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The Centre Area Concert Association is excited to present Sarah Grudem (on the harp) and Eric Graff (cello) on Sunday, October 3 at 2 p.m. at the Olson Auditorium, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school in Belgrade. This FREE CONCERT is funded by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage fund. Sarah Grudem is a freelance harpist, born, raised and currently living in Minneapolis. She...
I have learned from two separate sources that multiple hospital beds and hospital rooms are going unused and unoccupied by patients at both Carris Health hospital in Willmar and at CentraCare hospital in St. Cloud. To me, this is absolutely crazy during what major media is describing as a "raging, ongoing" pandemic. What is CentraCare doing wrong? Why can't they hold onto staff? We all need to ask the question: why are they short of hospital staff? The public deserves honest answers. Try this on for size: this comment was posted online, and I...
CITY OF BROOTEN, MINNESOTA, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Brooten, Minnesota, will conduct a public hearing on September 27, 2021, beginning at 7:00 PM at the Brooten City Hall, 147 Central Avenue North, P.O. Box 81, Brooten, MN 56316-0081. This hearing will offer Council to hear comments regarding Ordinance No. 1-2021. ORDINANCE NO. 1-2021: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BROOTEN, MINNESOTA ANNEXING LAND LOCATED IN BANGOR TOWNSHIP, POPE COUNTY, MINNESOTA PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES ...
A 40 percent reduction in new cases was what was reported in the September 23 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 zip code report for the zip codes of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa. Two of the three B-B-E zip codes showed significant declines, while one remained the same, compared to the prior week. For the September 23 report, the B-B-E zip codes of about 4,300 people posted the number of 14 new cases in the period of September 16 to September 22. Belgrade 56312 - 8 new cases (12 last week)...
Come to Swift Falls on Saturday, September 25 for the annual Turkey Fest celebration, which is hosted by Brink's Beer Joint. Video from the 2018 Turkey Fest parade is shown below. Click on the following link to view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper photo gallery from the Turkey Fest celebration held in 2018: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2018-BBEBonanza-Valley-events/Brinks-Turkey-Fest-09-22. Today's schedule: a bean bag tournament starts at 1 p.m., and the First Responder pot luck turkey cook off runs from 3 to 5 p.m. For children, they...
The weather was outstanding, even with a strong, southerly wind, for the second annual Fall Harvest Fest at Rustic Designs Flower Farm in rural Georgeville/Belgrade on Sunday, September 19. Below is video from mid-afternoon that day. Click on the following link to redirect to their business website: https://www.rusticdesignsflowerfarm.com....
At the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school open house on September 1, students in grades 4 through 7 and their families took in a presentation on the new concept dubbed 'School Within a School' middle school concept. About the presentation, Gossen said, "You're going to really like this. We have a group of teachers who are very excited and probably a little anxious, because, as we all know, change is hard. In education, what we've been hearing for a long time is that change is needed. We need to do s...
