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On Tuesday, May 5, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) is releasing an updated budget projection for the current biennium, Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021. Minnesota's budget and economic outlook has significantly worsened since the coronavirus pandemic. A deficit of $2.426 billion is now projected for the current biennium, which is almost a $4 billion change compared to the February forecast. Revenues are expected to be $3.611 billion lower and spending, including appropriations enacted since February, is expected to be $391 million higher. The...
The Padua Pub announces they are having take-out orders available for Mother's Day, on Sunday, May 10. Treat her with Padua Pub! Take-out orders, pick up in reception hall, pre-orders appreciated but not necessary. Their phone number is 320-352-2683. Lunch special from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. includes Chicken, Ham and Meatballs with mashed potatoes, dressing, vegetables and dessert. Dinner special from 5 to 7 p.m. includes Chicken, Ribs and Shrimp, with scalloped potatoes, vegetables, salad and...
On Wednesday, May 6, Minnesota Department of Health officials quietly admitted an important point that major media has not picked up on. In their statewide media briefing, MDH officials quietly admitted that most new COVID cases this week are with people who don't speak English or have a hard time understanding English. (Their words) They are workers at meat processing plants, or they are family members of those workers. At one meat packing plant in Minnesota, 58 languages are spoken. That is a recipe for disaster in a global pandemic....
This has been building up for the past three weeks, and this week it is official: this newspaper family has ended our support for Governor Tim Walz and his administration's approach to the COVID virus. In the Friday, May 8 media briefing, Walz and his officials spouted bizarre fear tactics regarding potential graduation ceremonies at high school football stadiums, mainly in rural Minnesota where graduating classes can be quite small. Example given by a journalist today: in schools such as Chokio-Alberta and Hancock, their graduating classes...
Here's video from Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN. Church leaders encourage everyone to continue supporting the mission of First Lutheran and East Norway Lake Lutheran churches. You can do so by mailing your offering to the following address: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Community Ed is excited to offer a virtul 5K Run and a one-mile Jaguar Jog for all ages of our community! Run on your treadmill in your home, around the neighborhood, down a quiet dirt road, or anywhere you choose to enjoy some movement away from crowds! This is a virtual event and will not be held as an in-person race. Sign up online, run/walk your 5K/1 mile, and email proof of completion to Tessa at tschoenberg@bbejaguars.org. This information can be found online...
Press release on Thursday, April 30: As the state continues to make progress in preparing for the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tim Walz today extended the Stay Home Order in Minnesota until Monday, May 18. In an effort to get more Minnesotans back safely to work while the order remains in effect, the Governor announced that retail businesses and other non-critical businesses will resume operations with curbside pick-up. "From building out critical hospital capacity to launching a...
Below is video featuring the Sunday worship service for May 3, 2020 at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN. The mailing address for sending in offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273 If church members are in need of help or prayer in any sort of way, please call the parish office at 320-354-4222. The joint parish council said in a statement, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor...
The Belgrade Commercial Club will hold a meeting this week (Wednesday, May 6) via the telecommunication software called Zoom. To join the meeting, a person is asked to e-mail Julie Loe at ( juliel@belgradesteeltank.com ) before Tuesday night (May 5) at 8 p.m. The Zoom software is required to be able to participate in the meeting. If your computer does not have a working microphone, you can still listen in to the meeting. In a media statement, the Commercial Club said, "We feel it is not safe...
Press release on Wednesday afternoon, April 21, 2020 Governor Tim Walz, representatives of the state's health care delivery systems, the Mayo Clinic, and the University of Minnesota (U of M) today announced a breakthrough for rapid, widespread testing of COVID-19 in Minnesota. This has the potential to make Minnesota a leader in the U.S. and the world in terms of COVID-19 testing. Also today, ICU hospitalization numbers declined by 10 down to 107. A total of 240 Minnesotans are hospitalized today with COVID infections. Stearns County has...
Stearns County is working collaboratively with Minnesota Department of Health, CentraCare Health, Pilgrim's Pride in Cold Spring and Jennie-O in Melrose in response to employees testing positive for COVID-19 in their facilities. Action plans for response are currently in progress, including the potential for testing ill employees and isolation and quarantine as needed. Both companies proactively implemented strategies to keep employees safe while continuing their operations. Once plans for follow-up are finalized, employees will be notified...
In his Thursday, April 23 press conference, Governor Tim Walz ordered that school buildings in Minnesota would remain closed for K-12 education during the rest of the 2019-2020 academic year. In conjunction with that announcement, the Minnesota State High School League has cancelled all spring sports and related school activities. Currently, state officials are determining whether or not summer school programming will be allowed in Minnesota. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa superintendent Patrick Walsh...
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced today that the agency has begun making Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments to people who are self-employed, independent contractors, and other eligible recipients who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits. PUA is a new program that was authorized by Congress in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and signed into law on March 27, 2020. "In less than one month,...
Below is video featuring the April 26, 2020 worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London. A reminder that the mailing address for sending offerings is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273...
Below is a video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, April 19, 2020. The mailing address for sending in offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273 If church members are in need of help or prayer in any sort of way, please call the parish office at 320-354-4222. The joint parish council said in a statement, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can...
Featured here is Maundy Thursday worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London. The worship service was recorded at East Norway Lake Lutheran church. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well...
Below is Easter Sunday worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London for April 12, 2020. Also featured here is a video of the choir singing at Easter Sunday sunrise service on April 21, 2019. Enjoy, and may God bless you and your family! Related: here's a video taking you back to Easter Sunday in 2010 (short link): https://bit.ly/3b13JH2. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another,...
This video (below) features the choir at East Norway Lake Lutheran church (and volunteer singers from the congregants) on sunrise worship service on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010. This video clip is very special to me, as it includes the late Rose Aasen, who is seated in a chair on the far left of the choir (from the vantage point of the videocamera). Holding the music for her is her daughter-in-law Nancy, married to her son David. Rose was a very close friend of my late father. She was a...
Below is video of the April 2 mid-week Lenten service for the Norway Lake Lutheran church parish. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well as mid-week Lenten worship. Please keep an eye to the Willmar radio...
Video for Palm Sunday worship at Norway Lake Parish is posted below, just in time for your family to view it on Sunday, April 5. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well as mid-week Lenten worship. Please keep an...
Concerned citizens of Brooten are asking families or businesses in need to reach out for help while the local area, region, state and nation muster strength and resources to combat the COVID-19 virus. The "Brooten Cares" initiative is a source for information for families and businesses in need of products or services and other needs that may arise. This is especially important during the period of time when Minnesotans are under Governor Tim Walz's "Stay at Home" executive order that went into...
Below is video from the St. Patrick's Day parade in Padua, where the Padua Pub celebrated their 40th annual St. Patrick's Day celebration. Photos from the parade were published in the April 2 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Let this be a lesson for everyone that, in no clearer terms, personal responsibility can literally save our country!!! Be smart! Be well! Stay well! Do not be selfish and spread your germs to other people, especially senior citizens and other children and adults who have conditions that make them more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus. Everyone has a responsibility to mitigate or stop the progression of COVID-19 through our society. We're not asking people to dodge bombs falling from the sky like what happened across Europe between 1939 and...
Sometimes you just have to take the journey. Often, it requires a leap of faith. (VIDEO)...
Below is video of a condensed version of what was supposed to be the March 22 service. This was recorded at First Lutheran church. Worship services at Norway Lake Parish, with First Lutheran and East Norway Lake Lutheran churches of rural New London, are "on pause" at the current time. While we are all dealing with the COVID-19 virus situation across our state, nation and globe, please continue to share the good news of God's word! Either through this video or by any other means you are able...
