Sorted by date Results 26 - 50 of 2027
The man has gone bat-that crazy! Bob Kennedy, Junior, is promoting the use of taxpayer funding to convince the American public to accept the idea of "wearables" where a human provides all their health data to the federal government in real time. Let that sink in for a moment! This comes from a man who previously critcized the federal government for using a heavy hand through mandates and other coercive tactics during the COVID pandemic. In the attached video, Peggy Hall with The Healthy...
The Brooten Farmers Market, which still seeks vendors to join, opens the 2025 season tonight, Thursday, June 26 at the city park shelter and gazebo. The Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. rain or shine. Available on this evening are baked goods by the Zimmermans (breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, granola) plus other vendors with flowers, leaf lettuce (lots!), Val TeVelde's hand-crafted cards and more. Two vendors are selling sourdough bread, and one of those vendors also has sourdough...
The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration is coming to Brooten on July 10, 11, 12, and 13! It all kicks off with the BVD Worship in the Park on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at the city park (near the shelter). This year, the non-denominational worship service will be led by River of Life Church staff. Also, the BVD garage sale listings will be published in the July 3 and July 10 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. Parade entries are being sought by Eric and Deanna Johnson. Enter...
Here's a video that outlines 15 features of family gardens of the past that have been lost to time. How's your family garden fared with all the rain the Bonanza Valley area has received? Prior to May 15, this area was in a severe drought. That's all a distant memory. Across the days of Wednesday and Thursday, June 25-26, the Brooten area received right near 4 inches of rain. From the Wayback Machine...a list if garden features from years gone by: 1. Cold Frames. 2. The Backyard Bean Teepee. 3....
Note: this event was rained out after being originally planned for Thursday, June 26. All area youth in grades 7 to 12 are invited to a Youth Night of activities and delicious, FREE grilled food next week on Monday, June 30 starting at 6 p.m. at the Belgrade City Park. This is a non-denominational event sponsored by the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Church Free Spirits youth group. Join them for food, sand volleyball, bean bags, ultimate frisbee and more. On the menu: hamburgers, hot...
The Terrace Mill Foundation hosted a two-day grand reopening celebration on Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22. Activities at the Terrace Mill included live music, food, cake, a car show and yoga by the Chippewa River. On Saturday, a special dedication took place in honor of the late Robert Greenfield, long-time TMF supporter who passed away in 2024. The attached video features music peformed by Stan and Friends, who played on the Terrace Mill outdoor stage following the Sunburg Community Music...
All are welcome! The Parishes on the Prairie Catholic ACC of Sauk Centre, Belgrade, Brooten, Elrosa and West Union invite everyone to their annual summer Church Social on Sunday, June 29 on the grounds of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa. The day begins with an outdoor Mass starting at 10:30 a.m. The church social activities, which feature a free lunch meal, will run from noon to 5 p.m. The church social events are held in an all-inclusive, non-denominational fashion! See you...
Anne Gilbertson, CNM, a certified nurse midwife with over 14 years of experience in women's health, is joining Glacial Ridge Health System and will begin seeing patients on August 4. Appointments are now being scheduled at both the Glenwood and Starbuck Medical Centers. Anne provides a wide range of women's health services, including prenatal and postpartum care, breastfeeding support, reproductive care and family planning, menopause management, colposcopies, and preventive gynecology....
In March of this year, Governor Tim Walz spoke on a podcast hosted by California Governor Gavin Newsom. During their discussion, Walz made a comment suggesting that he believes he could beat up supporters of President Donald Trump. In his own words, Walz suggested he could kick "most" Trump supporters "back ends" in a WWE-style match. He also suggests that Trump supporters should be pushed "under a rock." It all points to Walz holding a great deal of anger and rage towards supporters of...
The Brooten Farmers Market will operate for the first night of the 2025 season on Thursday, June 26 at the Brooten city park shelter and gazebo from 4 to 7 p.m. Please pass the word! Local craftsman, bakers and artists are welcome to join! Contact the Bonanza Valley Voice for more details at 320-346-2400. The Brooten Farmers Market will run weekly on Thursdays through at least September. An attached video here shows footage from the first Brooten Farmers Market held on June 20,...
SUBMITTED BY JULIE LLOYD Note: a video is added to this web article from 2017; you can view that by clicking through the attached media. The historic Terrace Mill in Chippewa Falls Township will be celebrating a grand reopening on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, at the Terrace Mill grounds. Having been closed due to the covid-19 pandemic and reorganizing efforts, the new board of directors is excited to announce a new season of events and the mill being open for visitors! The event is free...
Check out the American Flag being raised on the grounds of the White House in the attached video! It is an incredible sight....
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The Terrace Mill Foundation hosted a two-day grand reopening celebration with live music and other activities on Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22. In the attached video, live music is played by Stan and Friends on the outdoor stage of the Terrace Mill during the Terrace Mill Foundation's grand reopening weekend....
Playing devil's advocate...have the War Hawks taken control in Washington, D.C.? The likely situation we are in is that the War Hawks never really lost grip of their control of the government. In the attached video, liberal comedian Jimmy Dore points out how President Donald Trump's presidential campaign got its legs during the 2016 Republican primaries by pushing an anti-war position. He pointed out multiple times the lies that the Republican Party and the media promoted about "Weapons of Mass...
All area youth in grades 7 to 12 are invited to a Youth Night of activities and delicious grilled food this week Thursday, June 26 starting at 6 p.m. at the Belgrade City Park. This is a non-denominational event sponsored by the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Church Free Spirits youth group. Join them for food, sand volleyball, bean bags, ultimate frisbee and more. On the menu: hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, cookies and beverages. This is a FREE event! Please help spread the...
On Thursday, June 12, a steady rainfall began across the Bonanza Valley area after 11 a.m. If nothing else, it developed into a great day to travel to a garage sale! One garage sale is taking place in rural Brooten/Grove Lake just a stone's throw off of the North Fork Crow River on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. From the Brooten area, it can be found by heading north on County Road 18, turning left on County Road 20 (the Sedan road) and then heading north on 102nd Avenue towards the...
The Parishes on the Prairie Catholic ACC of Sauk Centre, Belgrade, Brooten, Elrosa and West Union invite everyone to their annual summer Church Social on Sunday, June 29 on the grounds of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa. The day begins with an outdoor Mass (weather-permitting) starting at 10:30 a.m. The church social activities, which feature a free lunch meal, will run from noon to 5 p.m. The church social events are held in an all-inclusive, non-denominational fashion! See you...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Clay Trapshooting team concluded its 10th season on a marvelous day at the MSHSL Clay Trapshooting Championship, which continues to be the world's largest outdoor clay shooting event and is hosted at the Alexandria Shooting Park along I-94. For the second year, B-B-E's team competed in Class 2A, and this year the team had 19 skeet shooters at state. Their state skeet shoot day was Tuesday, June 10. Additional state skeet shooting coverage is in the June 12 and the...
Press release on June 12 from Central Square and Civic Center in Glenwood. Join us this week for this year's first Music on the Lawn at the historic Terrace Mill-a scenic summer evening filled with music, community, and creativity. Enjoy live performances by Texas Americana duo, The Flyin' A's, joined by Minnesota's own Charlie Roth. To be held on Friday, June 13 at the Terrace Mill from 5 to 8 p.m. Come early for a Q and A with the performers, and stay for great food from Colby's World...
This is amazing. There's a massive difference in leadership between Democrat-ran cities and what's found in Red States of America. The Seattle police chief, for example, is a fool who puts the safety of illegal alien criminals above the safety of American citizens. Compare that to a Florida sheriff, who recently said, "If you spit on one of us, you're going to the hospital, and then jail. You also most likely will be bitten by one of our big, beautiful dogs that we have here." Halleluhah, and Am...
This Alpha News video includes views provided by Kendall Kotzmacher, a 2025 graduate of White Bear Lake high school. She is doing so as an adult who can provide her First Amendment-protected rights without repercussion from her high school or from the Minnesota State High School League. Kotzmacher stated her desire to speak out and support younger female student athletes who currently have their views restricted and oppressed by authority figures both in the school system and in state...
The Belgrade V.F.W. Post No. 1825 held its Memorial Day program at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's Olson Auditorium. About 80 members of the public were in attendance along with the B-B-E high school's grades 8-12 choir and band, which both performed patriotic songs. In the attached video, you can watch the program. The guest speaker was Keith Johnson, a Belgrade native who graduated from BHS in 1960. He later was a music teacher at Litchfield high school before retiring in 1999. After...
The reading of the lesson and Holy Gospel plus the pastor's sermon at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church is included in the attached video from June 1. Barry Bouwman reads the lessons and Psalm, and Pastor Jeanne Megorden read the Holy Gospel before providing her sermon. Worship at WLJ in Gilchrist Township is at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday for the month of June....
An extensive church bell and building remodel project is underway at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa. In the attached video, which was recorded the morning of Friday, May 23, the third and final bell from the bell tower at Ss. Peter and Paul is removed from the steeple. Additional coverage is forthcoming in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. One photo of the three bells was published on page 1 of the June 5 issue....
