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Four members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars wrestling team battled in the opening round of the Class 1A state tournament this afternoon (Friday, Feb. 26) at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. At 106 pounds, Canon Swanson defeated Taylor Ludwig of Eden Valley-Watkins by fall (4:53) to improve to 28-5 on the season. He advances to the state quarterfinals, which begin tonight at 6:30 p.m. Swanson's opponent will be freshmen Jeron Matson (41-1) of Kenyon-Wanamingo. At 113 pounds, Tyler...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior Colby Schramel has forged a 2-0 record in the early stages of the Class 1A individual state wrestling tournament after outstanding performances today at the Xcel Energy Center. (Friday, February 26) Schramel, seeded No. 8 in the 16-member bracket, trailed 4-0 in the first minute of his state opener after giving up an early takedown and then two near-fall points with 50 seconds left in the first period. Schramel picked up three near-fall points with 30 seconds to...
Riding a strong second-half performance in Saturday's Sub-Section 6A-South semifinal round game in Morris, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars came out on top of a 17-win Hancock Owls team to earn their second straight trip to the subsection finals and third in the last four years (13th overall). Trailing for most of the first half, the Jaguars got key shots from Derek Wiener and Tanner Heinsius in the last 30 seconds. Heinsius knocked down a three-pointer standing three feet beyond the arc...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior Ben Thompson, a wildly talented three-sport athlete, earned a bronze medal with a third-place finish at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament this weekend. Thompson, seeded seventh in the 195-pound division, went 1-1 on the first day of the tournament and had to get to the third-place match "the hard way". On Saturday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul in the wrestlebacks, Thompson started with a win by a 1-0 decision over junior Kieran Johnson (27-16) of...
Here's Fabienne Verhoeff, foreign-exchange student at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, singing the National Anthem prior to the home boys' basketball playoff game on Thursday, Feb. 25....
For the 13th time in the program's history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team will play for a subsection championship after they defeated third-seeded Hancock 58-49 on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the University of Minnesota-Morris. The Owls, champions of the Pheasant Conference, went 0-2 with two close losses to the Jaguars this season and finish 17-7 overall. The Jaguars take a 15-12 record into the Sub-Section 6A-South championship against a formidable opponent: ninth-ranked Battle...
Below is a press release from the Speaker of the House in Minnesota, Representative Kurt Daudt, about today's ballot counting that resulted in AFSCME's day care unionization scheme failing by a huge margin. The final tally: 1,014 to 392. For day care business owners, the option to join AFSCME is still there. This election does not change the ability of a day care business owner to join the "Child Care Providers Together MN CCPT" union which has been in existence for a number of years in Minnesota. This week's print edition of the Bonanza...
Funeral services for Rick L. Thonvold, age 47 of Brooten, will be on Monday, March 7 at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg at 11 a.m. He was owner and co-owner of Brooten Auto with Scott Vogel since 1998, when the purchased the business from Charlie Baker. Rick has been an integral part of the Brooten business community while being a friend to everyone he knew throughout the Brooten and Sunburg communities and the surrounding area. Rick Thonvold, 47 of Sunburg, died on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at...
Every year the Central Minnesota Conference gives four Distinguished Service awards to individuals at the eight member schools who display outstanding volunteer service for activities offered by CMC schools. This year, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa has one recipient of the award. Mr. Jerry Lindstrom started his local teaching career at Brooten high school in 1976 and served as an assistant varsity football coach as well as junior high girls' basketball coach while teaching junior high social studies....
Foreign-exchange student Fabienne Verhoeff sang the National Anthem prior to the Paynesville girls' basketball game on Monday night, February 15. Verhoeff has also given her talents to the choir, theater department, dance team and currently is part of the speech team....
Senator Lyle Koenen (DFL-Clara City) will host a town hall meeting with Representative Dave Baker at Cornerstone Coffee in Willmar's Skylark Mall on Saturday, Feb. 27. "I look forward to meeting with constituents to discuss the upcoming legislative session and the issues that matter most to Minnesota families and businesses." said Sen. Koenen. "Meetings like this afford me the opportunity to listen, learn, inform, and work with constituents toward a shared objective: making our communities the...
Since her eighth grade season, Hailey Braegelman has been a force on the basketball court for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars. Now a junior, Braegelman has done something few high school athletes can in their careers: join the 1,000-point club. Braegelman entered the home game against Maple Lake with 995 career points. She scored two field goals early in the first half, and at the 11-minute mark she hit a 10-footer in the lane against traffic to surpass the 1,000-point mark. The game was...
Dr. Felix Blanco, M.D., (far left) and other staff members at Glacial Ridge Health System in Glenwood took the plunge into the icy waters of Lake Minnewaska on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 6) during the annual Glenwood Winterama festivities. Overall the event had about 40 brave souls take part in the Polar Plunge. The Winterama event raises funds for Glenwood and Beyond as well as Waterama. See video and the photo gallery from the event at www.bonanzavalleyvoice.com....
The Sno-Daze pep fest games got fairly creative on Friday at the high school. Shown in the photo, Nick Steinhofer, in the pink t-shirt, and Dawson Bitzan, in the blue sweatshirt, hold still while their partners toss cheesy popcorn pieces on their faces after they were covered in Cool Whip....
A discussion of issues ran the gamut of what’s on the minds of rural Minnesota citizens at a town hall meeting on Saturday in Glenwood. Hosted by State Representative Paul Anderson (District 12-B, Starbuck) at Central Square Civic Center, about a dozen individuals showed up to speak their mind. Anderson began by outlining the three big topics that will be the focus of the 2016 Legislative session that begins on March 8: a tax bill, a transportation bill and a bonding bill. “The tax bill is sitting in a conference committee where it was lef...
Fun was had by all ages on Sunday, Jan. 31 at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. The Belgrade Lions Club hosted their annual B-B-E Family FUN Day....
The 26th annual Sno-Daze coronation and games were held on February 2 at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. Seniors Samantha Gjerstad and Sam Wosmek were crowned B-B-E's Sno-Daze Queen and King. The Feb. 4 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice had a full page of photos from coronation, sponsored by a handful of area businesses. Click on the following link to see the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's online photo gallery from coronation: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2016...
While games going into three overtimes are generally unheard of, games ending in five overtimes are even more rare. The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team can say they've been a part of a five-overtime game, though, and better yet they can say they've won such a contest. Last Thursday at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, the Jaguars played in just the eighth five-O.T. game in the history of the state of Minnesota. Clearly not a game for the faint of heart, the Jaguars managed to put the Lakers away...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary, Department of Minnesota, held its 113th annual Grand Banquet Saturday evening, January 23, 2016 at the Minneapolis Marriot City Center, Minneapolis, MN. Nine students from throughout the state were in attendance having won first place in their respective district Voice of Democracy contests. Also in attendance was Rosemarie Miller, sponsored by Keep-Zimmer VFW Post and Auxiliary, who won the Patriot's Pen award. The theme for this year's audio essa...
Packer Brothers and Precision Manufacturing hosted a bus tour from the the Minnesota Rental Association last Thursday. A Greyhound bus with over 25 business owners from all over the state of Minnesota got a first-hand look at what takes place at the manufacturing plant in Brooten's industrial park,with their tour led by owner Dan Kallevig and his operations manager, Adrian Rick. Kallevig gave a brief overview of the company's history while moving the group between the various departments of the...
A fish fry and silent auction fundraiser will be held on behalf of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa robotics team on Wednesday, February 17 at the Ka-De Shack in Brooten from 5 p.m to 8 p.m. Come out and show your support! Watch for more details in a future issue, and check out additional coverage of the team on page four in the Jan. 28 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team has a storied history and has been a force among area schools this entire century. Twice since 2012, B-B-E's state entrants in the Class 1A state speech meet have catapulted the team to a ranking of seventh based on their cumulative performances. They've been a top-10 ranked team in the state of Minnesota in 2012, 2014 and 2015. Since 2000, 30 members of the B-B-E speech team have advanced and competed at the Class 1A state meet. Of those 30, 14 have...
The Redhead Creamery is the 2015 Brooten Business of the Year, an award announced on Saturday, January 16 from the Brooten Commercial Club at their annual party and meeting. Commercial Club president Jana Zenner prefaced the award by these remarks, "They have some ridiculously good service, good food, and have been on numerous television shows and magazines. They've been in competitions for best artisan cheeses. We're very excited that they are part of the Brooten community and excited that...
In a battle for second place in the Central Minnesota Conference, with both teams trying to stay in contention for first place, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team had their hands full on Thursday, January 14. Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, while just 4-9 overall, sat in a tie with the Jaguars at 3-1 in the CMC and brought a hot three-point shooting game to town for Parents Night. A back-and-forth affair played out, but the Jaguars ultimately prevailed by a 73-71 score in overtime....
Andy Tensen is a United States Army veteran, a retired farmer and a current Commander of the Brooten American Legion. More than all of those lofty titles, Tensen is first and foremost a grandpa. In Tensen's home in Brooten, two long rows of large, framed photos adorn the top of a piano. Framed in the photos are his grandchildren, Tensen's pride and joy. "Most don't live that far away. Many are in either the Brooten area or Willmar," he said while explaining there are 15 altogether not counting...
