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Lincoln's Bar and Restaurant will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (August 7, 8 and 9) this weekend from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the bar and grill open in the front bar. The front bar features a full menu of food in addition to premium spirits, craft cocktails and fine wines. The back dining room will open as they add more staff. The local phone number for the restaurant is 320-346-2323. Also, Lincoln's is still looking to hire additional staff with positions of a prep cook, servers and...
It's not a boom, but K-12 enrollment numbers for the opening week of school at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa were surprisingly good compared to projections across the past 3 years that this figure would dip below 600 for the first time ever this fall. After graduating 55 students last May and projecting an incoming kindergarten class of about 40, B-B-E's projection was almost certain that K-12 enrollment would dip below 600. Fortunately, a surge of new (and some returning) students in the elementary...
The mother of the Catholic school shooter has all the appearances of being a wacked-out lunatic. The attached video featuring commentary by body language expert Jesus Enrique Rosas spells it all out....
Difficult, gut-wrenching decisions for Norway Lake-area pioneers in the early 1870s paid off for generations who followed them as the original Norway Lake Lutheran log church was the forerunner of East and West Norway Lake Lutheran churches. In the period of time in the 1870s when a mass exodus of Norway citizens flooded parts of the United States, including central and western Minnesota, the Lutheran faith community in Norway Lake experienced massive growth from 1865 to 1875. On the heels of th...
The High 48s and The Skally Line will be featured at the annual Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, September 7 at the Historic Terrace Mill. Gates open at 11 a.m., with food and craft beer served by Minnewaska House Brewing Co. and Grill, and food by The Bark 'n Pig. An farmers/artisan market will also be featured. The Terrace Mill Foundation will serve dessert from the Terrace Mill Kitchen. Platinum sponsors of the Bluegrass Festival are American Solutions for Business and American Diversity...
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team faced Windom in the Class C state tournament opener on Saturday, August 16 in Hutchinson. The Pirates took an early 2-0 lead and later broke a 2-2 tie on their way to a 6-2 win. Pitching for Elrosa were Ethan Vogt, Weston Gjerde (Norway Lake-Sunburg draftee) and Will VanBeck. Attached is a video from the top of the fourth inning that afternoon....
The Brooten Farmers Market, which still invites vendors to join, continues the 2025 season on Thursday, August 21 at the city park on Highway 55. The Brooten Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. It features a wide array of garden produce, baked goods and even some incredible hand-drawn/hand-painted art work! The art work has been brought by Robert Anderson, a 1968 Brooten high school graduate. Available on the 21st are baked goods by the Zimmermans (breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls,...
The Public Safety Night in the Park held in Elrosa on Monday, August 18 drew an outstanding crowd of people across the three hours it took place. Hosted at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, the event included Emergency First Responders and local law enforcement officials, including the Stearns County Sheriff's Office and the Elrosa Fire Department. The attached video shows some of what was taking place. Additional coverage was in the August 21 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice...
In a study of over 18 million people, Japan saw a significant increase in excess deaths by those who received one or more COVID-19 jab. Their country had one of the highest uptakes in COVID jabs, and in those who were jabbed the most, they experienced the highest numbers of excess deaths. This study is outlined in the attached video from Dr. John Campbell of England. In his words, he found the study "massively convincing." In Japan, COVID-19 cases and deaths exploded after January 2021, in...
The Belgrade August Fest parade took place on a sunny Saturday afternoon on August 9. The attached video features the final set of units in the parade as they passed by Belgrade Steel Tank and later the Belgrade VFW....
We have a clash of differing opinions taking place in the medical community. The debate takes place on the issue of giving COVID jabs to babies in the U.S. A fight recently broke out between the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. The disagreement stems from the AAP's recent announcement that they believe all young children ages 6 months to 23 months should be jabbed with the COVID therapeutic drug. In the attached video, Dr. Suneel...
Here's another highly entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable collection of memes that can help get you caught up on the state of politics in America in August 2025....
Lincoln's Bar and Restaurant will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (August 7, 8 and 9) this weekend from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the bar and grill open in the front bar. The front bar features a full menu of food in addition to premium spirits, craft cocktails and fine wines. The back dining room will open as they add more staff. The local phone number for the restaurant is 320-346-2323. Also, Lincoln's is still looking to hire additional staff with positions of a prep cook, servers and...
The Belgrade August Fest parade was held on Saturday, August 9 on a picture-perfect day for a town celebration. The attached video features the first units of the parade finishing the route at the Belgrade VFW. Additional coverage of August Fest appeared in the August 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Gig Noonan performed live music at the Stearns County Fair that was held in Sauk Centre last week. In the attached video, you can watch Gig Noonan performing at the Herald bandshell on Friday, August 8. The county fair drew strong crowds across all five days of activities, August 6 to August 10. Additional county fair coverage was published in the August 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Belgrade August Fest had a robust lineup of Saturday activities too numerous to mention in one small web article. The events of Saturday, August 9 in Belgrade ran all day long beginning with a Scouts waffle feed and the Walk/Run hosted by River Of Life Church. A fun and entertaining street dance concluded activities that night in downtown Belgrade. The attached video features views from the Belgrade Museum on Saturday afternoon. Extended coverage of August Fest is part of the August 14...
The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team is returning to the Class C state tournament after having a rough 0-2 trip at regions a year ago. Thanks to late-game heroics by Jackson Peter, the Saints overcame a 2-1 deficit in the top of the 9th inning, as the 2020 B-B-E graduate launched a three-run home run over the centerfield fence at Spring Hill’s Chargers Stadium on Saturday, August 9. Elrosa’s defense held in the bottom of the 9th for a 4-3 win over Starbuck to earn one of Region 8C’s four...
The band Whiskey Stone provided music at the Saturday night street dance for the Belgrade August Fest on Saturday, August 9. The attached video features Whiskey Stone singing that evening. Coverage of the Belgrade August Fest was published in the August 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper, and more is coming in the August 21 issue....
The 123rd annual Stearns County Fair is running this week, Wednesday through Sunday, August 6-10, at the fairgrounds in Sauk Centre. In the attached video, you can see a glimpse of the 4-H Beef Show last year at the Stearns County Fair. Wednesday, August 6 is Entry Day for the fair. For the public, Gig Noonan plays from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Herald bandshell. The Knights of Columbus bingo stand runs 4 to 10 p.m., and the Midway opens at 5 p.m. (wristbands 5-10 p.m.). Other Wednesday night events in...
After trailing 1-0 going into the second inning today against New Munich, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team put up a 5-spot in the top of the second inning and stayed alive in the Region 8C tournament with a 10-4 win. Elrosa faces Starbuck on Saturday in Spring Hill with first pitch at about 1:30 p.m. depending on the pace of the 11 a.m. game that day. The winner of that 1:30 game goes home, while the winner earns a trip to the state tournament. The Saints hosted the opening games of Regio...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 17-U fastpitch team competed in the American Legion's West Central Sub-Region for playoffs in the last week of July. After a 5-2 regular season, the Jaguars earned the No. 2 seed out of 5 teams. They defeated No. 3-seeded Albany 9-2 on Thursday, July 24 at Minnewaska Area. That win put the Jaguars in the championship game, which was set for Friday, July 25 at Minnewaska. In the Sub-Region championship game, the Jaguars battled top-seeded Melrose Area. Their season...
The 125th annual Kandiyohi County Fair runs through sunset on Saturday, August 9 at the fairgrounds in Willmar. The attached video features view from the fair on August 13, 2021. The Thursday, August 7 lineup features these FREE events and entertainment: Chuck Thiel and Jolly Ramblers, Doug Ohman Presentations, Jeff James, a sweet corn feed from 5 to 7 p.m., Freddie Justice (hypnotist) and Sawyers Dream. The Friday, August 8 lineup of FREE events includes: Q102 live radio broadcast, Hops and...
The Brooten Farmers Market will be set up from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 7 at the Brooten city park on the west side of town. This runs on Thursdays through the rest of the summer and into September. It is a rain-or-shine event, as the vendors can set up at the city park shelter and gazebo if necessary. Available on August 7: baked goods by the Zimmermans (breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, granola) plus other vendors with leaf lettuce, spinach, strawberries, jellies and jams, Val...
The annual Belgrade August Fest celebration begins on Thursday, August 7 and runs through Sunday morning, August 10 with Worship in the Park at 11 a.m. The attached video features Music in the Park that kicked off the Belgrade August Fest celebration on August 11, 2022. Live music by Southern Crossroads (country and rock music) will be played from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the city park. Other Thursday night activities include: petting zoo and pony rides (5 to 8 p.m.), Touch-a-Truck with local...
Lincoln's Bar and Restaurant will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (August 7, 8 and 9) this weekend from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the bar and grill open in the front bar. The front bar features a full menu of food in addition to premium spirits, craft cocktails and fine wines. The back dining room will open as they add more staff. The local phone number for the restaurant is 320-346-2323. Also, Lincoln's is still looking to hire additional staff with positions of a prep cook, servers and...
