salvador of South America. It's downright stunning when compared to the messaging that we get from health "authorities" in the United States. El Salvador president Nayib Bukele wants the issues of obesity and diabetes to be discussed front and center in his country. These two issues are the leading cause of increased vulnerability to severe disease and hospitalizations. The 11-minute long video here explains...
In her cross-examination of the plaintiffs attempting to stop President Biden's COVID-19 jab-or job mandate, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a gross lie about child hospitalizations in the U.S. on Friday, January 7, 2022. Sotomayor stated that upwards of 100,000 children were hospitalized from COVID-19 and in serious shape, "many" of them on ventilators. This is simply and flatly untrue. The current estimate of children in hospitals with COVID-19 is around 3,700 - from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, news...
Below is a video of New York police ordering a young Hispanic family to leave a restaurant due to vaccination status. These officers work under the title of "Strategic Response Group" with the NYPD. It's heartbreaking to watch this happen to the mom and her young son, who appears to be about 5 years old. Disgusting to see this play out....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school and elementary bands performed a Holiday band concert on Monday, December 20 at Olson Audiorium in Belgrade. Below is a video from a handful of songs performed by the senior high band under the direction of band teacher Sean Biehn. Photos from the concert were published in the December 30 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Each day in America, we climb closer to the top of Mount Stupid. The only question is: where is the peak of this mountain we're currently on? Because they've fired unvaccinated health care workers, many of whom have beaten COVID-19 and have natural immunity, the state of Rhode Island has decided it's better to allow health care workers with an active COVID-19 case to care for patients. They have gotten that much higher on Mount Stupid that this is where they're at. On January 1, 2022, the...
A sharp, 84-percent decline in new COVID-19 cases was reported for the zip code areas (city and rural) of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa in the December 30 report released by the Minnesota Department of Health. It should be stated up front that a possible explanation, at least one factor in the decline, is that fewer people sought testing over the Christmas weekend. However, any way you cut it, the news you're about to read is fantastic for our local communities and our greater west central area...
The No. 1-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars wrestling team vanquished defending state champion and previously-No. 1-ranked Kimball Area 32-25 on Tuesday, December 21 at Kimball. The Jaguars picked up key wins by decisions at 195 and 220 pounds by Carson Gilbert and Ethan Spanier. Head coach Jack Mueller spoke about the win during an interview with the Bonanza Valley Voice sports department the following day. The video is embedded below. The Jaguars travel to Holdingford on Thursday,...
The state government of Minnesota coordinated contact tracing for COVID-19 cases that specifically excluded big-box retailers. State-sponsored surveying asked questions targeting bars, restaurants. salons and gymnasiums. At the height of this process, on December 14, 2020, State Senator Michelle Benson asked the Minnesota Department of Health for the exact list of questions that contact tracers were using. Initially, the MDH told Benson that she could not receive that information. Fast forward nearly one year, a data request to the state...
We saw a major decline in new COVID-19 case counts for the zip codes (city and rural areas) of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa between the Minnesota Department of Health December 16 report and their December 23 report. The decline was approximately by 44 percent. It has to be pointed out that the Alexandria public school district has forced masking of their younger school children since the start of the 2021-2022 school year. Despite their population being similar as the population of the Willmar 5...
Santa Day in Brooten was a marvelous time. Children from area towns joined the fun along with kids from the Brooten community at both the Brooten Lanes and the KaDe Shack....
The community of Brooten held a lighted Christmas parade to help conclude the festivities of Santa Day on Saturday, December 18. Additional coverage is forthcoming online and also in the December 23 and December 30 print issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. Parade video is below....
Below is a video outlining what everyone can do to optimize their immune system for infectious diseases that circulate around the globe. These are points you can take into consideration on a daily basis. It's quite simple: life is so much better when you have proper metabolic health. Proper metabolic health involves ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference, without using medications. These factors directly...
In the video below, Dr. John Campbell of the United Kingdom explains information regarding the spread of the omicron "strain" of COVID-19 in recent weeks. What is fascinating to me: omicron is out-competing both the common cold viruses as well as the "delta" strain of COVID-19. This appears to be a positive curveball that doomsday predictions never saw coming....
Below is Brooten American Legion Auxiliary member Laverne Reining giving a Christmas reading at the American Legion Hall on December 11, 2018....
In the video below, Dr. Suneel Dhand discusses the latest news from South Africa, which suggests that their omicron COVID-19 wave is collapsing. A recent study from South Africa says that those infected with the omicron variant had an 80 percent lower risk of being hospitalized compared to the delta variant. This was mentioned one minute into the embedded video, which lasts about six minutes. In some regions of South Africa, the wave of cases is half what it was just three weeks ago in a...
Santa Claus visited Elrosa last Friday night, December 10. He was escorted around town on a horse-drawn wagon by Welle Farms, plus assistance from the Elrosa Fire Department and the Elrosa Commercial Club. It was a beautiful December evening with snow falling lightly as Santa and his helpers spread Christmas cheer while delivering gift/goodie bags to children of all ages. Video from part of his trek across Elrosa is shown below....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote a letter dated November 5, 2021 admitting that they have no records of Americans who were infected and won their battle with COVID-19 then transmitting the disease at a later point to someone else. This letter was in response to a September 2 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a New York attorney who wished to obtain any documented cases of an individual meeting the following description: (1) Never received a COVID-19 vaccine; (2)...
From a population standpoint, the new COVID-19 case counts in the past week have evened out between the Belgrade 56312, Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 zip code areas. In the December 16 report by the Minnesota Department of Health, the cumulative figure for new COVID-19 cases reported in the past week is 43, which is an increase from last week's total of 32 (December 9 report). The breakdown is as follows: Belgrade 56312 - 27 new cases (18 last week) Brooten 56316 - 14 new cases (8 last week) El...
Below is the video from the prayer/memorial service for Jeff Oliver of rural Belgrade, who passed away on December 7, 2021. Three minutes into the video, the song "Jealous of the Angels" is played. Starting at the 7:00 mark, Pastor Christian Strickland with St. John's Lutheran Church of Atwater read the obituary. At the 12:30 mark, the song "All My Hope is in Jesus" is played. At the 17-minute mark, Pastor Strickland read the poem by Robert Frost called "Nothing Gold Can Stay." He then provided...
Below is video from the last four kick division performances at the home dance comp "Dancing to the Finish Line" on Thursday, December 16. The video begins in the kick division with the Canby-Minneota Sensations team performing to music by Gaga. At the 4:10 mark of the video, the Sauk Centre team takes the floor for their kick performance with music by an ABBA Mashup. At the 9:20 mark in the video, the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Shadows kick squad takes the floor with a dance mix titled "Heaven". Right around the 14-minute mark in the...
Please spread the word! The community of Brooten invites townsfolk and folks from across the countryside and neighboring towns to come celebrate Christmas with Santa Day THIS COMING Saturday, December 18. The event will run across approximately a three-hour period starting at 3:30 p.m. with Santa Claus and kids' bingo at the Brooten Lanes bowling alley. You can come then or come later into the event, which concludes that night with a 6 p.m. lighted parade down main street. You can watch a video...
