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The Bonanza Valley Days Worship in the Park will feature an Ecumenical worship service on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. the Brooten city park led by River of Life staff and friends including Pastor Mitch Wall. We are grateful for all who participate in this event each year that officially kicks off Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten. The BVD Medallion Hunt concluded one day earlier than it usually has, as it was found on Wednesday this week (July 9) by sisters Bailey Nelson and Tia Nelson. It was...
UPDATED on Friday night, with additional Saturday details. The first food offerings for Bonanza Valley Days is tonight (Thursday, July 10) at the BVD Worship in the Park. Following worship, cookies will be served at the Brooten Pavilion. The worship service, led by River of Life Church, will start at 7 p.m. Also, right off the bat, we can enjoy food offerings at our regular establishments of Backyard Burger, RJ's Mini Mart, the KaDe Shack, Marcia's Bar and Grill and Lincoln's Restaurant. Beyond...
The attached video is from June 27 at Smilin'D Arena in Colfax Township....
The opening night of Bonanza Valley Days featured a marvelous ecumenical Worship in the Park service led by River of Life Church at the Brooten City Park on Thursday, July 10. Organizers were thrilled to have an official turnout of 63 for this event. Typically, in recent years, this brings a crowd of 30 to 50 for this outdoor worship service that kicks off the big weekend in Brooten. The attached video features the closing song....
Get a glimpse of the Saturday night street dance at Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten on July 12 in the attached video. The band providing live music is Dam Jammers. Check out the crowd! And the fireworks show was great! Keep this in mind! Brooten is packing in the crowds for Bonanza Valley Days because the public knows they will have a good time when they are here for any of our four-day celebration. This is something everyone who has any tie of any sort to Brooten should be deeply proud of. For...
The Bonanza Valley Days Worship in the Park will feature an Ecumenical worship service on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. the Brooten city park led by River of Life staff and friends including Pastor Mitch Wall. We are grateful for all who participate in this event each year that officially kicks off Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten! In the attached video, you can watch the BVD Worship in the Park on July 7, 2022 with Father Theis. To see over 170 Bonanza Valley Voice photos taken on Day II of BVD...
On Thursday, July 3, the first wave of Bonanza Valley Days T-shirts went on sale in Brooten at two locations. The public can stop and purchase T-shirts at the Bonanza Valley State Bank on Central Avenue or at The Shed (Jana Mae's, Earthy Elements and Meraki Salon) on Highway 55 East (950 Highway 55). The price is $20 each. The bank is closed on Friday this week for the 4th of July holiday. Next Thursday, July 10, the BVD T-shirts will be for sale on Main Street in Brooten in front of the...
The Brooten High School class of 1966 will hold a reunion on Friday, July 11, at the Brooten American Legion building from 4 to 6 p.m. Refreshments and snacks will be available. Please pass the word!...
The second Farmers Market of the 2025 season was held on Thursday, July 3 at the Brooten city park shelter. The Brooten Farmers Market was re-started in 2023 and took place again in 2024. It is held weekly on Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. as a rain or shine event. At the July 3 Brooten Farmers Market, Brooten Class of 1968 graduate Robert Anderson set up an incredible display of his drawings and paintings. He is a former school teacher and former B-B-E school paraprofessional enjoying retirement....
For the second year in a row, the Great River Regional Library and the Belgrade Library are sponsoring Now. Make. Art as one of numerous activities coming to Brooten for Bonanza Valley Days. This event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Brooten city park gazebo area on Friday, July 11. If you drive to the city park, you can park on the east or west side and walk to the location near the city park shelter. The GPS address is 180 State Highway 55 in Brooten. This arts-related event will take place under...
The Brooten Farmers Market, which still seeks vendors to join, opens the 2025 season tonight, Thursday, June 26 at the city park shelter and gazebo. The Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. rain or shine. Available on this evening are baked goods by the Zimmermans (breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, granola) plus other vendors with flowers, leaf lettuce (lots!), Val TeVelde's hand-crafted cards and more. Two vendors are selling sourdough bread, and one of those vendors also has sourdough...
The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration is coming to Brooten on July 10, 11, 12, and 13! It all kicks off with the BVD Worship in the Park on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at the city park (near the shelter). This year, the non-denominational worship service will be led by River of Life Church staff. Also, the BVD garage sale listings will be published in the July 3 and July 10 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. Parade entries are being sought by Eric and Deanna Johnson. Enter...
Here's a video that outlines 15 features of family gardens of the past that have been lost to time. How's your family garden fared with all the rain the Bonanza Valley area has received? Prior to May 15, this area was in a severe drought. That's all a distant memory. Across the days of Wednesday and Thursday, June 25-26, the Brooten area received right near 4 inches of rain. From the Wayback Machine...a list if garden features from years gone by: 1. Cold Frames. 2. The Backyard Bean Teepee. 3....
Note: this event was rained out after being originally planned for Thursday, June 26. All area youth in grades 7 to 12 are invited to a Youth Night of activities and delicious, FREE grilled food next week on Monday, June 30 starting at 6 p.m. at the Belgrade City Park. This is a non-denominational event sponsored by the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Church Free Spirits youth group. Join them for food, sand volleyball, bean bags, ultimate frisbee and more. On the menu: hamburgers, hot...
The Brooten Farmers Market will operate for the first night of the 2025 season on Thursday, June 26 at the Brooten city park shelter and gazebo from 4 to 7 p.m. Please pass the word! Local craftsman, bakers and artists are welcome to join! Contact the Bonanza Valley Voice for more details at 320-346-2400. The Brooten Farmers Market will run weekly on Thursdays through at least September. An attached video here shows footage from the first Brooten Farmers Market held on June 20,...
SUBMITTED BY JULIE LLOYD Note: a video is added to this web article from 2017; you can view that by clicking through the attached media. The historic Terrace Mill in Chippewa Falls Township will be celebrating a grand reopening on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, at the Terrace Mill grounds. Having been closed due to the covid-19 pandemic and reorganizing efforts, the new board of directors is excited to announce a new season of events and the mill being open for visitors! The event is free...
All area youth in grades 7 to 12 are invited to a Youth Night of activities and delicious grilled food this week Thursday, June 26 starting at 6 p.m. at the Belgrade City Park. This is a non-denominational event sponsored by the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Church Free Spirits youth group. Join them for food, sand volleyball, bean bags, ultimate frisbee and more. On the menu: hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, cookies and beverages. This is a FREE event! Please help spread the...
On Thursday, June 12, a steady rainfall began across the Bonanza Valley area after 11 a.m. If nothing else, it developed into a great day to travel to a garage sale! One garage sale is taking place in rural Brooten/Grove Lake just a stone's throw off of the North Fork Crow River on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. From the Brooten area, it can be found by heading north on County Road 18, turning left on County Road 20 (the Sedan road) and then heading north on 102nd Avenue towards the...
The Belgrade V.F.W. Post No. 1825 held its Memorial Day program at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's Olson Auditorium. About 80 members of the public were in attendance along with the B-B-E high school's grades 8-12 choir and band, which both performed patriotic songs. In the attached video, you can watch the program. The guest speaker was Keith Johnson, a Belgrade native who graduated from BHS in 1960. He later was a music teacher at Litchfield high school before retiring in 1999. After...
The reading of the lesson and Holy Gospel plus the pastor's sermon at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church is included in the attached video from June 1. Barry Bouwman reads the lessons and Psalm, and Pastor Jeanne Megorden read the Holy Gospel before providing her sermon. Worship at WLJ in Gilchrist Township is at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday for the month of June....
An extensive church bell and building remodel project is underway at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa. In the attached video, which was recorded the morning of Friday, May 23, the third and final bell from the bell tower at Ss. Peter and Paul is removed from the steeple. Additional coverage is forthcoming in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. One photo of the three bells was published on page 1 of the June 5 issue....
The Belgrade VFW Post 1825 held their Memorial Day program on May 26. Part of the parade is featured in the attached video, which was recorded while the parade marched down Belgrade's Main Street. To view the video, swipe right or left on the photo of the veterans marching down Main Street....
On the first day of June, regular Sunday worship was held at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township. A video attached here features the Prayers of Intercession led by Pastor Jeanne Megorden....
The Brooten American Legion held a Memorial Day program on May 26 at the Brooten Pavilion. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school band performed patriotic music, and the guest speaker was B-B-E elementary principal Josie Dingmann. She is a granddaughter of the late Harold and Harriet Jacobson, who passed away this past winter. They were long-time members of the Brooten American Legion and Legion Auxiliary. Dingmann's keynote speech begins at about the 9-minute mark in the video. In the latter...
This week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) greatly altered the government's COVID jab recommendations for the public. The new recommendations bring the United States in line with just about every other country in the western world. In a nutshell: COVID jabs will now only be recommended for those in high-risk health situations or senior citizens age 65 or older. The attached video from the Jimmy Dore channel on YouTube spells out more details....
