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The Kandiyohi County Fair in Willmar is off to a terrific start, running from August 11 through Saturday night, August 14 along Foot Lake in Willmar. Their opening day on Wednesday, August 11 was one...

NOTE: this web article was updated on Friday afternoon, August 13 with information from multiple central Minnesota zip code areas. This week the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes posted the...

Come to Belgrade this weekend! The August Fest celebration gets underway on Thursday night, August 12 at the city park starting at 5:30 p.m. with a FREE community meal! The full schedule was...

The Belgrade August Fest had a terrific start to the three-day celebration this weekend. The evening was picture-perfect with mild summer temperatures, hardly any wind to speak of plus an...

Based on what I've heard from subscribers in Paynesville and Elrosa, the St. Cloud bundle of the August 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice has gone missing. I don't know where it's been lost in the...

All good things must come to an end, and in Brooten, a good thing lasting over two months has ended. After going an incredible six weeks in the heart of summer with no new COVID-19 cases, the zip...

The Pope County Fair is underway in Glenwood! The full schedule was published in the July 29 and August 5 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper issues. Below on this web article, you can watch...

Featured below is a video from the Ax Throwing stand at the Pope County Fair, featuring Caleb Torkelson of Brooten making his attempts on Thursday, August 5. Click on the following short link to see...

The M.T. Barrels and Bulls rodeo company was the feature show at the Pope County Fair grandstand on Friday, August 6. Featured in the video below is horse barrel racing. The always-popular truck and...

How about that! We can essentially re-post what was written last week on July 22. Read below. The good news continues for the zip code areas of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa after data was released in...

Lucas Sjostrom of rural Brooten will join a panel of fellow agriculture heavy-hitters at the FarmFest ag forums in August. On Wednesday, August 4 at 10:30 a.m., the ag forum session will revolve...

The annual Jakes Day youth sporting event is Saturday, July 31 at the Belgrade Sportsmen's Club for all area children ages 3 to 17, featuring supervised use of small firearms (shot gun and hand guns)...

The good news continues for the zip code areas of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa after data was released in the July 22 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 report. The population of men, women and...

New Miss Brooten royalty has been crowned for 2021-2022 after the pageant and coronation was held on Saturday, July 10 at the Brooten Pavilion. Morgan Schwinghammer, who will be a senior next year at...

Opinion: the medical community must have a serious conversation here about what being asymptomatic really means, and whether it's truly asymptomatic "infection" (versus a "case"). How do we continue...