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The faith community of Trinity Lutheran church of Grove Lake invites everyone to their Fall Festival on Sunday, September 8 at their church on the south side of Grove Lake with serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The dinner menu includes pulled pork sandwiches, beans, cole slaw, applesauce, chips and an incredible selection of delicious homemade pies. An assortment of fall garden produce will also be on sale! You can view the Bonanza Valley Voice photo gallery from Trinity Lutheran's Fall Festival...
The Brooten city council met in regular session on Monday this week while getting a look at proposed water and sewer improvements that could add infrastructure to the north and northeast corners of town and on the southwest corner. The total projected cost is $7.347 million, and Bollig Engineering is assisting the city in pursuing federal funding of $2.5 million for the project. City officials have not endorsed the full scope of the project, but they are seeking cost figures to determine the...
The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association hosted a 25th anniversary celebration of the construction of the log church replica on a sunny Sunday afternoon, August 18. The log church replica, which was dreamed up and built between 1997 and 1999, is located at the site the original Norway Lake Lutheran church was built in 1868 in Arctander Township southwest of Sunburg near County Road 40. With the laborious job of felling trees tasked to Roger Larson, a group of nine men from the local commu...
The Pope County Farm Bureau invites everyone to their Labor Day Breakfast on the Farm, which is coming to Anderson Farms of Crow Lake Township in rural Belgrade. They will be serving breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon while hosting numerous activities focusing on the animal husbandry of pigs. Topics that the public can learn about include crop irrigation, crop trials, raising kidney beans and sugar beets plus biosecurity. Earlier this year, the Minnesota Pork Producers Council honored Anderson Farms...
The Cedar Creek Gospel band, with roots in the Kandiyohi and Willmar areas, performed an hour's worth of music during a special worship in the Brooten city park on Sunday, August 18. The worship service was hosted by Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Lutheran parish as well as Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches of Brooten. The attached video features the full worship service, which concluded right at noon when the town's siren sounded. Following worship, everyone was invited to lunch at...
At a 25th anniversary celebration of the construction of the log church replica, the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association and friends gathered at the log church and Interpretive Center complex in Arctander Township on a sunny, warm Sunday afternoon, August 18. Additional coverage was published in the August 22 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The August 29 issue will feature added coverage from that afternoon. The attached video here features part of the slideshow that played...
The Pope County Farm Bureau invites everyone to their Labor Day (September 2) Breakfast on the Farm, which is coming to Anderson Farms of Crow Lake Township in rural Belgrade. They will be serving breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon while hosting numerous activities focusing on the animal husbandry of pigs. Topics that the public can learn about include crop irrigation, crop trials, raising kidney beans and sugar beets plus biosecurity. The Anderson Farms address is 44338 County Road 19, Belgrade,...
The Kandiyohi County Fair was held on August 7 to August 10 at the fairgrounds along Foot Lake in northern Willmar. In the attached video, one of the bands who performed live music is shown singing on Friday afternoon, August 9....
They will celebrate their 25th anniversary, a remarkable achievement, on Sunday, August 18 at the old log church in Arctander Township, rural Norway Lake. The full set of information is found in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's August 8 and August 15 issues in their large advertisement. A catered meal begins at noon, and programming begins at 1:30 p.m. that will remember and honor the men and women who build the current-day log church and Interpretive Center complex. The attached video...
It all begins tonight with the FREE concert in the park and more, with music by Custom Made Band playing from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the city park on South Highway 71. The concert is part of a community celebration that also includes a free petting zoo from 5 to 8 p.m. plus an evening meal. The FULL schedule is found on page 14 this week in color ink in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper...thanks to the support of a variety of local business sponsors. Below is a brief breakdown of upcoming events. Th...
The Belgrade Museum has set regular hours for the summer of 2024 when the public is invited to stop by and see all that they offer. The next regular Saturday they are open will be on August 10 during August Fest. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will also be open to the public at the same time on Saturday, August 24. The museum is located in downtown Belgrade across from the hardware store....
The Pope County Fair featured fun for all ages last week, and the fun ended on Sunday with a demolition derby and more in the grandstand. Attached is a video from Saturday night's 4-H Olympics activities....
The church community of Chippewa Falls Lutheran in scenic Terrace held a special 150th anniversary worship service on Sunday, August 4. The service included numerous former pastors and extended family guests for a full house. A terrific meal with roast beef, mashed potatoes and more followed in the church basement that was served by Lakes Catering out of Alexandria. The attached video features the last 75 minutes of the 91-minute long worship. Additional coverage was published in the August 8...
The third day of the Belgrade August Fest has been terrific on Saturday, August 10! The attached video gives a glimpse of the activities getting underway on Saturday morning in downtown Belgrade....
Prairie View Community Golf Course in Brooten was in its fourth year of existence, and supporters were continuously thinking of ideas on how to promote it and increase its usage. Along the way at that time came the Blood Brothers Tournament, which was held this past weekend for its 30th anniversary. Don Leukam, who raised his two children in Belgrade in the 1990s and 2000s with his late wife, Sue, retold the story of how it all began in the summer of 1995. "I was on the golf course board at the...
The weekly Brooten Farmers Market, held every Thursday at the city park this summer and fall, is featuring additional produce as we've turned the calendar to August. The Farmers Market, which began last August of 2023 and resumed again this summer on June 20, runs from 4 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at the city park on the west side of town. The July 4 Brooten Farmers Market was held under the city park shelter. If it is raining, the event moves indoors to the spacious Brooten Pavilion. Swipe right...
A successful event was held this past weekend at the Pope County Fairgrounds with the first annual Pope County Shopper's Delight. This event took place to raise funds for the Pope County Fairgrounds. Over two dozen vendors set up shop at the fairgrounds on July 26, 27 and 28 in conjunction with the Glenwood Waterama celebration. The Pope County Fair kicked off on Wednesday, July 31 in Glenwood....
The Belgrade Commercial Club and the business community of the city and rural areas invite everyone to the annual August Fest celebration, which kicks off on Thursday, August 8 with a community celebration in the park on south Highway 71. On the evening of August 8, a petting zoo at the city park runs from 5 to 8 p.m., and a meal by Queen Bee's will be served from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the park shelter ($9/plate pulled pork BBQ and meal or $7/plate hot dog and meal). Music will be played that night...
The county fairs of Pope County and Stearns County are in full swing in Glenwood and Sauk Centre, respectively. These fairs officially kicked off on Wednesday, July 31. The full schedules of their events were published in the July 25 and August 1 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The attached videos features the Livewire band performing at the Sauk Herald bandshell at the Stearns County Fairgrounds on Friday, August 2; also views from the 4-H animal buildings that afternoon....
The Belgrade Commercial Club and the business community of the city and rural areas invite everyone to the annual August Fest celebration, which kicks off on Thursday, August 8 with a community celebration in the park on south Highway 71. On the evening of August 8, a petting zoo at the city park runs from 5 to 8 p.m., and a meal by Queen Bee's will be served from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the park shelter ($9/plate pulled pork BBQ and meal or $7/plate hot dog and meal). Music will be played that night...
This past spring, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school science teacher Carl Williams resigned his position to accept a similar job at McCleary, North Dakota. He moves to North Dakota to become the lone person in the science department of their high school as the 7th-12th grade science teacher. In this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper, a 1,500-plus word feature article was published about what led to his departure for the open plains of central North Dakota. In the attached video here, he is...
An interesting and unique train unit was seen a few times speeding east and west down the Highway 55 tracks through the Bonanza Valley area near Brooten and Belgrade. The attached video features this train while westbound as it approached the city of Sedan on Wednesday, July 3....
It's celebration time in Terrace! (This summer.) On Saturday and Sunday, August 3-4, 2024, the Chippewa Falls Lutheran church in Terrace will celebrate their 150th anniversary of their founding. The weekend begins with a special Sunday School reunion on Saturday, August 3 for anyone who has gone to Sunday School at Chippewa Falls Lutheran plus their families. Come for visiting plus an evening potluck meal, including Sloppy Joes, hot dogs and beverages to be provided. This is from 2 to 6 p.m....
NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CROW LAKE TOWNSHIP: Filing for candidacy for Township officers will begin Tuesday, July 30, 2024 and close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. Officers to be filled are (1) Clerk position (4 year term) and (1) Supervisor position (4 year term). Filling fee is $2.00 and filing may be made to Crow Lake Township. Candidates need to contact the Clerk to file prior to ending date. The General Election will by held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Email to contact clerk to file is crowlaketownship@gmail.com. /s/ Stacy...
Here's the video featuring the full Bonanza Valley Days parade on July 14, 2024, as seen on Main Street in Brooten. Additional Bonanza Valley Days coverage follows that weekend in the July 18, July 25 and August 1 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Also, under the "News" tab of this website, you can see nearly a dozen web articles on BVD either leading up to that weekend or that were posted during that weekend....
