Articles from the May 8, 2025 edition


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  • Youth Bell Choir performs with worship at Trinity Lutheran in Brooten (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    On Sunday, May 4 at Trinity Lutheran church in Brooten, students from Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches performed in the parish youth bell choir as part of worship service. In the attached video, the bell choir performs at the beginning before the lessons, Psalm and Holy Gospel were read. Pastor Jeanne Megorden's sermon followed....

  • Kensington Bank of Belgrade springs into spring with new-look lobby

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    Kensington Bank in Belgrade recently completed a major renovation to its lobby, which included moving its teller stations and creating a new, spacious customer seating area with a coffee bar and snacks plus a new conference room. Breitbach Construction of Elrosa began the project in January, and it was mostly wrapped up by April 1. It is worth a visit to stop in and take a look! Their regular banking hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Mondays through Fridays. Their phone number is...

  • Grove Lake Memorial Parade/program is May 25 (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    The Grove Lake community invites everyone to their Memorial Parade on Sunday, May 25 at 1 p.m. at the Grove Lake Chapel located on County Road 39 south of Grove Lake. All will proceed to the park shelter by the lakeshore for a short program. A dessert stand at the park shelter will be available (free will offering). Also! A new Grove Lake Veterans booklet will be available starting on May 25 with a cost of just $5. In the attached video, members of the Glenwood V.F.W. are led by Gordy Wagner as...

  • Hollywood! You can't make this up (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    A deceptively-edited 60 Minutes video of a Kamala Harris interview in 2024 was just nominated for an Emmy in Hollywood! You can't make this up! Well, you could, but it would be tough to believe you! In the interview, Harris gave one of her standard incoherent, rambling, nonsensical answers. However, 60 Minutes edited the video to make her sound like she knew what she was talking about....

  • Memorial Day programs coming to Brooten, Belgrade

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    The Brooten American Legion Post No. 288 will host a Memorial Day program on Monday, May 26 at the Brooten Pavilion starting at 10 a.m. Music students from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school will perform, and guest speaker and current elementary principal Josie Dingmann will give a speech. Just down Highway 55 in Belgrade, the Belgrade V.F.W. Post No. 1825 will host a Memorial Day program that same morning starting at 11 a.m. at the B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. Additional details will...

  • Gun safety training held in rural Belgrade (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    On Saturday, May 3, gun safety training was held for 38 youth from surrounding schools, including Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and New London-Spicer. The five-hour event was hosted by members of the Padua Conservation Club in Colfax Township at the Belgrade Sportsmen's shooting range. Additional coverage is forthcoming in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. In the attached video, Dave Clark is shown speaking to youth about the different types of guns used for hunting purposes....

  • I absolutely adore memes (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    Memes are the modern-day lifeblood of free speech in the United States of America. The attached video, which lasts nearly 3 minutes, contains news-related memes focusing on what's happened in America across the first 10 days of May 2025....

  • Mother's Day prayers at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    During the Mother's Day worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township, Pastor Jeanne Megorden provided special prayers for mothers and for families who are suffering loss or illness at the present time. The attached video features those prayers....

  • Syttende Mai celebration is Sunday, May 18 in Sunburg! (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 8, 2025

    The annual Syttende Mai celebration is coming to the town of Sunburg in the northwest corner of Kandiyohi County on Sunday, May 18. This event features a full day of family-friendly activities for all ages. In the attached video, Sunburg Fire department member Milton Tollefson is shown reading out the winners of the Sunburg Trolls Car Club raffle winners on May 19, 2024. This was one of the final activities of the day. The Sunburg Trolls Car Club hosts their annual classic car and truck show...

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