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The attached video will become a "live video" player on Tuesday, April 15 starting before 7 p.m. In this web player, you can watch the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa grades 6-12 choirs and bands performing their spring concert at the high school's Olson Auditorium. The entire concert, featuring middle school and senior high musicians, should last about 90 minutes. Additional concert coverage from this April 15 event will be published in the April 17 and April 24 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice...
Four members of the B-B-E speech team competed in the Section 5A meet in Annandale on Saturday, April 12. In the attached video, Tia Nelson is shown receiving her first-place medal in Great Speeches at the Sub-Section 5A-West meet held on April 4 at B-B-E high school. Nelson, Kora Martinez, Eliana Funes and Hailey Henderson all advanced past subsections to the section meet....
PUBLIC NOTICE OF BOARD OF EQUALIZATION HEARING: Important Information Regarding Assessment and Classification of Property; this may affect your 2026 property taxes. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal and Equalization for the City of Brooten shall meet on April 8, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., at Brooten City Hall located at 147 Central Avenue North. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and classified by the assessor. If you...
A full house was on hand on Saturday, March 29 for the Lucky Buck Rodeo at Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township. The attached video features one of the final bull riding attempts of the evening. Smilin' D Arena is a remarkable location with an inviting, friendly atmosphere which makes you want to return to again and again. They have a great selection of food and drink options. All very family friendly! To see their upcoming events, click over to their website at https://smilindarena.com/events....
On Monday, March 24, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school and Community Education hosted a guest speaker who gave a specific address to student athletes. The information presented by Danielle Rancourt, registered dietician and sports dietician, was geared to teenagers but also adults regarding both nutrition and sleep habits. The attached video features Rancourt speaking that night at Olson Auditorium as she provided tips on how to create a proper diet for active teenagers. The March 27 and...
A puzzle tournament is taking place this Saturday, April 5 at the Belgrade Library! Gather a group of friends to form a team and get signed up! (You need to select a team name, too.) Each team receives the same puzzle, and the goal is to put the puzzle together in the shortest amount of time. This is coming on Saturday, April 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Belgrade Library. Six team limit, and participants can be from ages 12 to adult. Register your team by calling the library at...
Note: this web article will be updated throughout Friday afternoon. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's robotics team is competing at the Granite City Regional on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5 in St. Cloud. The site is the River's Edge Convention Center by the Mississippi River. Altogether, this region tournament features 48 teams. The 2025 F.I.R.S.T. robotics competition is called Reefscape, and it is based on the principle idea of utilizing automated robots to clean and improve coral reef areas of...
The Christian season of Lent is underway. In the attached video, part of the worship service is featured from Trinity Lutheran church in Brooten on Sunday, March 30. After the lessons were read by members of the Justin and Mandy Anderson family, Pastor Jeanne Megorden begins reading the Holy Gospel at about the 6-minute mark in the video. That is followed by her sermon. Easter Sunday is coming on Sunday, April 20....
Note: a video was added to this web article on Saturday night, April 5. Additional coverage will be published in the April 10 issue of the newspaper. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team has finished their qualification matches at the Granite City Regional in St. Cloud. After 10 matches played, they hold a 5-5 record going into the playoff alliance selection. For Day II on Saturday at River's Edge Convention Center, B-B-E's alliances went 1-2. They are on the board in 21st place...
The Belgrade Lions held their fourth annual chili cook-off contest on Saturday, March 15. Five teams submitted chili to the contest, and the team from Kensington Bank took first place. Additional coverage was published in the March 20 and March 27 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. To view the Bonanza Valley Voice photo album from the chili cook-off, click on the following link: https://shorturl.at/bsLR4. The attached video features the crowd gathered that night at the Belgrade...
From Olson Auditorium at B-B-E high school on Monday, March 24, with Danielle Rancourt speaking during her "Fueling Performance, Fueling For Life" presentation. Additional coverage was published in the March 27 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Smilin' D Arena hosted back-to-back Thrills and Spills night with dirt bike racing as the feature event on Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21. Over a dozen competitors were on hand for the first night of racing on Thursday. The attached video features rider introductions that same night. To view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper SmugMug photo gallery from this event, click on this short link: https://shorturl.at/qnVtZ. To see the full list of upcoming events at Smilin' D Arena, click...
On Saturday, March 8, 12 draft horse teams competed in a “Here Comes the Boom" draft horse pull competition at Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township. One of the final pulls of the night is featured in the attached video....
On Friday, March 14, staff and students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elementary school celebrated the end of the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year. The student body gathered in the main gymnasium for a Jaguar Pride party, which also included the announcement of the winners of P.E. teacher Austin Rambow's Heart Health Challenge. In the attached video, you can watch Principal Josie Dingmann announcing the class who won a special Jaguar Pride challenge with Ms. Freeman's elementary music classes....
The Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township is holding back-to-back dirt bike racing nights on Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21. Doors open at 6 p.m., and admission for high school-level students and adults is just $15. Children ages 12 and under have free admission. Over a dozen competitors were on hand for the first night of racing on Thursday. An attached video features part of one of the races in the youngest division. To view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper SmugMug photo gallery from...
On Friday, March 14, students and staff at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school hosted their third quarter Jaguar Pride party, which gave special recognition to students and classes while inviting all grades to play various games. In the last event of the party, Physical Education teacher Austin Rambow announced the top 6 fundraiser students for the recent Heart Heroes Challenge. This was held in association with the American Heart Association. In the attached video, fourth grader Decker...
On Tuesday, March 11 at the Padua Pub, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team held their 8th-12th grade 2024-2025 season awards banquet. In the attached video, you can listen to part of head coach Kristina Anderson's season review with her varsity team. The full story from the banquet, which included the varsity team and individual awards, was published in the March 20 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is already rolling with the punches for the Great Northern Regional in Grand Forks. The night before they departed B-B-E high school for the Alerus Center on Wednesday, March 12, Coach Reed Adrian found out that the region match schedule was greatly altered due to an impending snowstorm slated to arrive in the region on Saturday. Altogether, across Thursday and Friday this week, B-B-E's team will compete in 9 qualification matches: four on...
The No. 5-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team saw their season conclude in the quarterfinals of the Sub-Section 6A-South tournament on Thursday, March 6. The No. 4-seeded and host Brandon-Evansville Chargers overcame a 21-15 halftime deficit while claiming a 49-43 win over the Jaguars. B-B-E came within a second of going into halftime ahead 21-12, but the Chargers got a buzzer-beating three-pointer on an off balance shot from the right corner by senior Tanner Riedel. In the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is in Day II of the Great Northern Regional competition, which is held this week at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This marks the fourth year that they are competing at this region competition. At the Great Northern Regional this year, they have 52 teams. In the first match of Friday, which was their fifth overall match of the Great Northern Regional, B-B-E's Blue Alliance fell in a close battle by a 115 to 97 score. They...
The Brooten Ambulance invites everyone to their annual spring pancake feed this Sunday, March 16 right on Central Avenue in Brooten. They will be hosted the pancake feed at the Bucky's Pickles, which is the former Brooten American Legion building. The all-you-can-eat pancakes will be served from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the price is just $10. Children ages 5 and under eat free. The menu includes: plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, milk, juice and coffee. Take-out is available....
The justice system of Minnesota gave a stark reminder this past week of how un-serious it is with punishing violent crime. On Thursday, March 13, 2025, Chad Seitz of Coon Rapids was given a 73-month prison sentence after he was convicted of driving under the influence of drugs while killing a Belgrade mother on her way to daycare on January 22, 2024. The accident, which took place at almost the exact geographical center on Highway 55 between Brooten and Belgrade, claimed the life of...
On Thursday, February 27, prior to the home girls' basketball playoff opener, a total of 38 students in grades 4 and 5 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school performed the National Anthem at the high school gymnasium. A video from this performance is attached. To view a photo gallery of the students singing, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's SmugMug gallery: https://shorturl.at/kfJbc. The B-B-E girls' basketball team was set to host Mille Lacs that evening in the...
March 5 press release Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) joined Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Angie Craig (MN-02) in reintroducing the Rebuild America's Health Care Schools Act. This legislation will help support and provide needed relief to hospital-based nursing schools and allied health education (NAHE) programs. "There is no denying the workforce shortage in the healthcare industry and I am always looking for ways to change that. One mechanism is through Federal Nursing and...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team has been preparing for their 2025 season F.I.R.S.T. competitions since this year's challenge was unveiled on January 4. In the attached video, team members and Coach Reed Adrian are shown working on the robot's wiring at the high school shop on March 6. B-B-E's first of two robotics competitions this year is the Great Northern Regional, which is hosted by the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on March 12-15. The second is the Granite City...
