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The Section 4A football seedings have gone official. The rankings are out, and the pairings are set for the Tuesday, October 26 playoff openers. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars football team has earned the No. 2 playoff seed in Section 4A. This is a huge achievement for the team. It's their best playoff ranking since 2017, when they entered the Section 4A playoffs as the No. 1 seed. The Jaguars were seeded No. 4 in the 2015 playoffs, when they went 1-1. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, fresh off of...
The Belgrade Lions invites everyone to their fall Fish Fry and meat/cash raffle night on Friday, October 29 at the Brother's Bar in downtown Belgrade. The fish fry starts at 5 p.m. and runs through about 8 p.m. (or until gone), and you can call ahead for a takeout order at 320-254-8299. The fish fry is just $10 for all-you-can-eat fish! Meat raffles run all night. The cash raffle drawings start at 9 p.m. with a grand prize of $10,000. Tickets are $100 each, and you need not be present to win....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team held their Dig Pink night on Thursday, October 7 along with Parents Night. The Dig Pink program raises funds for cancer awareness and cancer research. Video from the presentation is below....
It was church auction time at Crow River Lutheran Church on Saturday, October 9. The church WELCA organization hosted a soup and sandwich supper that evening before Mark and Brian Ziemer held a church auction in the basement. Video is shown below. More photos appeared in the October 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
After holding their elementary fire safety sessions outdoors a year ago, local fire departments were able to bring lessons indoors while students also took turns looking up close at fire trucks in the parking lot last Thursday. State Farm Insurance partnered with the departments to provide educational lessons....
The sixth annual B-B-E Color FUND Run was a huge success on a summer-like day, September 29. Students from preschool through 12th grade joined with staff members and members of the community to raise funds for school activities....
In a big achievement for the middle of the regular season, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars football team moved above .500 with a 34-12 Homecoming win over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Friday, October 1. The Jaguars used a balanced offensive attack combined with stellar defense to forge a 28-6 halftime lead. This week the Jaguars (3-2) faced a tough task at a sub.-500 Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City team that is stinging from a 34-8 thrashing at the hands of visiting Upsala/Swanville Area. A-C-GC's...
Faye Marilyn Kjos (Knutson), 80, entered into eternal life on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. Faye's Celebration of Life will be at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at The Peterson Chapel in Buffalo, MN. Faye is forever sheltered in the arms of her Savior Jesus and so looked forward to this day. Faye was born on June 5, 1941 to the union of Tillman and Esther (Thostenson) Knuston of rural Brooten, MN. Faye attended a one-room country school and...
The 33rd annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Homecoming week is underway as of Monday, September 27. The coronation program was held on September 27 at Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school. The program was terrific. Kudos to the student council and everyone who had a hand in organizing it! Will VanBeck and Paige Rupp were crowned the B-B-E Homecoming King and Queen. Video of the program is below. Please pray for the safety of our B-B-E student body and their families this week. Pray for our kids'...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa sixth graders participated in the annual Pope-Stevens counties Water Fest last Friday, September 24 at the Pope County Fairgrounds in Glenwood. It was one example of many educational field trips being taken by B-B-E elementary classes after most field trip activity was canceled in the 2020-2021 school year. Water Day provides multiple learning sessions over the morning and early afternoon. Session topics and session titles included: Exploring Underwater, Stormwater-Flood...
From the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes have posted the number 14 for the second straight week. This number of 14 represents new COVID-19 cases reported in the zip code areas of 56312, 56316 and 56325 between September 23 and September 29 in a population of about 4,300 people. Just as crazy: the numbers were identical across the three zip codes from the September 16 report and September 23 report, which were reported last week on this website and also...
Below is video from the Turkey Fest parade held in Swift Falls on Saturday, September 25. The Honebrink family and the staff of Brink's Beer Joint did an outstanding job of hosting numerous activities that day! Bravo! Other coverage appeared in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's September 30 issue....
In this 21-minute video, Dr. John Campbell outlines extensive data showing that natural immunity provides stronger and more long-lasting immunity to COVID-19 than the vaccines do. This even held up during a July 2021 study in Israel when the delta variant was the dominant strain in circulation. The data suggests that the CDC and FDA in the U.S. lack data and science to back up their assertions about natural immunity. Scientists in the United Kingdom as well as Israel are coming to different...
The Centre Area Concert Association is excited to present Sarah Grudem (on the harp) and Eric Graff (cello) on Sunday, October 3 at 2 p.m. at the Olson Auditorium, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school in Belgrade. This FREE CONCERT is funded by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage fund. Sarah Grudem is a freelance harpist, born, raised and currently living in Minneapolis. She...
I have learned from two separate sources that multiple hospital beds and hospital rooms are going unused and unoccupied by patients at both Carris Health hospital in Willmar and at CentraCare hospital in St. Cloud. To me, this is absolutely crazy during what major media is describing as a "raging, ongoing" pandemic. What is CentraCare doing wrong? Why can't they hold onto staff? We all need to ask the question: why are they short of hospital staff? The public deserves honest answers. Try this on for size: this comment was posted online, and I...
CITY OF BROOTEN, MINNESOTA, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Brooten, Minnesota, will conduct a public hearing on September 27, 2021, beginning at 7:00 PM at the Brooten City Hall, 147 Central Avenue North, P.O. Box 81, Brooten, MN 56316-0081. This hearing will offer Council to hear comments regarding Ordinance No. 1-2021. ORDINANCE NO. 1-2021: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BROOTEN, MINNESOTA ANNEXING LAND LOCATED IN BANGOR TOWNSHIP, POPE COUNTY, MINNESOTA PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES ...
A 40 percent reduction in new cases was what was reported in the September 23 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 zip code report for the zip codes of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa. Two of the three B-B-E zip codes showed significant declines, while one remained the same, compared to the prior week. For the September 23 report, the B-B-E zip codes of about 4,300 people posted the number of 14 new cases in the period of September 16 to September 22. Belgrade 56312 - 8 new cases (12 last week)...
Come to Swift Falls on Saturday, September 25 for the annual Turkey Fest celebration, which is hosted by Brink's Beer Joint. Video from the 2018 Turkey Fest parade is shown below. Click on the following link to view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper photo gallery from the Turkey Fest celebration held in 2018: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2018-BBEBonanza-Valley-events/Brinks-Turkey-Fest-09-22. Today's schedule: a bean bag tournament starts at 1 p.m., and the First Responder pot luck turkey...
The weather was outstanding, even with a strong, southerly wind, for the second annual Fall Harvest Fest at Rustic Designs Flower Farm in rural Georgeville/Belgrade on Sunday, September 19. Below is video from mid-afternoon that day. Click on the following link to redirect to their business website: https://www.rusticdesignsflowerfarm.com....
At the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school open house on September 1, students in grades 4 through 7 and their families took in a presentation on the new concept dubbed 'School Within a School' middle school concept. About the presentation, Gossen said, "You're going to really like this. We have a group of teachers who are very excited and probably a little anxious, because, as we all know, change is hard. In education, what we've been hearing for a long time is that change is needed. We need to do s...
A video is added below to this web article that discusses the pandemic of obesity in America. Data released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows Minnesota's adult obesity rate in 2020 was 30.7%, up from 30.1% in 2019. While the increase of 0.6% is not considered significant, it highlights ongoing public health concerns about obesity rates on a state and national level. Studies and estimates by health officials suggest that by 2030, over 50 percent of adults in...
An ebb and flow pattern is in play for the current COVID-19 wave across the Bonanza Valley area. This is the third wave of spread since it all began either in early 2020 or late in 2019. The first one measurable wave hit the local zip codes of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa around mid to late October and into November last fall. The second came in March and April of this spring. Now we're in the third one, and fortunately it's not causing a great deal of local collateral damage. That statement does not mean that the wave is to be ignored. The...
The site of the Danielson farm in Hayes Township, Swift County, rural Sunburg was the site of a magnificent set of concerts on Saturday, September 11. With a large American Flag waving high over the concert grounds, four bands performed across a 13-hour stretch that day. The live music started at 2 p.m. with the Steffl Sisters and friends, and at 5 p.m. Bill Litzau and Open Highway began performing. Later in the evening, Highway 101 with Paulette Carlson performed at the onset of dusk. Shortly...
Here's an eight-minute long video that discusses a number of COVID-19 topics, including the idea of COVID booster shots for vulnerable populations. This doctor encourages those who are in vulnerable groups to visit with their doctors about seeking out a COVID booster shot once they are approved in the U.S. He also provides his opinion that it is an idea worth considering....
Here's a video clip of Kentucky Thunder performing in rural Sunburg on Saturday, September 11 last weekend....
