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 By Randy Olson    News    March 7, 2024

Minnesota's townships to hold annual meetings on Township Day, Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Minnesota's 1,777 townships will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March and sets...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 29, 2024

Moderna booster jab renders Canadian woman quadraplegic (VIDEO)

A woman in Canada was diagnosed with transverse myelitis that rendered her quadriplegic. According to her doctor, he believed that her Moderna COVID booster jab is what caused her to become paralyzed. Two of her medical reports say that the Moderna...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 22, 2024

Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Donatus Church in Brooten (VIDEO)

On what ended up being a snowy Ash Wednesday last week (February 14), area churches held worship services to mark the beginning of the Lenten period of the Christian calendar. At St. Donatus Church in Brooten, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Catholic...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 15, 2024

Sunday worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran (VIDEO)

The final worship service of the Epiphany season was held on Sunday, February 11 at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township. The attached video features the pastor's sermon. The Lent season has started with Ash Wednesday worship...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 15, 2024

Used book fair at Grace Lutheran Church

The Grace Lutheran Church Women are hosting a used book fair that started on Tuesday, February 13. There are hundreds of books! Adult, fiction, non-fiction, children's, reference, cookbooks ,etc....

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 8, 2024

Mystery clotting in a post-COVID jab world (VIDEO, UPDATE)

The blood clot issue is especially significant for the newspaper publisher's family, as the publisher's wife is battling mystery blood clots that have affected her in the past 2 months. Currently, the publisher's family is investigating the pros and...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 8, 2024

Minnesota Republican Delegation condemns effort to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State

On February 8, a press conference was held at the Minnesota State Capitol urging passage of the Democrat-backed North STAR Act. The proposed legislation would make Minnesota a sanctuary state by...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 1, 2024

Sunday worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran (VIDEO)

In case you missed out on attending a worship service over the weekend, here's a video recorded at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township, rural Brooten, on Sunday, January 28. This features Sam Sanders providing reading of the...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    February 1, 2024

A Senior's View from Roger Sagedahl (VIDEO)

Roger Sagedahl of Brooten recently had the honor of turning 90 years old. From his vantage point of Brooten, he has seen nearly a century of history dating back to the late 1930s when the Great Depression still had its grips on America's economy and...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 25, 2024

Nightmare, habitual user charged in fatal Highway 55 crash

An individual with a rap sheet too long and exhaustive to comb through in one evening was charged with criminal vehicular operation plus at least two other felonies in the Highway 55 crash that has...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 25, 2024

Accident claims life of Brooten woman

A head-on car-semi collision late Friday morning, January 19, claimed the life of Shawna Jacobson, age 30, of Brooten, and Darren Tombers, age 40, of Watertown, MN The accident took place on Highway 7...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 25, 2024

Obituary for Cassie Mithaugen

Cassie E. Mithaugen, 41 of Belgrade, died Monday January 22, 2024 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Belgrade. A public visitation will be from 2-5 pm. Sunday at the Johnson...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 25, 2024

Obituary for Jason M. Michels

Jason M. Michels, age 46 of Elrosa, Minnesota and Carnegie, Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at his home in Carnegie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m....

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 18, 2024

Brooten Fire Department members stepping up to the emergency responder challenge

In the face of what is a national and statewide Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and emergency responder shortage that is also plaguing central Minnesota, members of the Brooten Fire Department are...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 18, 2024

Accident claims life of Brooten woman (second update and error edit)

A head-on car-semi collision late Friday morning, January 19, claimed the life of Shawna Jacobson, age 30, of Brooten, and Darren Tombers, age 40, of Watertown, MN The accident took place on Highway 7...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 18, 2024

Nightmare, habitual user charged in fatal Highway 55 crash (THIRD UPDATE)

An individual with a rap sheet too long and exhaustive to comb through in one evening was charged with criminal vehicular operation plus at least two other felonies in the Highway 55 crash that has...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 18, 2024

Funeral information for Shawna Jacobson, R.I.P.

Shawna Jacobson, age 30, of Brooten, died on Friday, January 19, 2024, as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident that occurred in Minnetrista, MN. Funeral services will be held on...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 18, 2024

Obituary for Jason M. Michels

Jason M. Michels, age 46 of Elrosa, Minnesota and Carnegie, Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at his home in Carnegie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m....

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 18, 2024

Obituary for Cassie Mithaugen

Cassie E. Mithaugen, 41 of Belgrade, died Monday January 22, 2024 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Belgrade. A public visitation will be from 2-5 pm. Sunday at the Johnson...

 

U.S. Senators Tina Smith, Amy Klobuchar decry Postal Service's response to Minnesotans

On December 8, 2023, U.S. Senator Tina Smith and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (both D-MN) slammed the United States Postal Service's (USPS) responses to their recent letters as unacceptable. The...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    January 4, 2024

Belgrade city council accepts fire department retirements of nearly a century of experience

The Belgrade city council met in regular session on Monday, December 18 and buttoned up a few items as local governments prepare for the election year that is upon us in 2024. Beginning on January 1,...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    December 28, 2023

Brooten city council adopts 2024 levy

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....

 
 By Randy Olson    News    December 28, 2023

Christmas in the Bonanza Valley (VIDEO)

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...

 
 By Randy Olson    News    December 28, 2023

Christmas Eve worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran (VIDEO)

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

 
 By Randy Olson    News    December 21, 2023

Brooten lighted Christmas parade (VIDEO)

Main Street in Brooten was the site of multiple activities on Saturday, December 9, featuring the annual Brooten Santa Day. The fun concluded with a lighted Christmas parade north of the KaDe Shack and traveling south down Central Avenue. A total of...

 

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