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It is not looking good for first responder organizations and especially police departments all over the United States right now. In some states, the outlook is quite bleak in terms of whether or not they can fill the ranks of their police departments. The incessant war on cops is catching up to us. How will we respond to this in 2023?...
A marvelous annual tradition at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school has been the Family and Consumer Science (FACS) foods class Gingerbread House project in December. This year a total of 11 houses were made over a two-plus week period of time leading up to the final week before the Christmas break. The design and build period was heavily disrupted by early outs and late starts and multiple snow days that created challenges for the students to meet the deadline of Wednesday, December 21. In...
Here's the full video of the Sunday School Christmas program held at Big Grove Lutheran church on Sunday, December 18 in North Fork Township....
The God Squad (religious education) students of the Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran parish of Brooten held their Christmas program on Sunday, December 11 at Trinity church. A video from the final 11 minutes of the program is posted below. The program's title was 'The Night Shift Before Christmas'. Full coverage of the program will be published in the December 29 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
How about these throwback videos! Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2023 students took the lead roles in this Christmas musical performed by the K-4 students at the elementary school on December 17, 2014. That group was in fourth grade. While searching for Bonanza Valley Days video from the summer of 2014, The Voice stumbled onto these two video clips that have high stock value right now as this group is blazing through their final year at B-B-E schools. The Class of 2023 graduation is coming on...
A week and a half after making a brief appearance at the Brooten Santa Day event on December 10, The Grinch appeared at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school during the last hour of classes before the Christmas break began on Wednesday, December 21. The Voice caught a glimpse of The Grinch during his rounds through the cafeteria at lunch time that day. Check out the video and see what transpired!!...
Here's a video clip from the Christmas concert held on Monday, December 12 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's Olson Auditorium. This features one of the songs performed during the Christmas carol portion of the high school's winter band concert that night. Additional coverage was published in the December 15 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice....
In this rare gem of a video, the official start of the Centennial celebration in Brooten began with a flag-raising ceremony in front of the former Brooten high school. This was held on Friday, July 18, 1986 at the flag pole west of the building. Former Mayor Kay Mohr gives a speech in this video. He just passed away on December 6, and a feature article is included in the December 15 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The community of Brooten was glowing on Saturday. Former teacher and mayor Kay Mohr would have been very, very proud. The day of Saturday, December 10 was crazy busy from start to finish in Brooten. On Saturday there were visits by Santa Claus in both Belgrade and Brooten, and The Grinch even made a stop at the Brooten Lanes for a period of time that was so remarkable the publisher wrote a column about it on page 8 of the December 15 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice! The Brooten lighted...
The communities of Belgrade and Brooten are excited to host Santa Day events on Saturday, December 10. Belgrade goes in the morning, and Brooten holds their activities later in the afternoon with a 6 p.m. lighted Christmas parade. Belgrade Commercial Club Santa Day: the Belgrade Commercial Club invites area children to town on Saturday, December 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Municipal Hall. Bring the kids to see Santa and get some great photos! Each child will receive a gift from Santa and a treat....
The Lakeside Ballroom hosted a marvelous two-night Christmas Cowboy show on Friday and Saturday, December 2 and 3 in Glenwood. Two video clips from the Saturday night show are posted here. Their Friday night show was sold out! The crowd on Saturday was also very good....
And below is the video player for the interview mentioned in the December 8 issue of The Voice with the newspaper owner interviewed at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school on Tuesday this week. *I had one mistake in that interview...in 2012-2013, the boys' basketball team lost 66-59 to Wheaton/Herman-Norcross in the sub-section semifinals. It is true that it was a game that I will never forget. I swear it was just a 3-point loss...but indeed the Warriors won by 7 points back on March 9, 2013. I...
From the desk of the newspaper publisher: On Tuesday night, December 6, I recorded this short sports show in the courtyard behind the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper office. (Video below) Here's another example of what I'm getting at in that video. Back on the night of September 23, 2019, I was having a very hard time here with the newspaper. There were many things swirling over my head at the time, and I was really at my wit's end. That fall I was starting to form plans to sell the newspaper the following January. On that special evening in...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's fall musical was Anastasia that was performed in Olson Auditorium on November 18, 19 and 20. A cast and crew of 22 students came together to pull off three impressive shows and create memories that will last a lifetime. An extensive level of coverage was published in the December 1 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Below is a video from Scene 5 of Act II on Sunday, November 20....
A gathering of over 85 people took place on a mild, sunny Sunday afternoon at the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association log church Advent service. With most of the crowd huddled in the cozy confines of the log church, songs and stories were shared along with a wide selection of Norwegian treats afterwards....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars girls' basketball team had an impressive showing for the season opener on Tuesday, November 29 against visiting Melrose Area. After a somewhat sluggish start, the No. 8-ranked (Minnesota Basketball News) Jaguars jumped out to a 30-16 halftime lead and played a much stronger second half with a final score of 68-35. An early 13-2 run pushed them out to a 13-5 lead in the game's first five minutes. To start the second half, the Jaguars outscored the Dutchmen...
The communities of Belgrade and Brooten are excited to host Santa Day events on Saturday, December 10. Belgrade goes in the morning, and Brooten holds their activities later in the afternoon with a 6 p.m. lighted Christmas parade. Belgrade Commercial Club Santa Day: the Belgrade Commercial Club invites area children to town on Saturday, December 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Municipal Hall. Bring the kids to see Santa and get some great photos! Each child will receive a gift from Santa and a treat....
Spending time with family and friends at Thanksgiving remains important for many Americans and this year the cost of the meal is also top of mind. Farm Bureau's 37th annual survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of this year's classic Thanksgiving feast for 10, which is $64.05 or less than $6.50 per person. This is a $10.74 or 20% increase from last year's average of $53.31. The centerpiece on most Thanksgiving tables – the turkey – costs more than last year, at $28.96 for a 16-pound bird. That's $1.81 per pound, up 21% from last yea...
Below is a recording of the full worship service held on Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, November 23, at Big Grove Lutheran church in North Fork Township. Shortly after the seven-minute mark, Deacon Brenda Handel-Johnson begins reading the Holy Gospel, which is found in John, Chapter 6, verses 25 to 35....
NOTE: the updating to this website that is normally done on Thursdays is delayed by a day. The December 1 postings will be added on Friday, December 2. We apologize for the delay. The brakes went out on the publisher's 1999 Buick, and fixing that problem chewed up the day that was December 1. Also: an additional 24 photos were discovered from the musical shows, bringing the new grand total of photos taken by The Voice to 1,210. You can see them all at the newspaper's SmugMug online galleries in...
Written on November 28. Some things in life I'll never understand. One of them is why the left hates Thanksgiving so much. My family and many other families across the Bonanza Valley area really enjoyed our now-completed Thanksgiving weekends. You can even take in the Thanksgiving Eve worship held at Big Grove Lutheran church on Thanksgiving Eve on this newspaper website. In the video below, MSNBC's Joy Reid illustrates how the left views Thanksgiving, and the commentator in the video breaks...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Theater company will perform the fall musical Anastasia at the high school's Olson Auditorium in Belgrade THIS weekend! This will be a tremendous musical to take in, with some cast members taking three to five roles. Cast members have put tremendous effort into learning their roles and adding unique expressions, mannerisms and personality to their parts in the musical. Show dates are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 18, 19 and 20. Show times for the first two...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary and B-B-E high school both hosted Veterans Day programs on Thursday, November 10. The elementary program, held in the morning, included members of the Brooten American Legion and Legion Auxiliary in addition to students participating with reading and music selections. At the high school's program held in the afternoon, members of the Belgrade V.F.W. and V.F.W. Auxiliary were in attendance. Video from the elementary program is posted here....
In his October report to the Belgrade-Brooten Joint Police Board, Chief Casey Jansky said that his department's call volumes are up a fair amount from this point in 2021 but appear lower than what 2020 brought. "We are currently at 1,650 incident complaint reports for the year," said Jansky. "Last year we hit that figure on December 15, so we are up a bit from 2021 where we finished at 1,737. In 2020 we finished at 2,154. In 2019, we finished at 1,561." The full list of October's incident...
Every day reality becomes more and more warped as humanity dives deeper and deeper into the abyss of stupidity....
