Sorted by date Results 26 - 50 of 2020
Construction is moving along at the Belgrade Co-op with major changes taking place at their Belgrade campus. The new and renovated facilities will dramatically increase the co-op's fertilizer mixing capacity and more. Shown in the picture is a view from Sunday, October 4....
At the home volleyball match with West Central Area on Thursday, October 8, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Homecoming royal court was introduced before the B-B-E Jaguars volleyball team played the Knights. The 38th annual Homecoming queen and king at B-B-E are Teagan Dingmann and Aiden Mueller. The attached video features the introduction that night. Additional coverage of B-B-E's Homecoming was published in the October 8 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The attached video is from Sunday, October 4 at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church, which is located in Gilchrist Township in Pope County. Included in the video are the reading of the lessons and Psalm, plus Minister Linda Summerlet providing the Holy Gospel and sermon. West Lake Johanna and Trinity Lutheran of Brooten have had a parish agreement in place since the 1960s. Their pastoral needs are currently served by Linda Summerlet, who works for the ELCA Southwest Minnesota Synod in the...
Included in the attached video is additional Homecoming coverage at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools. At the Homecoming football game on Friday, October 9, the royal court was introduced and lined up on the track in front of the stadium bleachers during pregame festivities. The video begins with the B-B-E high school Pep Band performing....
The Elrosa Fire Department's fall steak fry and cash raffle fundraiser is coming on Saturday, October 10 at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, where they will be serving in the church's spacious basement. The steak fry, which includes a take-out option, runs from 4 to 8 p.m. The cash raffle starts at 8 p.m. Tickets for the steak fry are $20 per person. The address is 302 State Road, Elrosa, MN. (Cash raffle winners need not be present to win.)...
The Elrosa Fire Department steak fry on Saturday, October 10 drew a record turnout of support. Not only did the steak fry serve over 1,000 customers in a span of just four hours, but the community support was overwhelming for the Joslyn and Brandon Deters family. Joslyn Deters is currently at the beginning stages of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was diagnosed with this cancer one month ago, September 11. During the steak fry, a free will offering was taken by the fire...
Earthy Elements, LLC, located on the north end of Main Street in Belgrade, will be open for World Teachers' Day on Monday, October 5. This is a great way to help Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools kick off their 38th annual Homecoming week. Early Elements is open with extended hours on Monday and Tuesday, October 5-6, with hours of 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as they team up with Country Mama's Custom Creations to bring a variety of upbeat, unique teacher gifts. Also, FREE delivery will take place to...
Rustic Designs Flower Farm of Burbank Township, rural Georgeville, hosted their sixth annual Fall Harvest Fest on Sunday, September 20. Owner and proprietor Mary Solbreken and her staff were grateful for a massive turnout that exceeded 1,400. Visitors not only enjoyed the chance to pick fresh flowers from the Rustic Designs flower plots but also take in what was offered by over 35 vendors in attendance. Additional coverage was published in the September 24 and October 1 issues of the Bonanza...
The 38th annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Homecoming week is underway. At the Homecoming coronation on Monday, October 5, royalty candidates and underclassmen attendants were led through the program by emcees Reese Kampsen and Makenna Roelike. The senior candidates began with a guessing game where they were quizzed on different questions about their dates. Aiden Mueller and Teagan Dingmann won this contest. The dress-up days were announced, and students walked on stage representing each dress up...
Due to the rainfall of Thursday, September 24, the Brooten Farmers Market will be held in the park shelter from 4 to 7 p.m. Please park on the southern end of the parking lot by the softball field, on what is the original tennis court pad. There's plenty of room in the shelter to keep everyone dry. Also, the rain is supposed to end by 3 p.m. according to the forecast. Who know is coming: Carol Sanders with her applesauce and baked goods; Pastor Mitch Wall and his wife, Kim, with sourdough bread...
At the time of kickoff last Friday, September 18, the mismatch on paper was as wide as the disparity in the number of players on each team's roster. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team, with 20 players suited for the game and two still on the injured list, was set for battle with Mid-Northwest Gold District rival and No. 4-ranked (Associated Press) Upsala/Swanville Area. The Patriots, were riding an 18-game district winning streak that began in October 2023. The last time U/SA lost in...
The Brooten city council met in regular session on Monday, September 14 with a main order of business being a detachment request for city land in Pope County. A request by the landowner of Parcel #30-0175-001, which is in the farthest northwest corner of the city, allow annexation of the property to Bangor Township. This land is on the north side of the railroad. Currently, the land is zoned as commercial, and annexation may lead to it being rezoned residential. With no concrete plan for its...
Brink's Beer Joint of Swift Falls has brought Turkey Fest to life each fall for at least the past 10 years. It includes a turkey cook-off contest which raises funds for the County Line first responders organization. Other events included a bean bag tournament, kids activities and live music after the Turkey Fest parade. The attached video includes footage of the Turkey Fest parade in Swift Falls on Saturday, September 19....
Let's get a few more miles out of the Cedar Creek Gospel Band! This group performed at the Brooten Pavilion on Sunday, August 30 with a joint worship of local Lutheran churches. The attached video features one song performed that morning....
The Brooten Farmers Market, which still invites vendors to join, continues the 2026 season on Thursday, Sept. 17 at the city park. The Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m., and this will be the 11th Farmers Market session of the season in Brooten. The hope is to operate the Farmers Market one additional night, September 24. That will likely be the final one as garden produce supplies begin their retreat. Available this evening are baked goods plus other vendors with flowers, green beans,...
The Honebrink family and all the friendly staff of Brink's Beer Joint in Swift Falls invites everyone to the annual Turkey Fest celebration, which is on Saturday, September 19 in the scenic village of Swift Falls. The Turkey Fest parade starts at 5:30 p.m.! Also on the schedule: 1 p.m. bean bag tournament ($20 per team, must be signed up by noon on Saturday) and the turkey cook-off is 3 to 5 p.m. in support of County Line first responders. ALSO a Classic Car show with no entry fee is 3 to 5...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' tennis team traveled to the Osakis high school tennis complex on Thursday, September 17. Here, the Prairie Conference tournament was held that included the Jaguars, Silverstreaks, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area, Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, St. John's Prep and Parkers Prairie. B-B-E's team, which has just 2 seniors in the lineup, finished in sixth place. Their lineup for the conference tournament consisted of two seniors, one junior, one...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team and the school's Activities Department provided a 9-11 tribute on Friday, September 18 before the Jaguars faced Upsala/Swanville Area in a district game. Matt Goodwin, high school business teacher and coach, is the announcer at B-B-E's home football games. He provided the special message honoring first responders and others who lost their lives to a horrific act of organized terrorism on U.S. soil by foreign perpetrators on September 11, 2001. The...
Pope County Farm Bureau organizers estimated that at least 2,600 were served on Monday, September 7, and attendance surpassed 3,000 that morning at Reichmann Land and Cattle in rural Villard. Additional coverage is included in the September 10 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The attached video features footage from a farm tour led by Tate Reichmann....
On Sunday, August 30, the Brooten Pavilion was the site of a two-parish Lutheran worship service led by the Cedar Creek Gospel Band. The Big Grove-Crow River-Grace and Trinity-West Lake Johanna parishes were hosts for over 160 who attended worship. Following worship, a hot dog and hamburger meal was served at the Pavilion. The attached video features part of worship that morning....
On Tuesday September 8, 2026, agents with the West Central Minnesota Drug and Violent Crime Task Force executed a search warrant at an apartment located at 185 Central Avenue, Apartment Unit 3, in Brooten. This occurred following a lengthy investigation into the trafficking of cocaine. As part of the investigation, task force agents conducted undercover controlled purchases of cocaine from the suspected drug trafficking organization. During the execution of the search warrant, agents located a...
The Historic Terrace Mill will host a Bluegrass Festival featuring The High 48s and Kohlrabi Soup,on Sunday, September 13, 2026. The event will feature local vendors including food and craft beer by The Minnewaska House Brewing Co. and Grill, food by The Bark 'N Pig, and other farmers market and artisan vendors. Back by popular demand, The High 48s previously performed at the Terrace Mill to a sold out crowd! Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, The High 48s have been making music tha...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars football team has started the season 2-0 for the eighth time in school history. This is the 38th year of the B-B-E Jaguars. In the home opener on September 11, the Jaguars faced West Central Area and earned a thrilling come-from-behind 20-14 win. In their season opener on September 3, the Jaguars won on the road at New York Mills by a 33-0 score. Against WCA, the Jaguars fell behind 8-0 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Knights scored on a...
Shown is the last part of the worship service held at the Brooten Pavilion on Sunday, August 30, where the Cedar Creek Gospel Band performed. They are a group of musicians from Kandiyohi County. The worship service was hosted by the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace and Trinity-West Lake Johanna Lutheran parishes. Coverage from this worship service will be published in the September 10 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team earned a thrilling 3-0 shutout win against Dumont in the Class C state tournament on Saturday, August 29. They play in the Elite 8 round on Saturday, September 4 in Shakopee at Joe Schleper Stadium. First pitch is at 7:30 p.m. against Glencoe. Game updates on Saturday night will be posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's Jaguars Sports blog: http://bbejaguars.blogspot.com. The Elrosa Saints hold a 25-8 overall record heading into Friday's...
