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The annual celebration at the old log church and museum for the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association drew a larger-than-usual crowd on August 20 to the Arctander Township site as the group honored the 84 victims of our state who perished in the 1873 blizzard that lasted from January 7 through January 10 that year. Video has been added below featuring most of the skit performed by two adults and two children that was written by Norman Hande. The skit centers on the blizzard and how it...
A wild, rollercoaster game played out in Dassel on Saturday, August 20 with temperatures topping 90 degrees as the Elrosa Saints battled the Hadley Buttermakers while earning a 4-3, walk-off, come-from-behind win in the opening round of the Class C state amateur baseball tournament. Trailing 1-0 after the third inning, the Saints plated two runs in the bottom of the fourth. Hadley's hopes were lifted with a two-RBI home run in the fifth. The 3-2 lead stood until the eighth, when Derek Wiener's...
The Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran parish hosted Vacation Bible School between August 6-9 at Grace Lutheran church in Belgrade. A video featuring one of the final songs of the program held on August 9 is posted below. After the program, children and their families and friends who attended gathered for an ice cream social in the fellowship hall. Three photos from that evening were published in the August 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
A major corrective surgery at Rochester Mayo for out-of-control scoliosis afflicting the oldest daughter of the Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's family was a "total, 100 percent success" on August 24. Children and adults from all over the globe travel to Rochester to treat what ails them, so to have this medical facility right here in our state is a blessing. The surgery, performed at St. Mary's Hospital on the Rochester Mayo campus, prevented permanent damage caused by a severely-curved spine...
Here's another video clip from the Belgrade August Fest parade held on August 12....
