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The joint parish Christmas Eve worship for Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches was held in Brooten on Wednesday, December 24. A near-full house of children and adults gathered and heard a Christmas message from Synodically Authorized Minister Linda Simms, who has helped guide Trinity and WLJ since September as the parish seeks a new full-time minister. The attached video begins with Simms providing her children's sermon....

And! Just when you didn't think it could get worse. Minnesota day care ("day") programs are licensed to operate from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. In the case of the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis, they recently posted hours of operation as being 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. This is a problem. They receive taxpayer funding from state and federal sources while operating outside the legal hours of operation. Red flags, anyone? The attached video from Angela Rose shares her recent visit to this location on the...

Sunday School children and teachers at Big Grove Lutheran Church in North Fork Township held their Christmas program on Sunday, December 21. The attached video features most of the Christmas program. The video has a rough beginning while the tripod was adjusted at the rear of the church sanctuary. During that part, two students gave welcoming comments to worshipers and asked that cell phones be turned off. Finally, 44 seconds into the video, the rough part ends. (You may want to just skip the...

Brooten's Bonanza Valley Days 2026! BVD 2026: four nights/days of activities! The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration in Brooten is coming next on July 9, 10, 11 and 12 in 2026! Spread the word and mark your calendars! The 2026 BVD grand parade starts at 1:30 p.m. in Brooten on Sunday, July 12, 2026. January 3, 2026 Belgrade VFW Steak and Pork Chop Fry with meat raffle The Belgrade VFW invites everyone to their next Steak and Pork Chop Fry on Saturday, January 3, 2026 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This...

From the Sivaady channel on YouTube. This is GOLD! Nick Shirley SINGLE-HANDEDLY embarrassed the media "powerhouse" that is known in America as CNN. He did so with astonishingly success. On CNN, the liberal mouthpiece who goes by the name of Tiffany Cross called Shirley a "random YouTuber." She's offended that Shirley's work breached through the noise and reached tens of millions of American citizens at a time when perhaps a only a half a million people in America watch CNN each day. The bottom l...

A career-high 28 points by senior guard Taylor Pieper helped the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team claim third place in the Red Bracket of the Old National Bank Holiday tournament on Tuesday, December 30. The Jaguars evened their record at 3-3 with the win. In the first of back-to-back border battles at Willmar's Big Red Gym on Monday, the Jaguars lost 68-62 to New London-Spicer. The game to follow featured the host Cardinals taking on MACCRAY, which resulted in a 69-42 win for...