Articles from the May 12, 2022 edition


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  • B-B-E zip codes post a 3 for the third straight week

    Randy Olson|May 12, 2022

    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...

  • Come to Sunburg THIS Sunday! Syttende Mai celebration all day (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 12, 2022

    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...

  • B-B-E elementary spring concert celebrates history of Rock N' Roll (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 12, 2022

    Students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school performed their spring music concert on Wednesday, May 4 in front of a packed house in the school gymnasium. The music and dialogue celebrated the history of Rock N' Roll with music from singers such as Little Richard, James Brown and Elvis Presley. Below is a video clip from the start of the show. Prior to the musical, the fifth grade band performed a long list of songs including the traditional...

  • When you can't even trust the fish or chickens...(VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 12, 2022

    Meanwhile, in a country with some of the craziest humans to have ever lived on earth, known more commonly as China...they have to swab the rear ends of fish (as well as their mouths) just to see if they're "safe" from the black plague, or what we also know as COVID-19. Meanwhile, life has long since returned to normal in our rural communities of west central Minnesota....

  • And then there's this lady...(VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 12, 2022

    Don't criticize the woman in this video. She CLEARLY knows a great deal about SCIENCE. "Trust the science!" they say. Oh, boy. God help us. I think society is in trouble....

  • Brooten spared from severe storm damage (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|May 12, 2022

    On the evening of Thursday, May 12, a significant thunderstorm, wind storm and rain storm passed over the Bonanza Valley area with brute force. In some areas, tornado-like activity was reported near Lake Johanna, Padua and other areas. Just shy of 7 p.m., the warning sirens began blaring in Brooten, and they worked exactly as intended. For a period of 10 minutes after the sirens began, the wind blew at around 10 to 15 miles an hour as a dark, ominous cloud developed to the southwest. In a...