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  • Memes of the Day (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 30, 2022

    The memes in this video clip speak volumes!...

  • Happy Independence Day from Senator Klobuchar

    Randy Olson|Jun 30, 2022

    Editorial commentary submitted to the Bonanza Valley Voice by Senator Amy Klobuchar. On this Fourth of July, we celebrate the birth of our country-the great American experiment in democracy that began in 1776, when our founding fathers adopted the principles penned in the Declaration of Independence. Those principles became the bedrock of our nation, a roadmap of America's purpose, and the foundation for a new way of governing rooted in the importance of working together. Throughout our history, brave Americans have fought and given what...

  • Nickelodeon Universe wristbands part of prizes for BVD Kiddie Parade on Saturday (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 30, 2022

    All Brooten-area children! The Bonanza Valley Days kiddie parade will be held on Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m. starting at the Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot on Hatton Street. It will run west on Hatton towards the Brooten Pavilion, where prizes will be announced and a group photo taken. Exciting news! In addition to cash prizes donated by Bollig, Inc. for 1st to 3rd patriotic plus the oldest, youngest and most unique floats AND and treats / drinks / books for all participants, two drawings...

  • Bonanza Valley Days 2021 (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 30, 2022

    Here's a flashback to one year ago at Bonanza Valley Days 2021 on Saturday in downtown Brooten. Click on the following short link to view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper photo gallery from Saturday night activities on July 10, 2021 in Brooten: https://bit.ly/3RaxAlN....

  • June Market and Music on the Lawn at Central Square in Glenwood

    Randy Olson|Jun 23, 2022

    Central Square Cultural and Civic Center in Glenwood is excited about this weekend's FREE June Market and Music on the Lawn event on Saturday, June 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event is free to the public, so bring your family and friends with lawn chairs and enjoy the fun atmosphere at Central Square. Music acts set to perform are Charlie Roth, Morning Bird and Christina Seaborn. A video featuring Charlie Roth is embedded in this web article. While you enjoy the live music on the Lawn during...

  • Bonanza Valley Days is coming! July 7, 8, 9 and 10

    Randy Olson|Jun 23, 2022

    The annual celebration is coming to Brooten! Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten is coming on Thursday through Sunday, July 7, 8, 9 and 10. We are down to just two weeks to prepare! This year's BVD theme is "Honor the Red, White and Blue in 2022" as a nod to patriotism and love for our country. A lengthy list of activities are planned, and the BVD Committee is excited to have added food offerings, all the entertainment you could want, plus new and exciting children's activities that include Arts in...

  • Prayer and Party on the Prairie and Sonar Worship in Elrosa on June 29

    Randy Olson|Jun 23, 2022

    All parishioners from the Parishes on the Prairie Area Catholic Churches from the West Union, Sauk Centre and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa areas plus friends, family and neighbors and the general public are invited to an afternoon and evening of prayer and party in an old-fashioned church social setting on Wednesday, June 29 at Ss. Peter and Paul church in Elrosa. The event starts at 3 p.m. with bingo and fun that includes yard games, baseball, basketball, sand volleyball and playground activity. An...

  • Are they two of the least-knowledgeable women on earth? (OPINION)

    Randy Olson|Jun 23, 2022

    It's a pretty straightforward question......

  • BG/CR/G Lutheran parish Vacation Bible School program (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 23, 2022

    Youth at Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Lutheran Parish churches of Brooten/Belgrade held their Vacation Bible School program on Wednesday, June 15 at Grace Lutheran in Belgrade. Video of the program is posted here....

  • They are either lying...or they're... (OPINION)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    Megatron at the end of this short video clip says it all......

  • A new phenomenon: sudden adult death syndrome (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    A new phrase has been coined to somehow explain the increase in deaths among health middle-aged people in the United Kingdom. The 16-minute video below explains more....

  • Honoring a distinguished fire fighter (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    A three-generation photo was published on page one of the June 16 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper that featured retired Brooten fire fighter Loren Solbreken. He was holding his retirement plaque at a party held in the KaDe Shack on June 4 in honor of his 50-plus year fire department career that concluded in 2021. Also with him in the photo were grandson Jacob Solbreken and Loren's sons, Daran and Donovan. Loren Solbreken served the community of Brooten with a deep, tireless level of...

  • Curd Fest coming at Redhead Creamery! (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    The annual Curd Fest is coming at Redhead Creamery on Saturday, June 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come on out and enjoy all things dairy and all things cheese! Presale tickets are $12, and at the gate tickets are $15. Kids 12 and under are FREE! Curd Fest features live music, food trucks, craft breweries, local wineries and cideries, craft food makers, cheese sampling, celebrity cow milking contest, scavenger hunt and more! Of course, you can have your fill of delicious pan fried curds, curd...

  • Mason Dixon Line band in Sunburg (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    The Sunburg Fire Department hosted the area's first street dance of the summer on Saturday, June 11. Video below features the Mason Dixon Line band performing at the street dance. Additional coverage was published on page one of the June 16 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....

  • Memes of the Day for June 17 (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    Like it or not, memes are a modern-day method of sharing ideas, opinions and even information. A collection of the latest memes is in the video below....

  • Water outage in Brooten (Tuesday, June 21)

    Randy Olson|Jun 16, 2022

    An unforseen mechanical problem during routine water tower maintenance (cleaning) in Brooten has led to an hours-long water outage across town on Tuesday, June 21. The issue arose around 10 a.m. today, and it appears that it will take at least a "couple more hours" until it's resolved, according to city staff. At B-B-E, all activities have been canceled for today at the elementary school, and the day care is closing as of 1 p.m. Families have been notified. Update: city staff is optimistic that the water issue should be resolved by 4 p.m....

  • Bonanza Valley Days coming July 7, 8, 9 and 10 in Brooten (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 9, 2022

    Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten is charging hard at us and will be here before we know it! The big summer celebration will be held on Thursday through Sunday, July 7-10. The fun begins with Worship in the Park on Thursday night and concludes with the grand parade and Bonanza Valley State Bank ice cream social on Sunday afternoon. A long, long list of activities are planned just as we are accustomed to in recent years, and the BVD Committee is excited to have added food offerings, all the entertai...

  • Belgrade Memorial Day parade (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 9, 2022

    The Belgrade Memorial Day parade was held on Monday, May 30 just as the sun broke free on what was a cool, cloudy morning. Below is video from different vantage points throughout the parade route. Additional coverage appeared and will appear in the June 2 and June 9 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....

  • First major goof with the newspaper's printing

    Randy Olson|Jun 9, 2022

    It was bound to happen with spotty Internet service and pushing things to the last minute at The Voice. On the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, a network error caused the June 9 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper to lose its classified and back pages. Initial publishing directions were sent, delivered and received to and by the printing press for a 12-page issue, but while publishing took place, two extra pages were added. This was the first major printing error under the current ownership of the newspaper. It was an error caused on...

  • Hitler parody (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 9, 2022

    As an extension to the material in my newspaper column this week (June 9 issue), here's a one-minute video clip featuring a parody based on an Adolph Hitler movie Downfall. God Bless the First Amendment and our ability to make satire out of our leaders! Both at home and abroad. Remember: as I said in my column, our leaders are sick. We can look around the U.S. and the globe and see numerous leaders who are simply deranged. We can look to the north to Canada to see the demented man called Justin...

  • Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: taking smug and arrogant to a new level (VIDEOS)

    Randy Olson|Jun 9, 2022

    Jennifer Granholm is another high-ranking government official in our world who is one sick puppy. Utterly vile! She takes smug and arrogant to a whole new level. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: we are ruled by completely incompetent people who are so self-absorbed that they have NO CLUE whatsoever what pain we are suffering out in the lower and middle class of America. See the two videos below....

  • Will we get an answer? (OPINION)

    Randy Olson|Jun 2, 2022

    It remains to be seen if federal officials will explain how they ignored warnings dating back to last fall about what was an impending shortage of baby formula in the United States. Some media ask the question, but there's not much explanation coming from Washington D.C. At the end of the day, we know that bureaucracy ultimately slows down what could be speedy progress to the problems we face in America. An example of a non-answer from a fed is shown in the video below....

  • B-B-E Outstanding athletes of the year (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 2, 2022

    Here's video featuring Activities Director Rick Gossen announcing the 2021-2022 outstanding senior athletes of the year at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa. This was at the senior recognition banquet on Wednesday, May 25 at the B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. The graduation video player can be found at the newspaper's Jaguars sports extended coverage blog: http://bbejaguars.blogspot.com/2022/06/b-b-e-class-of-2022-graduation-live.html....

  • Elrosa Saints amateur baseball has 5-0 start to season

    Randy Olson|Jun 2, 2022

    After a lengthy Mother Nature-induced delay to start their season, Elrosa's amateur baseball team has rocketed off to a 5-0 start starting with a 4-0 win over the visiting Meire Grove Grovers on Sunday, May 15. Two weekends ago in two road games, the Saints won 15-5 at Lake Henry on May 21 and then 9-7 at Spring Hill on May 22. On Saturday under the lights of Saints Field, Elrosa defeated Farming 7-2 before they headed down to Roscoe on Sunday afternoon and picked up a 10-1 win. The delayed...

  • Elementary track and field day Tug-of-War (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jun 2, 2022

    Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary students participated in track and field day events on May 19 and 20 at the high school football stadium. Elementary P.E. teacher Austin Rambow and members of the varsity track and field team organized multiple races and field events. Below is video from the Tug of War competition, in this video with the fourth grade girls facing off with the fourth grade boys. To view the newspaper's photo gallery from the afternoon, click on the following short link: https://bit.ly/3NV60q8....

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