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The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school board meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the elementary school media center/library on Monday, Sept. 19. The Bonanza Valley Voice will live stream the meeting. At 7:30 p.m. this video player will go live with the meeting. NOTE: it is unclear if the audio will be good enough to hear everything that is spoken at the meeting. The newspaper will be in attendance, diligently taking notes for an article in the Sept. 22 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice. Another...
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office today (September 3) confirmed that Jacob Wetterling's remains have been located. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner and a forensic odontologist identified the remains as Wetterling's earlier today. Additional DNA testing will be performed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). A forensic odontologist is a medical professional who is trained in odontology, a branch of forensic science that deals with the applicantion of dental science in the identificati...
After extensive digging of section data at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, the following information was uncovered. It shows a comparison of the 2011-12 school year to the current school year. It shows that 22 classrooms were in use for K-6 regular education as well as the Jaguar Kids Connection in the 2011-2012 school year. (Today, the school has 20 rooms in use for those purposes.) The information also shows that the school building had approximately 50 to 55 more students in the building on any given school day (2011-12 compared to today)....
The summer Vacation Bible School program for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Catholic churches was held on Thursday, July 28 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic church in Elrosa. A total of 51 students (ages four through 12) plus a couple dozen teenage and adult volunteers spent four days together this week learning about God and His Word. Click on the following link to watch the video of the program. The music and singing begins three minutes into the video after the kids streamed into the sanctuary....
Smash mouth football with a dose of aired-out pig skins was the name of the game on Friday night (Sept. 2) for the 2016 season opener between Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City. The Jaguars and Falcons duked it out for four very entertaining quarters of football, with B-B-E drawing first blood when Adam Jaeger ran back the game-opening kickoff for a 95-yard touchdown. Jacob Weller's PAT kick gave the Jaguars a 7-0 lead. By the end of the first quarter, the Jaguars were...
The Regal Eagles have won their state tournament opener, just as they did back in 1997 in their last trip to the big show in Minnesota's Class C of amateur baseball. The Eagles, facing the the Shakopee Coyotes in Dassel this morning (August 20), sat in a 2-2 tie through nine innings. Chris Beier started and went seven innings. Brian Kingery, Atwater draftee, finished for Regal and earned the pitching win. In the bottom of the 12th a two-run, two-out home run by Nathan Meyer ended the game in...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 1996 held a 20th anniversary of graduation reunion on Saturday, August 20 in rural Elrosa at the home of classmates Kurt and Michelle (Gjerde) Herickhoff. Almost half of the surviving class attended. Awards were given out for noteworthy honors such as "who traveled the farthest" and "who has the most children", and a moment of silence was held to remember fallen classmates Heidi (Gregory) Deters and Wanda (Holtberg) Gjerde. Both passed away after courageous...
This video was taken on Sunday, August 21 at the old log cabin church of the Norway Lake settlement area. It accompanies a story that was published on page one of the August 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
This video accompanies two photos and a short amount of information that was printed on page one of the August 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The video was taken at Dreaming River Gallery, owned by Jeff and Jana Thornton. (The newspaper misspelled Jana's name.)...
For the third time in team history, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team is heading to the Sweet 16 round of the Class C state tournament. In the Round of 32 at state, Elrosa beat Blue Earth by a 1-0 score on Saturday, August 27 in Hutchinson to improve to 19-14 overall. The Pirates, who were competing in their 14th straight trip to the state tournament, beat St. Joe 6-0 in the opening round of state last weekend. They had won 12 of their last 14 games and entered the state tournament with close to 30 wins. As of July 26, Blue Earth had a...
After a two-year hiatus, the Miss Belgrade royalty were reestablished during the 2016 August Fest activities. In a program held at Grace Lutheran Church on Saturday afternoon (August 13), the 2016-2017 Miss Belgrade Ambassadors were crowned. They are Jennifer Boogaard, Jennifer Boyle and Megan Carroll. Three elementary-age girls were crowned Little Miss Belgrade Ambassadors. The live streaming was unsuccessful for the children's musical on Friday night and the grand parade on Saturday. Archived...
Strictly from a baseball fan's viewpoint, the game that played out between Elrosa and Regal could not have been scripted any better. In the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament finals, the Saints and Eagles went at it for nine stellar innings of baseball on Sunday, August 14 in Paynesville. With fans chanting, shouting and cheering from start to finish, Regal had the upper hand early with a 2-0 first inning lead. The Saints got one run back in the second inning and took a 3-2 lead in the botto...
The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association invites you to attend the 2016 Anniversary Celebration on Aug 21st. This year's program will honor the late Pr Joel Njus and will focus on "Why did we Recreate the Log Church". Service is at the Log Church at 10:30 a.m. with catered meal at 12:00 at East Norway Lake Lutheran (suggested donation $10.00). Program at 1:30 p.m. at the Old Log Church. At 3 p.m. we are going to recreate the panoramic photo taken on this site in 1916 which included 250...
The Regal Eagles amateur baseball team is heading to the Class C state tournament for the first time since 1997 and 12th time in team history. From 1985 to '97 they made it to state 11 out of 13 years and now, with an entirely new group of players, they are gunning for some state hardware once again. The Eagles were Class C champions in 1991 and runners-up in 1997. Starting with a 5-2 win over Meire Grove on August 6 in the first round of the Region 15C tournament, the Eagles marched their way...
Special music sung during worship service on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at the Games Lake park service, hosted by the Norway Lake Lutheran church parish. Worship services have been held every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the park shelter alongside Games Lake. The last one of the season is on Labor Day weekend, Sunday, September 4....
The Elrosa Saints won two games to begin the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament, both in come-from-behind fashion, as they clinched a berth in the Class C state tournament for the first time since 2013. Against Farming, the Saints got perhaps the toughest first-round draw of the tournament when they faced starter Brad Mergen on Saturday morning. Mergen cuffed the Saints for seven full innings, not giving up a hit until Pat Illies earned a single in the bottom of the sixth. The Flames got an...
The public is invited to swing by the Belgrade Hardware Store in downtown Belgrade this week and especially on Saturday, August 13 as they are gearing up for the annual August Fest celebration. The highlight of the week for the locally-owned store is a Sidewalk Sale on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. They are excited to offer 50 to 75 percent discounts on merchandise (sale prices limited to quantities on hand). Kids ages 12 and under are encouraged to sign up for the Radio Flyer wagon...
David Hughes, the endorsed candidate for the Republican nomination to run against Congressman Collin Peterson this November, has defeated a challenge from Amanda Lynn Hinson in the August 9 primary election. Peterson is the Congressman who represents the Bonanza Valley area and serves in the U.S. House of Representatives. The general election is Tuesday, November 8. With over 73 percent of precincts reported in by 11 p.m., Hughes had 61 percent of the vote compared to 39 percent by Hinson. The...
The August 11 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice includes a story beginning in page four about the agriculture and rural issues debate held at Farmfest on August 2 in rural Redwood Falls. In the article, responses from Congressman Collin Peterson and Republican-endorsed candidate David Hughes are included. A third candidate, Amanda Hinson, lost in the Republican primary election on August 9. Below is the first of a handful of video clips showing the responses to questions by candidates running...
Here are two videos from the Belgrade August Fest weekend. Major technical difficulties (mostly from a locked-up computer) kept the live stream from working at the musical, and the threat of rain prevented the live stream of the grand parade on Saturday from taking place. It ended up raining for about three minutes towards the end of the parade. Don't miss out on additional coverage of these events in the August 18 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A long list of locally-owned Belgrade businesses have graciously offered to sponsor a...
Shown is a video of player introductions and also the National Anthem prior to the championship game of the Stearns County League Little Dipper teams from Regal and Elrosa. Members of the Lake Henry Legion were on hand and provided a U.S. Flag and American Legion Color Guard. Read the August 4 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice for a story on the game and also a team photo of the champions. NOTE: an online photo gallery will be uploaded as soon as possible that includes game p...
Just as the Glenwood Waterama parade was about to get underway on Saturday, July 31, a huge fire broke out at an enormous warehouse building on the Glenwood Township / City of Glenwood line east of town. The Glenwood Fire Department trucks responded right away and ended up battling the fire through the rest of the afternoon. They were soon joined by fire departments from Starbuck, Lowry, Sedan, Brooten and others. The warehouse stored large square bales of straw (and possibly hay) and was a...
The 2016 Belgrade August Fest is coming on Friday and Saturday, August 12 and August 13. The July 28 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice will begin coverage of the activities and schedules for those two days. Traditionally the Belgrade Fire Department hosts a chicken feed on Friday night, and then Saturday is packed with fun activities for all ages. Spread the word! August 12 and 13! *Update: I saw a poster for the Belgrade Fire and Rescue chicken dinner at the Belgrade Post Office. The menu...
Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) is happy to invite everyone to the 2016 FarmFest event at Gilfillan Estates, just outside of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, from Tuesday August 2nd to Thursday August 4th. MFU staff will be there throughout the week and invite you to stop by and visit. There will be hundreds of Farmers and Ag industry leaders at this year's FarmFest, many great discussions in the Wick building and tons to see. Minnesota Farmers Union will be displaying the "Trusted Choice Chopper" again...
A manhunt is underway in the Belgrade area after the driver involved in a two-car accident west of Belgrade fled on foot on the morning of Saturday, July 30. The accident took place at approximately 10:40 a.m. involving a mid-2000s model Chevrolet Equinox (gray color) and a mid-2000s model Chevrolet Impala (silver color). The vehicles were driving in opposite directions and collided about one mile west of Belgrade on Highway 55. It is unclear right now which directions they were traveling. When...
