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It is almost Christmas. Prior to that remember that everyone is invited to the Annual Advent Service at the Log Church hosted by the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association and members of the Norway Lake Lutheran church parish. Children are especially invited to hear the Christmas message as it was proclaimed on the Sunburg prairie 150 years ago. This heart-warming event is coming this Sunday, December 3 at 2 p.m. with Norsk treats and the traditional brown bag of candy and an apple after....
It seems that every day a new disclosure is admitted or revealed or published in some fashion that destroys the narrative put forth by "official" channels in the government and media in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is true in the area of facemasks and "face coverings" which is such a laughable phrase it makes my head hurt. A study funded by the Norwegian Institute for Public Health showed that mask use increased the risk of infection rather than decrease risk. Researchers analyzed data collected from 3,209 people who were studied...
Economic news has progressively gotten worse over the past three years. What's most difficult at the present time is that hope and relief just do not seem to be on the horizon with interest rates as high as they are now and personal / family debt growing to extraordinary levels. Since January of 2021, just getting by in the United States has gotten tougher and tougher. The latest news on Thanksgiving dinner costs is just one more kick in the gut. Here's a summary of price increases in the past...
One of the longest winning streaks on the gridiron this fall in Minnesota came to a crashing end on Saturday, November 18 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The No. 5-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team suffered a 63-6 loss to the top-ranked Minneota Vikings in the Class 1A state semifinals. B-B-E trailed 14-0 after the first quarter, but the Vikings put up a 35-point outburst in the second quarter. The Jaguars, who won 11 straight games coming into the state semis, trailed 49-6 at ha...
I weep for humanity. Parents!!! Would you be so kind as to stop raising complete morons for children. Case in point: the group of idiotic, whiny, petulant little snobs who glued themselves to the pavement along the route of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on November 23 in New York City. Altogether, a total of 34 of these little brats were arrested by law enforcement personnel. You can bet they will not be properly punished and will not learn their lesson and will continue to live an...
The Brooten Buccaneers 1973 football team will hold a 50th anniversary reunion of their special football season in which they went 9-0 that fall. This will take place on Saturday, December 2 at Lucky Shots Bowling Alley in Brooten from 2 to 6 p.m. The Buccaneers were led by fourth-year head coach Don Larson that fall. They returned a strong nucleus of players from the 1972's squad that finished 2-7. In the final Class C state rankings, which were determined by a computer, Brooten was ranked No....
Kamala Harris continues to prove she is one of the biggest clowns in Washington, D.C. There was no bigger proof of that than the latest stunt she pulled off on Thanksgiving. For a Thanksgiving Day post on her official Vice President of the United States Twitter account, Harris posted what was a genuinely warm-hearted picture of her with her husband in their kitchen. They happened to be standing next to a gas stove. They wag their fingers at Americans who have gas stoves...yet there's one sitting...
The youngest and most inexperienced cast that Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa has had in school history for a fall musical shine with strong performances across three straight days on November 17, 18 and 19 at Olson Auditorium. Overall, paid attendance surpassed 500 for all three shows. Tia Nelson, a junior, played Morticia Addams alongside fellow junior Coby DenHartog, who played Gomez. Savannah Finken, another junior, played the role of Wednesday Addams. The role of Pugsley was played by junior Kora...
Another day, another stabbing in the New York City subway system. The Big Apple has always had crime, but under blue leadership it's gotten much, much worse. We can poke fun at politicians and decry their abysmal leadership, but at the end of the day it's a giant tragedy how wrong-headed policies over the years have gotten us to this point. In a nutshell: the inmates are running the asylum in big cities across America. The attached video here spells it all out....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater group is forging through what is "crunch time" as they prepare for the upcoming fall musical "The Addams Family - School Edition" on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19 on the stage of Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Altogether, the cast includes 17 students, and an additional student is assisting with technical production. Directors are Steph DenHartog and Sean Biehn, and assisting them is 2023 B-B-E graduate...
For the first time in school history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team will play in the state tournament semifinals. The No. 5-ranked Jaguars earned that feat with a convincing 28-6 win against No. 11-ranked Mayer Lutheran in the Class 1A state quarterfinals on Friday, November 10 at St. Cloud Apollo. After gaining a 22-0 lead through the first half, the Jaguars and Crusaders played even throughout the second half as they each posted one touchdown for the game's final score. The...
Opening night is soon upon us! Friday, November 17 is the big day when the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater students will perform the opening night of The Addams Family - School Edition as the fall musical. Attached here is a video interview of Maddy Carroll, one of two seniors on the cast. In 2021 and 2022, Carroll was part of the fall musical crew. This year she took the big leap to join the cast at the behest of director Steph DenHartog. You can order tickets in advance at...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater group completely smashed it with a terrific opening night performance of The Addams Family - School Edition behind a crowd that was at about 65 percent capacity with around 175 guests at Olson Auditorium. The cast of this fall's B-B-E musical is the youngest, most inexperienced cast that has ever fielded a musical at B-B-E. You would never know that, however, by the remarkable performance they pulled off on Friday night. The singing, dancing and...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater group is forging through what is "crunch time" as they prepare for the upcoming fall musical "The Addams Family - School Edition" on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19 on the stage of Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Altogether, the cast includes 17 students, and an additional student is assisting with technical production. Directors are Steph DenHartog and Sean Biehn, and assisting them is 2023 B-B-E graduate...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars volleyball team was gunning for their sixth straight sub-section championship banner on Thursday, November 2 in Fergus Falls. Facing upstart and No. 2-seeded West Central Area, the Jaguars were in for a battle all night as the Knights used an inspirational performance across the board to earn a 3-1 win. Led by their school's all-time career kill leader, senior Mya Foslien, the Knights took games one, three and four to complete the four-game win. The Jaguars,...
A battle of Top 10 teams played out in favor of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team last Friday morning at the FargoDome for the Section 4A championship. Once the game clock ticked to zero, the dream lived on in a big way. A marvelous achievement was earned just after noon that day when the No. 5-ranked Jaguars put the finishing touches on a 36-12 win against No. 9-ranked Upsala/Swanville Area. The Jaguars built leads of 14-0 and 28-12 by halftime. The second half featured a high level of...
Attached here is a video featuring numerous highly entertaining and also informative memes that have been circulating recently on the interwebs. They are hilarious and spot on! Unless you're rabid crazy like the Greta Thunberg's of the world..."How Dare You!"g...
For the first time in school history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team will play in the state tournament semifinals. The No. 5-ranked Jaguars earned that feat with a convincing 28-6 win against No. 11-ranked Mayer Lutheran in the Class 1A state quarterfinals on Friday, November 10 at St. Cloud Apollo. After gaining a 22-0 lead through the first half, the Jaguars and Crusaders played even throughout the second half as they each posted one touchdown for the game's final score. The...
Is the economy of the United States crashing? I don't know how it is for others, but I know for our family, the walls are closing in. We are gearing up for a very difficult winter. Here's a recent summary of the state of the American economy in November 2023: (1.) 30-year fixed mortgage rates have skyrocketed from 3 percent in October 2021 to 8 percent today. This adds nearly $1,000 to a monthly house payment for a current median-priced home. (2.) For the first time in history, credit card debt...
A major police investigation this fall involved a scam that hit this area, including the city of Belgrade. Belgrade-Brooten Police Chief Casey Jansky explained in his report to the B-B Police Board on October 25, "Scammers claiming to be FirstNet somehow acquired the city of Belgrade public works information and purchased numerous iPads. These iPads were shipped to an address on Nelson Avenue in Belgrade." At this specific address, the house was uninhabited but was for sale. During the...
A supercharged packed crowd on the home floor witnessed a see-saw battle play out across four sets of heated playoff volleyball last Friday, October 27 in Brooten. The No. 1-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars tussled with No. 4 seed Brandon-Evansville before putting the hammer down and cruising past the upset-minded Chargers with a 15-7 fifth-set win. With their sixth straight sub-section championship appearance, the No. 13-ranked Jaguars play in the Sub-Section 6A-South finals on Thursday...
United States taxpayers have been complete chumps to the tune of $113 billion that has been spent on the war in Ukraine. Now with the Israel-Hamas War raging at full steam, it is taking focus off of Ukraine, much to the dismay of the warmongers behind what's been happening in Ukraine. Let that sink in: the U.S. taxpayers have been fleeced by over $113 billion, and what do we have to show for it? How many needy families in the U.S. has that helped? Watch the attached video to see a highlight...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa theater company is excited for the upcoming fall musical, which will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19. The musical they are performing is "The Addams Family - School Edition" which will grace the stage of Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Altogether, the cast includes 17 students, and an additional student is assisting with technical production. Directors are Steph DenHartog and Sean Biehn, and assisting them is 2023 B-B...
A large law enforcement presence was established on Washburn Avenue in Belgrade, Minnesota, on Monday, November 6 before 7 p.m. At 7:05 p.m., a police officer announced via a squad loudspeaker that an individual in the residence was under arrest, and that they should come out with their hands up. This was not the first such announcement, as the first contact made in this manner was at approximately 6:45 p.m. "We smell the smoke," the officer said. "And we are not leaving." An attached video...
When a resident of the Bonanza Valley area thinks of sugar beets, it's common to think of a crop planted in the spring and harvested in the fall. The random, near football-sized beets that can sometimes spill from a semi load while traveling from the field to the pile in October is a reminder that sugar beets are a big part of the local agriculture community. A key feature of sugar beets is one that is not readily known: they are a biennial crop, or one that completes their growing cycle across...
