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In Minnesota and Stearns County, most overdose deaths were a result of opioids. In 2019, 11 out of 15 (73 percent) Stearns County drug overdoses were due to opioids. Many users are unaware that they are taking fentanyl. It is now involved in 92 percent of all opioid-involved deaths and 62 percent of all overdose deaths in Minnesota. Opioid-involved deaths increased 43 percent from 2020 to 2021, primarily due to synthetic opioids, including fentanyl. Reported inappropriate use (no prescription...
In a fitting beginning to the playoffs for the 2024 season, the Sub-Section 6A-South opener for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team was rained out on Thursday, May 30 in Morris. By mid-afternoon, storm clouds were passing through Stevens County, and the second round of the playoffs were postponed by one day. For the Jaguars, they will open the playoffs on Friday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at Chizek Field in Morris. The opponent will be No. 5-seeded Hancock (9-10), who beat No. 4-seeded Benson 7-4...
Memorial Day weekend is considered the kickoff to the summer recreational boating season, and lake activity will increase markedly in coming weeks. In recent years, waterways in Minnesota have been busier than ever with anglers, paddlers, and recreational boaters. DNR conservation officers want to share tips to help everyone ensure the memories they make on the water are positive. In conjunction with the summer kickoff, the Enforcement Division also is unveiling a new statewide Marine Unit...
The Sunburg community hosted a marvelous Syttende Mai celebration on Sunday, May 19. The Sunburg Trolls Car Club raffle concluded the event, and the quilt raffle took place after over 800 tickets were sold. The winner of the quilt was Curtis Engstrom of Norway Lake Township. Funds from the quilt raffle are designated to promotion of Syttende Mai activities. Additional coverage will be published in the May 30 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A video of the parade is attached...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2024 will hold their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 24 at the high school's gymnasium. The ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. The attached video will go "live" before 7:30 p.m. to broadcast the graduation over the Internet. The event was moved indoors for the first time since 2021 due to the threat of poor weather that evening. This week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper features a four-page center spread section featuring the 39 graduates of B-B-E in the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars fastpitch team has won the playoff opener in Sub-Section 3A-North on Thursday, May 23. They defeated Ortonville 7-2 to advance to the double elimination format of the postseason. In the attached video, the Jaguars are facing the Trojans in the bottom of the sixth inning, during which they scored four runs to break open what was a tight game to that point. The game was scoreless through the first four-and-a-half innings before the Jaguars plated three runs in...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's music department held their spring concert on Tuesday, May 7 at Olson Auditorium. The attached video features one of the songs performed by the senior high band. The senior high band performed a total of four songs, although the first song was technically a collection of five songs itself. They are listed below. No. 1: The Lion King (Circle of Life, I Just Can't Wait to be King, Be Prepared, Hakuna Matata, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, King of Pride...
Come one, come all! The Sunburg Area Commercial Club and its volunteers and supporters invite everyone to the first big celebration of 2024 for our area. The 19th annual Syttende Mai festival will be held in an all-day affair on Sunday, May 19. You can check out the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's photo gallery from events that took place at Syttende Mai in Sunburg in 2023 by clicking here: https://shorter.me/kvZpM. Also, the attached video features the beginning of the Syttende Mai parade in...
The Belgrade-Brooten police department has applied for grant funding to pay for state highway crosswalk signs at the downtown areas of both Belgrade and Brooten. At the April 17 meeting of the B-B police board, Chief Casey Jansky said that the new signs would feature activated lights at the intersections of Highway 55 with Washburn Avenue in Belgrade and Central Avenue in Brooten. The grant has a minimum project cost of $25,000. "I have an engineer through MN-DOT who is assisting me and wrote a...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa baseball team went 2-2 with four competitive games taking place across three days. On Wednesday, May 1 at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud, the Jaguars earned a split with Holdingford with a 9-8 loss and a 10-4 win. On Friday, May 3 in Elrosa, the Jaguars had one tough inning in an 8-5 loss to No. 5-ranked Paynesville Area, who is currently leading the Central Minnesota Conference with a 9-1 mark. At Kingery Field in Atwater on Monday, May 6, the Jaguars picked up a big...
Under the most marvelous weather conditions for a prom at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in many years, B-B-E high school hosted the annual prom grand march on Saturday, May 4. The vehicle processional was held along the west parking lot, and couples were announced at both the school's west entrance and also on the stage of Olson Auditorium. The attached video features video of every couple and party who went through grand march that afternoon. Additional prom coverage appears in the May 9 and May 16...
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Please take notice that there will be a special meeting of the Board of Education of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa School District. Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024; Time: 5:30 p.m.; Place: B-B-E Elementary School Media Center in Brooten. The purpose of the board meeting will be to discuss labor negotiation strategy. Once the board attendance is taken, the meeting will be closed to the public for discussion purposes. The notice to the public is to adhere to...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team hosted their year-ending showcase plus an awards banquet on Saturday, April 27. At head coach Emily Sackreiter's high school Spanish classroom, the showcase took place in front of family, the coaches and friends with each student or duo pairs giving their speech. The team's theme for this season was from the Pixar movie Inside Out: "When you allow yourself to feel, you allow yourself to be free." From the showcase, the team and its entourage made the...
You are invited to join the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association at First Lutheran Church of Norway Lake 6338 County Road 40 NW which is just 9 miles west of New London on County 40, as we celebrate Syttende Mai or more formally known as Norwegian Constitution Day. Enjoy a catered Meatball supper with all the accompaniments including Rommegrot, Kransekake, Krumkakke, Lemon Bars and more. Our Syttende Mai Supper begins with the Norwegian table prayer at 6:30 p.m., May 17, 2024. Free will...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2024 had a terrific Baccalaureate worship service Sunday, April 28 at Trinity Lutheran in Brooten. Of the class of 39 graduates, 26 were in attendance with numerous siblings, parents, stepparents and grandparents - all of whom have been providing and will continue to provide encouragement for these youth to take the correct path in life in world that seems to get more confusing by the hour. The attached video features the full Baccalaureate worship service...
Justin M. Rooney, 46, of St. Cloud, formerly of Belgrade, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Sunday May 5, 2024, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 pm. Friday, May 10, 2024, at St. Francis deSales Catholic Church in Belgrade. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to the service at church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Arrangements are with the Johnson Funeral Home in Belgrade, http://www.hafh.org. Justin Michael Rooney was born December 10, 1977, to Darrell and Joy...
East Norway Lake Lutheran church's spring meatball dinner was an overwhelming success on Sunday, April 21. In a span of just two hours, close to 300 were served a hearty meal with their specialty meatballs (made by McKale's Catering with use of ENL's special directions), mashed potatoes and all the typical additional food including a massive variety of dessert options. By the time the newspaper's publisher left the ENL fellowship hall at 12:45 p.m., 285 had been served with a few more yet to...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior Jeffrey Cihlar finished a distinguished speech career with back-to-back trips to the state speech meet. Last Friday in his second appearance at state, Cihlar competed in Extemporanous Speaking at Shakopee high school. While he just missed earning a spot in the state finals in his category, he earned a big achievement by being named to the Class 1A All-State speech team two days prior. It is part of the conclusion of a high school career for one of B-B-E's most...
How do we keep our beautiful Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa communities healthy so we can care for each other as Jesus teaches? We start with being informed. Recently Officer Jansky with the Belgrade Police Department shared his concern over Opioid and Vaping use in our communities. The Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran parish has collaborated with the Stearns County Public Health Department, B-B-E schools and the Belgrade-Brooten Police Department to organize a public presentation to share facts...
Puzzle lovers are invited to gather into groups of four to form teams for a jigsaw puzzle tournament coming to the Belgrade library on Saturday, April 27. The tournament runs from 12:30 to 3 p.m. that afternoon in downtown Belgrade. Each team receives the same puzzle, and teams try to put the puzzle together the fastest. (Six team limit.) Register with your team name. For ages 12 to adult. Register your team by calling the Belgrade library at 320-254-8842. April 26 update...the library reported...
East Norway Lake Lutheran church of rural New London invites everyone to their meatball dinner on Sunday, April 21. They will be serving in the fellowship hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with proceeds to benefit their missions. On the menu: meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, coleslaw, fruit salads, bread, assorted desserts, coffee and milk. Prices: adults $15, children ages 6 to 12 are $8 and children ages 5 and under eat free. ENL church is located just off of Kandiyohi County Road 40,...
Come one, come all! The Sunburg Area Commercial Club and its volunteers and supporters invite everyone to the first big celebration of 2024 for our area. The 19th annual Syttende Mai festival will be held in an all-day affair on Sunday, May 19. You can check out the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's photo gallery from events that took place at Syttende Mai in Sunburg in 2023 by clicking here: https://shorter.me/kvZpM. The activities begin with a pancake breakfast at Hope Lutheran church from 7...
The Belgrade Hardware store invites you to stop by on Saturday, April 20 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. to check out new tools and watch tool demonstrations. You can meet their Milwaukee tools representative and ask questions. A sale will be in effect for 10 percent off any Milwaukee tool or kit (special order tools not in their current inventory)....
Likely aided by what was a generally mild winter for Minnesota's standards, service organizations across the Bonanza Valley area and the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district enjoyed remarkable support across the past few months for fundraising events. For example, the B-B-E Knights of Columbus hosted fish fry events at the KaDe Shack with turnout exceeding 600 customers. In at least the past six years, the highest total for their three fish fry nights in a season was around 500 (in the 2022 L...
A video was attached to this on Sunday, April 21. Charles Elwood Sagedahl, affectionately known as "Chuck", age 93, of Brooten, passed peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, April 13, 2024. Funeral services were held on April 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooten. Burial with military honors was in the church cemetery in Brooten. In Lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Trinity Lutheran Church and Concordia College. Arrangements are with the Johnson Funeral Home...
