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Attention irrigators! Pope SWCD is co-hosting the annual Irrigators Clinic to be held on Tuesday, March 25th, from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Spicer Legion (155 Lake Ave S.). Registration is free and includes a meal of chicken and meatballs with sides, provided you register by Tuesday, MARCH 11. Kandiyohi SWCD will host the clinic this year. To register, visit http://www.kandiyohiswcd.org or call the Kandiyohi SWCD at 320-403-4350. Whether you're an experienced irrigator or new to the field, this...
On Friday, March 7, the Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township, rural Belgrade, hosted the Elvira Shuffle and Freaky Friday Round Robin. This event was straight up cattle sorting designed for both youth and adult riders of varying experience. See more in the attached video, which features Bruce Terhaar and his granddaughter Kinzee Jenniges in the Freak Friday division that night. The Smilin' D Arena opened to the public in the fall of 2024. It is described as follows (from their website): "Nestled...
Here's a video featuring the Ash Wednesday worship at Trinity Lutheran in Brooten on Wednesday, March 5. Early in the video, Jacob Rooney reads the lessons and Psalm before Pastor Jeanne Megorden provides the Holy Gospel and Sermon. Her reading of the Holy Gospel begins at about the 7 minute mark of the video. Ash Wednesday worship services were also held in the Bonanza Valley area at St. Donatus Catholic Church in Brooten as well as Grace Lutheran Church in Belgrade....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's FFA chapter hosted their first annual Milk Relay competitions on Wednesday, February 19. The event was part of recognition of National FFA Week, which was February 16-22 in schools across the country. The attached video features one relay competition in progress during lunch that day at the high school's main gymnasium. Additional activities took place during FFA week at B-B-E. On Thursday, the FFA hosted guest speakers at Olson Auditorium. The speakers were from Case...
Notice is hereby given to residents of Crow River Township, County of Stearns, State of MN that the Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The Annual Meeting will commence at 8 p.m. to conduct all necessary business prescribed by law. The Annual Election and will be held at the following location: Crow River Township Hall at 604 School Street, Belgrade, MN. /s/ Lisa Mastey, Crow River Township Clerk/Treasurer. NOTICE OF RAYMOND TOWNSHIP ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS:...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team will send four student athletes to the Class 1A state individual tournament. Three of the four earned Section 5A titles, while the other was runner-up at the state-qualifying tournament held on Saturday, February 22 at Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls. Advancing to state as section champions are seniors Brett DeRoo (160 pounds), Carson Gilbert (215) and Hunter Laage (285). Noah Jensen, an eighth grader, advanced to state as the Section 5A...
Here's one video featuring turkey bowling that was held on Friday, February 21 in the Career and Technical Education wing of the high school. This was part of numerous activities held to recognize National FFA Week....
On Tuesday, February 11, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school held the 35th annual Sno-Daze coronation program at Olson Auditorium. The full program video is attached here. The coronation crowning takes place just after the 17-minute mark in the video....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team is riding a three-game winning streak, and they are playing their best ball of the season as winners of 5 of their last 6 games. On Tuesday, February 18 in a border battle at their neighbors to the south, New London-Spicer, the Jaguars had an outstanding second half in a 61-54 win to cap a four-game road swing. Last Friday at Maple Lake, the Jaguars held the Irish to just 16 first-half points in a 68-34 win. B-B-E is currently in 5th place in...
For the first time in many years, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team hosted a home meet at the high school with the first annual Jagtastic Speech Invitational this past Saturday, February 15. Year to year, the speech team occasionally hosts either conference or subsection meets, but this year the team gets two meets at home (subsections are in Belgrade on April 4). In the attached video, B-B-E seniors Tia Nelson and Kora Martinez were recognized during the awards ceremony that afternoon....
After Alpha News provided scrutiny in the form of old-fashioned journalism, DFL State Senator Omar Fateh recently withdrew his bill that would have directed $15 million in taxpayer money to the WE WIN Institute. This comes on the heels of Senator Fateh's shepherding of $3.5 million to WE WIN via the state legislature and Governor Tim Walz during the 2023 legislative session. The 2025 legislation supporting the WE WIN Institute would have directed $15 million for "culturally specific programming...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team sent 12 athletes to the Section 5A individual wrestling tournament at Yellow Medicine East high school on Saturday, February 22. Out of those 12, three of them earned first or second place finishes to advance to the Class 1A state tournament at Xcel Energy Center on February 28 and March 1. They are Noah Jensen (107 pounds), Brett DeRoo (160), Carson Gilbert (215) and Hunter Laage (285). Results are as follows by weight division. 107: Noah Jensen...
During the lunch periods on Wednesday, February 19 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school, the FFA chapter hosted a Milk Relay competition. The attached video features the Milk Relay taking place that afternoon. Additional National FFA Week coverage will be published in the February 27 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The FFA hosted turkey bowling on Friday. Click over to the Jaguars Sports extended coverage blog to see a video featuring that event: https://bbejag...
Governor Tim Walz spoke at the 158th annual Minnesota Newspaper Association convention on Friday, January 31. The MNA convention was held at the Minneapolis Marriot Northwest hotel in Brooklyn Park that week. The attached video features Walz speaking at the Friday afternoon banquet that day on topics such as the 2025 state legislative session as well as ideas the government can work with on helping the health and well being of newspapers across the state. Walz's appearance was followed by a...
Bitter cold has gripped the Bonanza Valley area this week. Temperatures plunged to 20 or more below zero on Monday night, February 10, with the temperature before school began shown in the attached photo on Tuesday, February 11. By 11:30 a.m. it rebounded to a "balmy" negative one degree. Negative 22 is in the forecast for Wednesday night. It's a great time to have wood heat, which is more and more rare today....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team concluded their regular season with a 7-12 overall record. In the Central Minnesota Conference, they finished in third place with a 4-2 record behind Holdingford and Paynesville Area. On Monday, February 10, the Section 5A seedings were released for the upcoming playoffs. The Jaguars earned the No. 5 seed and open with a quarterfinal match at Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg high school on Thursday this week (February 13) at 7 p.m. They face the No. 4-seeded...
Coming to the Bonanza Valley area on Friday, February 14 Tom and Anne Kampsen and the friendly staff of the KaDe Shack in Brooten invite everyone to their Valentine's Day supper. They will serve from 5 to 9 p.m. at just $12 a person with a menu including shrimp, chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy plus salad. Heidi's Bar in Sedan has a big act coming for Valentine's Day, with Dana Robinson and the Bottle Rockets playing on Friday, February 14 from 8 p.m. to midnight. No cover charge! Brink's...
On February 12, Congresswoman Fischbach (MN-07) introduced the Investing in Rural America Act to provide critical capital resources to rural communities through improvements to the Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program. "Rural communities across the country are struggling to retain population, much less attract future generations. One way Congress can support them is by eliminating unnecessary regulatory barriers to capital investment, particularly on critical community facilities like hos...
Consolidation in agriculture and restrictions on farmers’ rights when it comes to repairing their own equipment will be the focus of a Land Stewardship Project (LSP) town hall meeting featuring Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, March 4, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at 57002 180th Street in rural Donnelly. Farmers and other rural residents are invited to take part in this discussion, but space is limited. To reserve a spot, see https://bit.ly/Ellisontownhall or contact LSP western M...
Near the southern side of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's coverage area, a mecca of countrywestern and rural America values has been built in the form of Smilin' D Arena. This facility hosts a wide variety of entertainment events and also serves as an indoor location for equine sports and equine sports training. It is located in the heart of Colfax Township in northern Kandiyohi County. During the final hours of January 2025, Hell Country Truckers performed live music at Smilin' D Arena....
During the first day of the month of February last Saturday, the Smilin' D Arena held the Wild Henke Youth Day, which was dubbed as a "day for kids" at the arena. Youth of various ages competed across 10 different equine competitions. The attached video features Teagan Jenniges and Jack Anderson competing in the ages 11-14 category during the Bell Boot race that morning. Anderson nailed it during his run with at time that beat the 10-second mark. He is a seventh grader at B-B-E middle school....
Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) President Gary Wertish spoke against across-the-board tariffs during a Friday morning (February 7) press conference hosted by Minnesota’s senior Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. They were joined by Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council President Dan McConnell. President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on China and has stayed for 30 days a 25 percent additional tariff on Canada and Mexico. Energy resources from Canada will h...
Valentine's Day is coming, and it's just over two weeks away. Jana Mae's Inc., in Brooten, wants to help make your Valentine's Day special for your special someone in your life! Jana Mae's website features all of their Valentine's Day specials, where you can place an order online. Offering: flowers, cookies and pies. The staff at Jana Mae's will have your order ready for pickup or delivery (if it qualifies) on Valentine's Day. If you have special instructions, please indicate them in the order....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's Olson Auditorium was the site of a terrific Sno-Daze coronation program on Tuesday, February 11. The coronation officially kicked off the 35th annual Sno-Daze week in Jaguar Country with students in grades 9-12 plus staff members, family and friends helping fill the seats as games were played along with the crowning of the King and Queen. The 35th annual B-B-E Sno-Daze King and Queen are Jack Lundberg and Emery Halvorson. The video attached here features...
On Wednesday, Jan. 22, State Senator Torrey Westrom (R-Alexandria) met with constituents from Douglas and Stearns counties who came down to the Minnesota State Capitol for the 2025 MCCL March for Life. Hundreds of Minnesotans participated in the event, advocating for the protection of the unborn and the sanctity of life. Senator Westrom expressed his gratitude to those who traveled to St. Paul to take part in the march, commending their dedication to this important cause. "It was inspiring to...
