Articles from the February 25, 2016 edition
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Precinct caucus night is Tuesday, March 1
The world belongs to those who show up, and that is no more true in politics. For citizens of Minnesota, precinct caucuses is a true grassroots-level event where someone can show up and make a difference. Locally the Republican and...
Minnow races kick off FFA week at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's recognition of National FFA Week kicked off on Tuesday this week with minnow races during the lunch periods at the high school. In the photo, Ryan Illies and Kelsie Hanson...
Four Jaguar wrestlers advance to state!
Four members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team earned trips to the Class 1A state tournament this past weekend. From left: Colby Schramel (152-lb. section champion), Tyler Bents (113-lb. s...
Speech team first at New London-Spicer
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team earned their second first-place team trophy of the season this past Saturday at the New London-Spicer meet. With just 11 members participating, the team was...
B-B-E FFA milk drinking contest
Shown is video from the senior high lunch period on Wednesday, February 24 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, when the B-B-E FFA chapter hosted milk drinking contests. For senior high students, they were to drink three cups of milk to qualify for the...
State wrestling success!
Four members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars wrestling team battled in the opening round of the Class 1A state tournament this afternoon (Friday, Feb. 26) at the Xcel Energy Center in St....
Another win for Schramel!
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior Colby Schramel has forged a 2-0 record in the early stages of the Class 1A individual state wrestling tournament after outstanding performances today at the Xcel Energ...
Jaguars boys' basketball headed to finals!
Riding a strong second-half performance in Saturday's Sub-Section 6A-South semifinal round game in Morris, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars came out on top of a 17-win Hancock Owls team to earn...
Thompson finishes wrestling season in style
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior Ben Thompson, a wildly talented three-sport athlete, earned a bronze medal with a third-place finish at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament this weekend....
Verhoeff sings National Anthem
Here's Fabienne Verhoeff, foreign-exchange student at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, singing the National Anthem prior to the home boys' basketball playoff game on Thursday, Feb. 25....
Jaguars win sub-section semifinal game
For the 13th time in the program's history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team will play for a subsection championship after they defeated third-seeded Hancock 58-49 on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the University of Minnesota-Morris. The...
Child care unionization election fails
Below is a press release from the Speaker of the House in Minnesota, Representative Kurt Daudt, about today's ballot counting that resulted in AFSCME's day care unionization scheme failing by a huge margin. The final tally: 1,014 to 392. For day...
Funeral for Rick Thonvold
Funeral services for Rick L. Thonvold, age 47 of Brooten, will be on Monday, March 7 at Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg at 11 a.m. He was owner and co-owner of Brooten Auto with Scott Vogel since...
