Articles from the February 18, 2021 edition


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  • (HD VIDEO) Ash Wednesday worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish

    Randy Olson|Feb 18, 2021

    Below is the video for worship services on Ash Wednesday at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN. As Pastor Wayne says at the beginning of worship, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day journey for the Easter season. The special day is a day of fasting and repentance for Christians, where we acknowledge that upon death, our bodies return to the earth. The sign of the cross marked on our foreheads marks the same sign of the cross marked at the time of our baptism into...

  • COVID-19 curve remains flat in the Bonanza Valley

    Randy Olson|Feb 18, 2021

    The Bonanza Valley area and the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa local area continues to see little, if any, COVID-19 activity in the heart of the winter and traditional influenza season. For the local zip code areas of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa, the weekly Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 report showed just four new cases reported for the period of February 11 to February 17: Belgrade (4), Brooten (0) and Elrosa (0). The village proper of Elrosa has now gone at least eight weeks with no COVID cases. Cumulatively since January of 2020, the MDH...

  • Sticker shock: IRS slaps Brooten Commercial Club with additional $6,000 of interest and penalties

    Randy Olson|Feb 18, 2021

    The walls will continue closing in for whoever the government deems responsible for the massive tax and penalties bill owed by the Brooten Commercial Club to the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service last week added over $6,000 in additional penalties and interest charges to the delinquent tax bill owed by the BCC to the federal government. Former BCC gambling manager Michelle Halls, a tax preparer in downtown Brooten, failed to file paperwork or make payments on four quarters of federal tax liabilities owed for the calendar year of...

  • (HD VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on February 21

    Randy Olson|Feb 18, 2021

    Below is video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London for Sunday, February 21, 2021....

  • Fish Fry season is coming!

    Randy Olson|Feb 18, 2021

    Mark your calendars! The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Knights of Columbus chapter will hold the first of three Lent season fish fry fundraisers on Friday, February 26 at the KaDe Shack in Brooten. All are invited! Also, if you do not wish to eat on site, take outs are available. They will serve from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on that night as well as Friday, March 12 and Friday, March 26. The cash raffle will be held on March 26 following the fish fry. And for a fun flash back, here's the Bonanza Valley Voice...