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You've heard it's a good idea to include fiber in your diet, but how much fiber do you need? A high-fiber diet can benefit your health in several ways; especially digestive health. You know how it feels when it's not healthy; you experience either constipation or diarrhea. They're on the opposite ends of the bowel movement spectrum, so how does fiber help? Two Types of Fiber – Soluble and Insoluble Soluble fiber dissolves in water and helps slow down the speed at which food moves from your s...
Severe Weather Awareness Week, April 8-12, is a great time for Minnesotans to prepare for unpredictable and extreme Midwestern weather. In Brooten, the Brooten Fire Department will sound the sirens in town at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 11. Please spread the word! Additional Severe Weather Awareness week information: Great River Energy and its 27 member-owner cooperatives and customers are always working to keep the power flowing to homes, farms and businesses. "During severe weather, such as tornados, straight-line winds and...
Nine years of slingin’ beers! Goat Ridge Brewing Co. of New London invites everyone to their ninth anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 13 from noon to 11 p.m. They will be selling anniversary shirts plus food and beer specials, beer releases and - of course - live music! The beer choir is set to perform from 1 to 2 p.m., and Railroad Island performs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Infernos take the stage to perform from 9 to 11 p.m. Goat Ridge Brewing Co. - live and unfiltered since 2015! S...
Central Square and Civic Center in Glenwood will be hosting a live music performance on Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m., when the Alice Wallace Band will perform on stage. Alice Wallace is known for her powerful vocals and compelling storytelling. In our auditorium, she will bring her latest album, "Into the Blue" to life, a rich blend of country rock and folk that echoes her California roots. With a decade-long career, Alice has garnered praise and nominations for prestigious awards such as the Lo...
Goat Ridge Brewing Co. of New London recently unveiled a special beer collaboration with research done by the University of Minnesota. The new beer, called Root Down, is a unique hybrid lager brewed with Kernza perennial grass. On Saturday, April 6 at Goat Ridge, owner and brewer Josh Reed hosted a special celebration of the grand opening of the New London Food Co-op and his new beer, Root Down. Speaking at the event were Reed, Erik Hatlestad of the New London Food Co-op and Katharine Chute...
Faith communities across the Bonanza Valley area celebrated Easter on Sunday, March 31. Sunrise worships were held at 6:30 or 7 a.m. that morning, and other church services followed. Some churches like First Lutheran of Norway Lake and Trinity Lutheran in Brooten hosted Easter breakfast meals following their sunrise worships. In the attached video, you can take in part of Pastor Lisa Meschke's sermon at Grace Lutheran church in Belgrade that morning. A video featuring Pastor Rick Krasky's...
From the desk of the Bonanza Valley Voice publisher, Brooten, Minnesota, on Saturday, April 6, 2024: Monday addendum: our newspaper family is sickened by the news of the pending closure of newspapers in Hutchinson and Litchfield. The work done by the local staff in both communities was excellent by our standards. Unfortunately, the management of absentee ownership essentially strangled what could be done each week in their printed newspapers. Our hearts go out to their towns' newspaper staff and their families. We pray for a good outcome to...
The spring snowfall from the Easter weekend became part of the fun at the annual Brooten Easter egg hunt. For the second straight year due to late winter snowfall, the Easter egg hunt was held at the elementary school parking lot. An attached video features the children running off into the snowbanks to gather the candy. This event was made possible by the generous donations and efforts of the Brooten Fire Relief Association, RJ's Mini Mart and the Fauskee and DeKok families....
Reports across the past week from major United States media outlets have repeated the federal government's boasting about the March 2024 jobs report. In that report, the government is saying that 303,000 new jobs were created. However, here's what the mainstream media is not reporting, or if they are, they are reporting it without full context. Companies shed massive numbers of jobs in November and December of last year. According to the BLS, the number of people employed in a full time...
The Belgrade-Brooten police department recently received a generous donation from Bayer Built Woodworks towards the cost of their body camera program. Police Chief Casey Jansky reported the news to the B-B Police Board at their March 19 meeting in Belgrade. "They have been a great supporter of our police department, and they want to continue with the relationship by assisting us with monetary donations towards projects," said Jansky. "I can't thank them enough for their support over the years."...
As a snow storm approached the area and turned what was a mild week of weather into full-blown winter, area churches held Palm Sunday worships on Sunday, March 24. In the attached video, Pastor Rick Krasky provides his Palm Sunday worship sermon....
The Easter egg hunt and bicycle drawing for area youth is at 1 p.m. at the elementary school parking lot in Brooten on Saturday, March 30. The bicycles and supplies were purchased with generous donations by the Brooten Fire Relief Association and the Fauskee family of Brooten. The attached video features the same event at the same location on April 8, 2023. You can see a photo gallery from the 2023 Easter egg hunt in Brooten by clicking here: 2023 Brooten Easter Egg hunt....
NOTICE TO NORTH FORK CROW RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT RESIDENTS The Stearns County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants for an appointment to the North Fork Crow River Watershed District Board of Managers. This appointment would serve a three-year term ending on May 9th, 2027. If you are interested in being appointed to this board, and you currently reside in the North Fork Crow River Watershed District in Stearns County, then please send a brief resume with some information about yourself that you would like to share with the County...
Year by year after the pandemic, the Belgrade Lions has built up the annual chili cook-off contest as a fundraiser for the B-B-E Area Food Shelf. This year, with a total of eight different parties providing chili, the Belgrade Lions was thrilled to have 93 individuals participate in the contest. They raised over $200 in loose donations to go with the $465 raised from the contest participants. Once all donations are tallied, a final announcement will be made in an upcoming newspaper issue with...
The Dave and Clara Rooney family hosted their 44th annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday. This was one of many events and sources of entertainment held at the Padua Pub on what was a two-day celebration for the community. On Saturday, over 550 arm bands were provided for patrons of the Padua Pub, and needless to say, a grand time was had by all. Dave Rooney reported that he believes they served at least 650 that night, all on the pub side, as the banquet hall was not in use on Saturday. On...
The Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper office will be open throughout the day on Tuesday, March 26, but not continuously during normal business hours. Regular business hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. After 10 a.m., the office number will be forwarded to the publisher's cell phone. The office number is 320-346-2400....
Everyone is invited! TWO days! Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17 in Padua! You can watch the 2021 St. Patrick's Day parade in the attached video below. Here are the details for the upcoming celebration... The Rooney family invites everyone to a TWO-day celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17, as the Padua Pub hosts this exciting celebration for the 44th straight year. Green beer served both days! The weekend features TWO Shamrock hunts at 3 p.m. on Saturday at 12...
Long-time high school science teacher Keith Clementson has passed away. His obituary was received by The Voice from his family on Tuesday this week (March 12). A celebration of life in his honor will be held on Friday, July 19 this coming summer from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Paynesville R.O.S.E. Center. Clementson volunteered there for many years in his retirement. The Voice newspaper publisher is deeply saddened by news of his passing. Clementson taught science to the newspaper publisher at both the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team was one of 56 teams at the Great Northern regional competition in Grand Forks. The regional was held on March 6-9 at the Alerus Center. B-B-E's team pulled off a thoroughly impressive comeback on Friday and Saturday as they endured tremendous adversity. While competing in North Dakota for the third straight year, the robotics team had to contend with unforeseen and nearly impossible-to-predict mechanical failures that cost them a smooth...
Minnesota's 1,777 townships will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March and sets townships apart from other forms of local government. At this meeting, residents of the townships will meet to voice their opinions about local issues with other township residents and also vote directly on their annual tax levy -- direct democracy in action. Citizens attending annual meetings also often discuss and vote on other local issues. In...
Raymond Township Notice of Annual Meeting and Election of Officers: Notice is hereby given to qualified voters that the Annual Township Election and Meeting for Raymond Township will be held at the Padua Pub Reception Hall, 33945 Co. Rd. 18, Sauk Centre, MN on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The election polls will be open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the following purposes to elect: One Supervisor (3 Year Term) and One Clerk (2 Year Term). The Annual Town Meeting will commence at 8:05 p.m. after polls close to conduct necessary business as prescribed...
The attached video features Maximus Hanson in his state championship match on March 2 in St. Paul. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team's final dual at the Class 1A state tournament was not for the faint of heart. With their backs truly to the wall in the third-place match of the Class 1A state tournament on Thursday, February 29 at Xcel Energy Center, the Jaguars came alive with a full-throated roar in the upper weights after trailing 31-12 through the 152-pound match against No....
This is a big week for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team, as they are competing in their only regional of the 2024 season. They are in Grand Forks this weekend (March 6 to March 9) for the Great Northern Regional at the Alerus Center. This year's F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition is titled "Crescendo" with a playing field set up with a nod to music. The theme's description says the purpose is to "Orchestrate engineering skills...
Five members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team earned spots in the upcoming Class 1A state individual tournament, which runs Friday and Saturday this weekend (March 1-2) at Xcel Energy Center. Three Jaguars have earned Section 5A titles at the individual tournament that was held on Saturday at Canby high school: Ryan Jensen at 139 pounds, Maximus Hanson at 172 and Carson Gilbert at 215. Earning section runner-up finishes with state berths were Tanner Viessman at 145 and Brett DeRoo...
A woman in Canada was diagnosed with transverse myelitis that rendered her quadriplegic. According to her doctor, he believed that her Moderna COVID booster jab is what caused her to become paralyzed. Two of her medical reports say that the Moderna jab caused it. Kayla Pollock, a 36-year old in Canada, was discharged from Lyndhurst hospital after suffering acute transverse myelitis in February 2022 following her third dose of a COVID-19 jab. Her first two jabs were manufactured by Pfizer, and...
