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  • Rosengren directing 'Four Old Broads' at the Barn Theater

    Randy Olson|Sep 21, 2023

    Note: a ticket link is posted at the end of this web article. Retired burlesque queen Beatrice Shelton desperately needs a vacation from Magnolia Place Assisted Living. The "Sassy Seniors Cruise" may be just the ticket if she can convince her best friend to stop praying and go with her. But strange things have been happening ever since Nurse Pat Jones began working here. The new resident is losing her memory, another is obsessed with planning her funeral, and the retired Elvis impersonator...

  • Meanwhile, in Canada (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 14, 2023

    There's not much that should be added for commentary to the attached video here...to the north in Canada, government officials are losing their brains again! (IF they had a brain to begin with.) They are asking the public to "get their masks ready" for winter. Absolutely bizarre world!!!...

  • CDC Director Cohen is as clueless as they come (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 14, 2023

    Just when you thought government officials couldn't get dumber. We have yet another Joe Biden official in the federal government pushing the craziest, dumbest ideas. In one of her recent announcements to the public, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Directory Mandy Cohen (who is supposedly a "doctor") stated that any American not up to date on their COVID-19 jab/booster-whatever-they-want-to-call-it AND also anyone who is totally un-jabbed should get a booster jab right now. This is in...

  • The COVID circus is back (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 14, 2023

    If you have watched any level of mainstream media "news" (propaganda) coverage, you know that the COVID circus and clown show is back. It is picking up steam. In this video, Bjorn Andreas Bull Hansen speaks about the oncoming mandates and government surveillance state that will rear its ugly head. In the attached video, Hansen breaks down his 15-minute long speech by describing the tools that governments have in place to coerce the public to comply. He finishes by talking about the virtue and...

  • Nice crowd on hand for Belgrade consignment auction (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 14, 2023

    Ziemer Auctions and Terry Hilbrands held a consignment auction in Belgrade on Saturday, September 9, as patches of rain held off for the most part while passing through the area. Turnout was strong while farmers came out not only to see what was for sale but also to visit with friends and neighbors from throughout the area. Page one of the September 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper featured two pictures from the auction. Note: a video is coming on Thursday afternoon to be added...

  • OBITUARY: John Sluss passes away

    Randy Olson|Sep 14, 2023

    John Anthony Sluss (80) formerly of Brooten, MN died August 3rd in his new home of Urbana, IL after a fall. John was preceded in death by his parents, Martha (Wilhite) and Anthony Sluss; and his sister Susan Sluss. John leaves behind his wife, Beverly (Brown) Sluss and his daughter Colleen (Jon) Gorman. He also leaves behind a brother Michael (Ellen) Sluss and sister Angie Raddatz. John was a Vietnam veteran, plus was in the Army Reserves for 22 years. He was an avid fixer of machines and an...

  • Progress in downtown Brooten (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 14, 2023

    The community of Brooten is making progress towards cleaning up run down buildings, whether it's on Main Street or elsewhere in town. This week in downtown Brooten, buildings near the heart of town are getting attention needed towards demolition. One building was dropped early on the morning of Friday, September 15. Video below shows some of the aftermath of demolition that morning. The new property owner of this corner stated to The Voice that he believes the other building, which is commonly...

  • Tony wants us to mask up again (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 7, 2023

    Where's the clown adjectives when I need them? Tony Fauci is at it again giving media interviews and fawning over bringing back COVID mandates such as masking...here he is arguing with a CNN anchor about the effectiveness of masks. Once again: we will not comply here in the Land of Rocks and Cows. No!...

  • 'It's Time to Leave Earth' (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 7, 2023

    From columnists chastising parents who want to have their own biological children (this is now deemed "immoral") to Kamala Harris thinking she is ready to be President of the United States, it's time for another installment of It's Time To Leave Earth from John Talks on YouTube. On a Twitter thread, I saw that the domestic terrorist organization called PETA posted on September 8 that cows' milk is a symbol used by white supremacists. They continue their call to stop dairy farming and stop the...

  • Monson Lake Opry Festival is Saturday in rural Sunburg (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 7, 2023

    The third annual Monson Lake Opry Festival is this Saturday in rural Sunburg. Hosted at Brad Danielson's property near Monson Lake State Park, this year's show is bringing big-time names including Mark Chestnut and Mo Putney. Kentucky Thunder will perform with Danielson as lead singer, and they will feature special guest Bobby Dale. They will perform in his specially-renovated barn that is a special sight to take in. Danielson, a trucker by trade, is a 1996 Minnewaska Area graduate and the...

  • Smart thinking, smart shooting saves 11-year old from intruder (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 7, 2023

    It pays to be prepared and to be trained with a firearm, even at the young age of 11. In this video, a story is retold of how an 11-year old boy protected himself from harm or possible death with the use of an 11-mm. handgun....

  • B-B-E Jaguars football lights up airways, defeats WCA (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Sep 7, 2023

    With six passing touchdowns on the night, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team picked up their second straight road win to improve to 2-0 this season. After taking leads of 24-0 after one quarter and 30-6 at halftime, the Jaguars defeated West Central Area in Barrett on Friday, September 8 by a 44-14 score. This week the Jaguars host Benson for the home opener at 7 p.m. in Belgrade. Video from the first half at WCA is posted below, which features B-B-E's defense at work while the Knights...

  • Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association remembers 1873 blizzard at annual celebration

    Randy Olson|Aug 31, 2023

    Note: a "part two" of coverage from this event will not make it into the Bonanza Valley Voice until the September 7 issue. The annual celebration of the old log church and museum for the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association drew one of its bigger crowds in recent years on Sunday, August 20, as the organization reflected on the 150-year anniversary of the deadly January 1873 blizzard that killed at least 84 adults and children in Minnesota. Following the singing of the Star Spangled...

  • Natural Immunity for the win! (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 31, 2023

    In this video, Dr. John Campbell breaks down a study from Israel that shows how natural immunity from SARS-COV2 is vastly superior to jab-induced protection. In fact, it showed that natural immunity was 13 times better. Not having the jab but natural immunity makes the protection 27 times better. The 16-minute long video is posted below that breaks it all down....

  • 'Amazing Grace' (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 31, 2023

    Below is a video from West Lake Johanna Lutheran church on August 20 with the singing of "Amazing Grace" to conclude Sunday morning worship that day....

  • Lest there is any confusion: we will not comply! (OPINION)

    Randy Olson|Aug 31, 2023

    In case there's any confusion from state and federal government officials: we will not comply! We will not comply on the local level to jab or mask mandates or any other coercive heavy-handedness from the government with the fear-mongering that's on the rise from the latest variant(s) of COVID-19. I see that Tony Fauci has opened his mouth about masks. He has no idea how much anger we have across middle America at what they did to us and how badly they lied across 2020 and 2021 and beyond....

  • B-B-E Jaguars football wins season opener

    Randy Olson|Aug 31, 2023

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars football team won its season opener on Friday, September 1 at Bagley high school. Facing an outmatched Flyers team that went 2-7 last year, the Jaguars used an even split of passing and running to win by a 46-14 score. At halftime, B-B-E led 34-0 after racking up a two-touchdown lead in the game's first six minutes. For the game, the Jaguars racked up 351 yards of offense compared to 133 by the Flyers. Of their 133 yards, they gained over 60 yards on one play...

  • Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association honors victims of January 1873 blizzard

    Randy Olson|Aug 24, 2023

    The annual celebration at the old log church and museum for the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association drew a larger-than-usual crowd on August 20 to the Arctander Township site as the group honored the 84 victims of our state who perished in the 1873 blizzard that lasted from January 7 through January 10 that year. Video has been added below featuring most of the skit performed by two adults and two children that was written by Norman Hande. The skit centers on the blizzard and how it...

  • Elrosa Saints win walk-off thriller to advance at state tournament

    Randy Olson|Aug 24, 2023

    A wild, rollercoaster game played out in Dassel on Saturday, August 20 with temperatures topping 90 degrees as the Elrosa Saints battled the Hadley Buttermakers while earning a 4-3, walk-off, come-from-behind win in the opening round of the Class C state amateur baseball tournament. Trailing 1-0 after the third inning, the Saints plated two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Hadley's hopes were lifted with a two-RBI home run in the fifth. The 3-2 lead stood until the eighth, when Derek Wiener's...

  • Vacation Bible School program at Grace Lutheran (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 24, 2023

    The Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran parish hosted Vacation Bible School between August 6-9 at Grace Lutheran church in Belgrade. A video featuring one of the final songs of the program held on August 9 is posted below. After the program, children and their families and friends who attended gathered for an ice cream social in the fellowship hall. Three photos from that evening were published in the August 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....

  • Surgery a "100 percent" success at Rochester Mayo Hospital

    Randy Olson|Aug 24, 2023

    A major corrective surgery at Rochester Mayo for out-of-control scoliosis afflicting the oldest daughter of the Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's family was a "total, 100 percent success" on August 24. Children and adults from all over the globe travel to Rochester to treat what ails them, so to have this medical facility right here in our state is a blessing. The surgery, performed at St. Mary's Hospital on the Rochester Mayo campus, prevented permanent damage caused by a severely-curved spine...

  • Belgrade August Fest parade (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 24, 2023

    Here's another video clip from the Belgrade August Fest parade held on August 12....

  • One of the greatest songs ever written (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 17, 2023

    THIS is hands down one of the greatest songs that's been penned in the history of music in America. Oliver Anthony completely knocked it out of the park with this working man/woman anthem "Rich Men North of Richmond"! Oliver Anthony is a former factory worker from Farmville, Virginia, who now operates a livestock farm with his three dogs. His song sums up the feelings of Americans across all corners and all walks of life who are stick of a bloated, inept and incompetent federal government whose...

  • Belgrade August Fest grand parade (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 17, 2023

    The Belgrade August Fest grand parade featured over 60 units that ran through down in about an hour's time on Saturday, August 12. Below is a short video featuring the first few units of the parade....

  • Belgrade Fire Department chicken supper at August Fest (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Aug 17, 2023

    The Belgrade Fire Department hosted a terrific chicken BBQ supper on Friday, August 11 as part of the annual August Fest celebration. They ended up serving over 600 and are grateful for all the support from the public. Below is a short video featuring the crowd outside the Belgrade V.F.W. that evening. Staff of Kensington Bank also served a free ice cream social at the same location....

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