Articles from the December 23, 2021 edition


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  • B-B-E zip codes post the number 24

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    We saw a major decline in new COVID-19 case counts for the zip codes (city and rural areas) of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa between the Minnesota Department of Health December 16 report and their December 23 report. The decline was approximately by 44 percent. It has to be pointed out that the Alexandria public school district has forced masking of their younger school children since the start of the 2021-2022 school year. Despite their population being similar as the population of the Willmar 56201 zip code (about 23,000 people), the Alexandri...

  • Brooten holds marvelous Santa Day

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    Santa Day in Brooten was a marvelous time. Children from area towns joined the fun along with kids from the Brooten community at both the Brooten Lanes and the KaDe Shack....

  • Brooten lighted Christmas parade (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    The community of Brooten held a lighted Christmas parade to help conclude the festivities of Santa Day on Saturday, December 18. Additional coverage is forthcoming online and also in the December 23 and December 30 print issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. Parade video is below....

  • Optimize your body against pathogens

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    Below is a video outlining what everyone can do to optimize their immune system for infectious diseases that circulate around the globe. These are points you can take into consideration on a daily basis. It's quite simple: life is so much better when you have proper metabolic health. Proper metabolic health involves ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference, without using medications. These factors directly relate to a person's risk for heart disease,...

  • Omicron in the U.K. is half of common colds

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    In the video below, Dr. John Campbell of the United Kingdom explains information regarding the spread of the omicron "strain" of COVID-19 in recent weeks. What is fascinating to me: omicron is out-competing both the common cold viruses as well as the "delta" strain of COVID-19. This appears to be a positive curveball that doomsday predictions never saw coming....

  • 'Twas the night before Christmas (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    Below is Brooten American Legion Auxiliary member Laverne Reining giving a Christmas reading at the American Legion Hall on December 11, 2018....

  • Incredible news from South Africa (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Dec 23, 2021

    In the video below, Dr. Suneel Dhand discusses the latest news from South Africa, which suggests that their omicron COVID-19 wave is collapsing. A recent study from South Africa says that those infected with the omicron variant had an 80 percent lower risk of being hospitalized compared to the delta variant. This was mentioned one minute into the embedded video, which lasts about six minutes. In some regions of South Africa, the wave of cases is half what it was just three weeks ago in a country where between 35 and 45 percent of adults have...