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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
You're invited to the upcoming Bonanza Valley Royal Strutters fall banquet and Gun Blast at the Padua Pub on Saturday, October 28. Doors open at 5 p.m. for social hour, and the dinner will be served at 7 o'clock. Questions? Send an email to BVRS.nwtf@gmail.com. The Bonanza Valley Royal Strutters is one of our premier conservation and gun safety and gun advocacy organizations. Its members are also key supporters of B-B-E high school's Clay Trapshooting team....
Note: this web article was updated on Monday, October 30. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa volleyball team survived a stiff challenge from Brandon-Evansville before winning a 3-2 match on Friday, October 27 in the Sub-Section 6A-South semifinals. The Jaguars held a 2-1 advantage in sets before the Chargers picked up a 25-19 win in the fourth set. B-B-E came out strong in game five and recovered from an early 3-1 deficit to win 15-7 and take the match. Next: the No. 13-ranked Jaguars (22-5-1) travel...
Taher Inc.'s Chef Chris Murray oversaw a group "apple crunch" with students in grades K-5 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary on Thursday, October 12. The students were gathered that morning for a Fire Safety and Prevention Week presentation by local fire department members. Murray helped Taher cook's at B-B-E prepare a special Taiwanese meal for both school cafeterias on October 12 and 13. A video featuring the apple crunch activity is attached here....
The Elrosa Fire Department hosted their annual fall steak fry fundraiser on Saturday, October 14. The event was held at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic church with both a drive-through taking place in the parking lot and a sit-down dinner in the church basement. Altogether, they served 733! It was another tremendous event that the community of Elrosa can be quite proud of. A video from that evening is attached here....
Turnout, enthusiasm and excitement ran strong on Saturday at Crow River Lutheran church for their annual WELCA fall soup and supper and auction fundraiser. They had 44 bidders for the auction, and anything over 40 represents a very good turnout for that event! Over 200 were served for the supper, and all 1,200 tickets were sold for the WELCA quilt raffle. Attached here is a video from the start of the auction as Pastor Lisa Meschke gave the opening prayer....
The United State's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating safety (danger) signals coming from reports of children in the 2 to 5-year old age bracket who are suffering from seizures and convulsions after they've been hit with a COVID jab. These safety signals suggest that the odds of those ages of children having a seizure or convulsion is higher from getting a jab of COVID therapy compared to if they had not received the jabs at all. The COVID jabs being investigated are based on...
Students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school (grades 6-12) enjoyed an outdoor grill out at lunch time on Thursday, October 5. This event was part of a full week of the school's 35th annual Homecoming week activities. Additional Homecoming coverage was published in the October 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A video attached here features a glimpse of the cook out that afternoon....
Everyone is invited to join a locally-raised historian and author Carolyn Mankell-Sowinski Wednesday, October 18th at 6:30 p.m. at the Pope County Museum for a talk about her recently-published book The Great Storm: Minnesota's Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873. On January 7-9, 1873, Minnesota residents experienced a violent blizzard when dozens of people died primarily on the flat, tree-less prairies. Kandiyohi County native, Carolyn Mankell Sowinski will take you back 150 years and...
Students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools participated in their 8th annual Color FUND Run on October 4 at the high school campus in Belgrade. A video clip from the beginning of one of the races with the 8th and 9th graders is attached to this web article. This event was part of a full week of the school's 35th annual Homecoming week activities. Additional Homecoming coverage was published in the October 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Elrosa Fire Department and their families invite everyone to their annual steak fry on Saturday, October 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church basement. Cost: $15 per person, and takeout is available. Additional details on the cash and prize raffle were published with this event's advertising in the October 5 and October 12 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Come out and show your support!...
On a cool and somewhat wet Saturday, September 23, the Honebrink family and their staff at Brink's Beer Joint in Swift Falls hosted their annual Turkey Fest celebration. This event has regularly celebrated the turkey-growing agriculture operations of the area, which are prominent across western Stearns County and Kandiyohi and Swift counties. The Bonanza Valley Voice SmugMug photo gallery from Swift Falls can be found by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/vx7pkfzj. A video attached features the...
