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On Sunday, July 30 at Elrosa's Saints Field baseball stadium, the Parishes on the Prairie Catholic churches hosted a special outdoor Mass led by St. Cloud Diocese Bishop Patrick Neary. The setting,...

Missing from Belgrade are black labs Buster and Raji. They are going to be very scared. They were taken from their home for the last 8 and 9 years in South Dakota and moved to Minnesota to live in a...

Just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, a severe rain and wind storm pounded across the Brooten and Belgrade areas. The strongest punch of wind battered Brooten for over 15 minutes as torrential...

Official UPDATE on Thursday, July 27: the City of Brooten, PWSID 1730005 is lifting the Boil Water Advisory dated 07/26/23. What is posted below is one day old and now outdated, but it will remain...

The Brooten Pavilion has hosted hundreds of musical acts across its 93-plus years of existence since it opened the last week of September in 1929. Through the local connection of Dr. Anthony (Tony)...

The Bonanza Valley Days kiddie parade was held on a sunny, picture-perfect Saturday morning, July 8 in Brooten. The video below features the parade, which was held along Hatton Street. The BVD kiddie...

Tim Zimmerman and the Kings Brass gave a performance for the ages on Wednesday, July 19 at the Brooten Pavilion. A video from the opening song is attached below. One of the band performers is Dr....

Bonanza Valley Days outdid itself as a small town celebration this past weekend in Brooten. Beyond a random hiccup here and there, the full four-day weekend of activities in Brooten drew visitors...

The Bonanza Valley Days grand parade was the biggest in years as they drew over 77 units on Sunday, July 9. Below is a short video featuring early units, including the Brooten American Legion and...

Downtown Brooten was nearly maxed out on Saturday, July 8, as over 80 cars and trucks descended on Main Street for the Bonanza Valley Days car and truck show. Jim and Tracy Fischer, owners of JF Auto...

A small set of Bonanza Valley Days 2023 T-shirts are still for sale. Over a week later, a full inventory of what's left has been itemized and is outlined below. The T-shirt logos were created by the...

A large variety of 2023 Bonanza Valley Days T-shirts are for sale on Thursday and Friday, July 6-7, at the newspaper office in downtown Brooten. The "Proud and Free 2023" shirts are sized in both...

Friday night update to share from the publisher: the DeeJay Sounds street dance, sponsored by the Bonanza Valley Voice, is still ON! The music should start playing by 9:30 p.m., at which point the rai...

A wide variety of food offerings will be available across the final three days of Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten - which runs July 6, 7, 8 and 9. On Friday, the Brooten Fire Department's Chicken BBQ...

Here it is! This is the grand parade lineup for Sunday, July 9 in Brooten. The Bonanza Valley Days grand parade will get rolling at 1:30 p.m. The organization and lineup starts at noon by the...

Samantha Baker will reign as the new Miss Brooten as of this afternoon! Baker, along with five other candidates, were crowned as part of the Miss Brooten royal court for the next year. Miss Brooten...

The second annual Prayer and Party church social, hosted by Parishes on the Prairie Catholic churches, was a huge hit in Elrosa on Sunday, June 25. The B-B-E Knights of Columbus served over 320...

Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten is just around the corner on July 6, 7, 8 and 9. The first Medallion hunt clue will be posted Monday, July 3 on the window of city hall. This is the only location that...

The Bonanza Valley Voice learned this week that two dogs have died as a result of injuries they sustained in the city of Brooten this summer after being attacked by another dog. These events occurred...

Parishes on the Prairie, with Catholic churches from Sauk Centre, West Union, Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa, invites everyone from all walks of life to their second annual Prayer and Party fellowship...