Articles from the December 28, 2023 edition


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  • Brooten city council adopts 2024 levy

    Randy Olson|Dec 28, 2023

    The Brooten city council met in regular session on Monday, December 11 and held the annual Truth in Taxation hearing before setting the 2024 budget and levy. The 2024 levy amount was set at $442,433. This compares to $473,677 set a year ago for 2023. In December of 2021, the levy amount adopted for 2022 was $445,495. The 2024 budget was set at $798,310. This compares to $728,531 set a year ago for 2023. In December of 2021, the budget total adopted was $687,591. The city council also adopted a...

  • Christmas in the Bonanza Valley (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Dec 28, 2023

    The attached video features the end of worship at the Brooten Community Church on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, led by Pastor Rick Krasky. Sisters Tia Nelson and Bailey Nelson provided music accompaniment on trumpet. It rained almost all weekend long. Had it been snow, no one would have been at church anywhere across the area. Estimates suggest it would have been 20 to 30 inches of snow! Instead, we all just got very wet. Due to the health scare of the publisher's wife, Jessica Olson,...

  • Christmas Eve worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Dec 28, 2023

    Featured in the attached video is the final 10 minutes of worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran on Sunday, December 24 in Gilchrist Township....

  • Christmas concert band soloists 'Ash Grove'

    Randy Olson|Dec 28, 2023

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior high band performed as one of many musical groups on the evening of Monday, December 18 at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. The second song performed by the senior high band was Ash Grove, a Welsh Folk Song arranged by Mark Williams. Coverage from the concert was published in the December 21 and 28 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....