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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....
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 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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
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....
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....
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...
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....
The Brooten American Legion Ranten-Sunflot Post No. 288 hosted a Memorial Day program on May 30 at the Brooten Pavilion. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall had passed over the area before sunrise that day, so the event was moved indoors from its usual location of Memorial Park. This also happened in 2019. A great crowd of visitors were on hand for the program, which included the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school band performing music. Below is video from the program....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2022 held its graduation ceremony on Friday, June 3 at the high school football stadium. Under picture-perfect conditions of full sunshine, no wind and seasonal temperatures hovering around 70 degrees, a total of 53 B-B-E graduates were honored and recognized as they received their diplomas. Below is video from the full ceremony. At a later point, we will include the times of each part of graduation in the description in this web article. Here's a link you...
Belgrade Brooten Elrosa school, along with Taher, Inc., is once again offering free breakfast and free lunch for school aged children up to 18 years old! No registration necessary! Just come and join us! Where: Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school in Brooten; Mondays through Fridays between June 6 and August 19 (closed on Monday, July 4); When: breakfasts are 8 to 8:30 a.m., and lunches are 11 to 11:30 a.m....
Every day humanity appears to get dumber and dumber on Planet Earth. A few examples of this are featured in the video below....
In the May 26 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period for the fourth straight week. These figures of three each week represent M.D.H. lab-confirmed cases reported to the state, most usually from health care centers and clinics. They do not represent test results from at-home tests. The May 26 report shows all three new cases in the...
Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's column, May 26, 2022. I so vividly remember a conversation I had one afternoon in the spring of 1995, when the late Terry Frazee called me in to his principal office in the newly-remodeled B-B-E high school in Belgrade, told me to sit down, sunk his shoulders and looked me in the eye before saying, "Randy, I'm gonna keep this short, I'm sure you want to get back to Mr. Gesellchen's chemistry." Frazee looked me straight in the eye and said, "I know you meant well, but please, don't bully the bully." I sat for a...
Below is the video for the Syttende Mai parade that was held in Sunburg on Sunday, May 15. You can see a few photos from that day by clicking over to the newspaper's online photo gallery. As of May 28, the albums are still not complete. The link is: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2022-B-B-EBonanza-Valley-area-events. It amazes the publisher of the Bonanza Valley Voice just how much action can be packed into the town of Sunburg in one day! In our view, it is like a one-day county fair. What...
The Elrosa Seniors hosted their first Bologna Daze fundraiser night of the season on Tuesday, May 24 at Bucky's Bar. Below is video from live entertainment provided for the event, with Donny Brang singing "The Wanderer". Additional coverage of Bologna Daze was published on page 12 of the May 26 Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
During the week of May 9 to May 12, progress was made in a big way for the proposed Jenniges Meat Processing plant on the west side of Brooten. This new plant, which will also include a significant grocery retail area, would be built in a new, eight-acre plot of land that has been annexed into the city of Brooten in Bangor Township, Pope County. At their Monday, May 9 meeting, the Brooten city council approved a public hearing on the project that is set for a special session meeting on Monday,...
Fiddle and violin music filled the air at multiple locations throughout the day in Sunburg for the town's annual Syttende Mai celebration on Sunday, May 15. Below is a video featuring musicians warming up and preparing for a performance at Hope Lutheran Church that morning....
Brooten American Legion Ranten-Sundflot Post No. 288 will host a Memorial Day program on Monday, May 30 at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park on Highway 55 by RJ’s Mini Mart. The event will feature Trinity/West Lake Johanna Lutheran interim pastor Gary Mills as keynote speaker. The B-B-E high school band will also perform. After the program, American Legion members will march to Legion Hall, where everyone is invited for cake, coffee and socializing. Please come and honor our veterans who have given so m...
In the May 19 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period for the fourth straight week. These figures of three each week represent M.D.H. lab-confirmed cases reported to the state, most usually from health care centers and clinics. They do not represent test results from at-home tests. The May 19 report shows two new cases in the Belgrade zip...
In the May 12 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period for the third straight week. These figures of three each week represent M.D.H. lab-confirmed cases reported to the state, most usually from health care centers and clinics. They do not represent test results from at-home tests. The May 12 report has all three new cases originating in the...
Everyone is invited to the friendly town of Sunburg this coming Sunday, May 15 for the annual Syttende Mai celebration. The full schedule of events has been published in the April 28 and May 5 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. It also appeared in full-page format in the May 12 issue. You can see over 190 photos from the Syttende Mai grand parade on May 16, 2021 by clicking over to the newspaper's Smugmug photo gallery (short link): https://bit.ly/3sr4fbX. A video is also in this web...
