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Santa Claus visited Elrosa last Friday night, December 10. He was escorted around town on a horse-drawn wagon by Welle Farms, plus assistance from the Elrosa Fire Department and the Elrosa Commercial Club. It was a beautiful December evening with snow falling lightly as Santa and his helpers spread Christmas cheer while delivering gift/goodie bags to children of all ages. Video from part of his trek across Elrosa is shown below....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote a letter dated November 5, 2021 admitting that they have no records of Americans who were infected and won their battle with COVID-19 then transmitting the disease at a later point to someone else. This letter was in response to a September 2 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a New York attorney who wished to obtain any documented cases of an individual meeting the following description: (1) Never received a COVID-19 vaccine; (2) Was infected with COVID-19 once, recovered and then...
From a population standpoint, the new COVID-19 case counts in the past week have evened out between the Belgrade 56312, Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 zip code areas. In the December 16 report by the Minnesota Department of Health, the cumulative figure for new COVID-19 cases reported in the past week is 43, which is an increase from last week's total of 32 (December 9 report). The breakdown is as follows: Belgrade 56312 - 27 new cases (18 last week) Brooten 56316 - 14 new cases (8 last week) El...
Below is the video from the prayer/memorial service for Jeff Oliver of rural Belgrade, who passed away on December 7, 2021. Three minutes into the video, the song "Jealous of the Angels" is played. Starting at the 7:00 mark, Pastor Christian Strickland with St. John's Lutheran Church of Atwater read the obituary. At the 12:30 mark, the song "All My Hope is in Jesus" is played. At the 17-minute mark, Pastor Strickland read the poem by Robert Frost called "Nothing Gold Can Stay." He then provided...
Below is video from the last four kick division performances at the home dance comp "Dancing to the Finish Line" on Thursday, December 16. The video begins in the kick division with the Canby-Minneota Sensations team performing to music by Gaga. At the 4:10 mark of the video, the Sauk Centre team takes the floor for their kick performance with music by an ABBA Mashup. At the 9:20 mark in the video, the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Shadows kick squad takes the floor with a dance mix titled "Heaven". Right around the 14-minute mark in the...
Please spread the word! The community of Brooten invites townsfolk and folks from across the countryside and neighboring towns to come celebrate Christmas with Santa Day THIS COMING Saturday, December 18. The event will run across approximately a three-hour period starting at 3:30 p.m. with Santa Claus and kids' bingo at the Brooten Lanes bowling alley. You can come then or come later into the event, which concludes that night with a 6 p.m. lighted parade down main street. You can watch a video...
Sunday School students at Crow River Lutheran church in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi County, performed their Christmas program on Sunday, December 12. Photos from the event were published in the December 16 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
