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The attached video features the end of worship at the Brooten Community Church on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, led by Pastor Rick Krasky. Sisters Tia Nelson and Bailey Nelson provided music accompaniment on trumpet. It rained almost all weekend long. Had it been snow, no one would have been at church anywhere across the area. Estimates suggest it would have been 20 to 30 inches of snow! Instead, we all just got very wet. Due to the health scare of the publisher's wife, Jessica Olson,...
Featured in the attached video is the final 10 minutes of worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran on Sunday, December 24 in Gilchrist Township....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior high band performed as one of many musical groups on the evening of Monday, December 18 at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. The second song performed by the senior high band was Ash Grove, a Welsh Folk Song arranged by Mark Williams. Coverage from the concert was published in the December 21 and 28 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Main Street in Brooten was the site of multiple activities on Saturday, December 9, featuring the annual Brooten Santa Day. The fun concluded with a lighted Christmas parade north of the KaDe Shack and traveling south down Central Avenue. A total of 14 units participated, with a group of horse riders bringing up the rear in style. Temperatures hovered in the upper 20s. It was a fantastic day in Brooten! Parade participants included: 1. Miss Brooten Royalty: Samantha Baker, Madison Hofmann,...
Here's a video featuring the Christmas songs performed by the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school choir on December 18 at Olson Auditorium in Belgrade. This choir includes students in grades 8-12, and they performed the following songs: Covenantry Carol, French Carol Duet, and Holiday Road of Carols. Once that choir concluded their final song, students in grades 6 and 7 joined the senior high choir for an All-Choir performance of Peace, Peace; in the third verse, the crowd obliged the request...
The Sunday School students of Sunburg Free Lutheran church in Norway Lake Township performed their Christmas program on Sunday, December 17. Two feature photos with the students gathered in the Baby-in-the-Manger scene were published in the December 21 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The roles of Joseph and Mary were played by B-B-E students Austin Berge and Ana Engen. The attached video here features the program....
The Lucky Shots bowling alley in downtown Brooten was the site of Santa Day on Saturday, December 9. For close to three hours, guests streamed through and enjoyed visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus while taking in numerous activities and receiving a hefty amount of free prizes. Just before the Brooten lighted Christmas parade began, a prize drawing was held for children ages zero to 10. The Brooten Activities Club, the Brooten Fire Relief Association and numerous local businesses joined...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team suffered their first loss after a 3-0 start last Thursday, December 7 on the home court. Central Minnesota Christian of Prinsburg overcame a 7-point deficit in the second half in a 58-56 win, their fourth in a row. The Jaguars got back in the win column with a 60-51 section win at Upsala on Tuesday, December 12. This week the Jaguars (5-1, 2-0) hosted Kimball on Thursday and earned a 61-46 win. Next is a trip to Paynesville on Friday, December...
PRESS RELEASE with attached video The Riverside Inn of Cold Spring is excited to welcome back the "Branson Show - The Sons" for another year of bluegrass, comedy, country, cowboy, gospel and patriotic favorites that you still love today! We would love to invite you to take part in this wonderful event, so don't wait to jump on the opportunity to get tickets to the show and potentially stay the night with us. We have had our Senior Center guests in the past enjoy the day in downtown Cold Spring b...
On Sunday, December 17 at Sunburg Free Lutheran church, Sunday School children held their Christmas program during the worship service. An attached video features the children singing Go Tell It on the Mountain near the end of the program. Due to budget cuts, the Bonanza Valley Voice was unable to cover other Sunday School Christmas programs this season....
All youth from Sunburg and the Sunburg area are encouraged to come out and see Santa Claus as he makes a visit in town courtesy of the Sunburg Fire Department and many helpers. Starting at the Sunburg Fire Hall/Community Center at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 8, Santa Claus will hitch a ride on a fire truck and drive throughout town. Santa's helpers will deliver treat bags to all children standing outside their homes or who are gathered downtown by the Sunburg Post Office. Families from...
The Belgrade Commercial Club will host their annual Santa Day event on Saturday, December 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the municipal hall on main street. Children can register for door prizes for a drawing that will be held at 10:50 a.m. (need not be present to win). These prizes are purchased from the locally-owned Belgrade Hardware store. Also gifts and treats will be available, and special B-B-E Just For Kix performances will take place at 9:45 and 10:45 a.m. In the attached video, you can watch...
The Brooten Activities Club, Brooten Fire Relief Association and numerous local businesses are excited to sponsor the Brooten Santa Day celebration on Saturday, December 9 on Main Street with the fun starting at 3:30 p.m. at Lucky Shots Bowling Alley. At that time, children can meet Santa Claus, who will be assisted by local helpers. Santa will be available there through at least 5 p.m. Santa Day visitors to downtown Brooten can stop at the KaDe Shack starting at 5 p.m. for the B-B-E Cub Scouts...
The day of Saturday, December 9 will be an exciting for all ages across the Belgrade and Brooten communities. First, Santa Day in Belgrade! The Belgrade Commercial Club will host their annual Santa Day event on Saturday, December 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the municipal hall on main street. Register for door prizes for a drawing that will be held at 10:50 a.m. (need not be present to win). Gifts and treats will be available, and special B-B-E Just For Kix performances will take place at 9:45 and...
The nation of Iceland stopped the ability to jab its citizens with Moderna's COVID therapeutic, which they market as a vaccine even though it does not affect transmission of the virus. This decision was made after reviewing new data from the Nordic countries that showed an increased incidence of myocarditis as well as pericarditis Iceland Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason announced this decision via the website of the Directorate of Health on October 6, 2023, which is almost two months ago. Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart mus...
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....
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...
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....
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,...
