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The zip code areas of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa have posted the number 18 for new COVID-19 cases in the past week. The report showed a strange phenomenon where the numbers climbed by a large proportion in the Belgrade 56312 zip code while falling by half in the Brooten 56316 zip code. For the second straight week, the village of Elrosa posted a one. Here's the breakdown: Belgrade 56312: 15 new cases (4 last week) Brooten 56316: 2 new cases (4 last week) Elrosa 56325: 1 new case (1 new last...
On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Joe "Brandon" Biden's jab-or-job mandate on workplace settings of 100 or more employees. SCOTUS's ruling, outlined in a 30-page document, backs the concept that COVID-19 is a universal risk that is not solely found in a workplace setting. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan were the dissenters. Justice Sotomayor was the individual who, from the SCOTUS bench, spread the extreme lie on January 7, 2022 that over 100,000 children in America were hospitalized last week...
As parts of the United States close their schools to children at a time when child mental health crises are spiraling out of control in those same areas, over in our part of the land of Rocks and Cows (Governor Tim Walz's words) of rural Minnesota, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas showed nine new COVID-19 cases in the January 6, 2022 Minnesota Department of Health report. At Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools, the doors are open to all children ages 0-18, and classes are in session...
In her cross-examination of the plaintiffs attempting to stop President Biden's COVID-19 jab-or job mandate, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a gross lie about child hospitalizations in the U.S. on Friday, January 7, 2022. Sotomayor stated that upwards of 100,000 children were hospitalized from COVID-19 and in serious shape, "many" of them on ventilators. This is simply and flatly untrue. The current estimate of children in hospitals with COVID-19 is around 3,700 - from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, news...
A sharp, 84-percent decline in new COVID-19 cases was reported for the zip code areas (city and rural) of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa in the December 30 report released by the Minnesota Department of Health. It should be stated up front that a possible explanation, at least one factor in the decline, is that fewer people sought testing over the Christmas weekend. However, any way you cut it, the news you're about to read is fantastic for our local communities and our greater west central area...
The state government of Minnesota coordinated contact tracing for COVID-19 cases that specifically excluded big-box retailers. State-sponsored surveying asked questions targeting bars, restaurants. salons and gymnasiums. At the height of this process, on December 14, 2020, State Senator Michelle Benson asked the Minnesota Department of Health for the exact list of questions that contact tracers were using. Initially, the MDH told Benson that she could not receive that information. Fast forward nearly one year, a data request to the state...
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 5...
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....
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....
Below is Brooten American Legion Auxiliary member Laverne Reining giving a Christmas reading at the American Legion Hall on December 11, 2018....
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...
Santa Claus visited Elrosa last Friday night, December 10. He was escorted around town on a horse-drawn wagon by Welle Farms, plus assistance from the Elrosa Fire Department and the Elrosa Commercial Club. It was a beautiful December evening with snow falling lightly as Santa and his helpers spread Christmas cheer while delivering gift/goodie bags to children of all ages. Video from part of his trek across Elrosa is shown below....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote a letter dated November 5, 2021 admitting that they have no records of Americans who were infected and won their battle with COVID-19 then transmitting the disease at a later point to someone else. This letter was in response to a September 2 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a New York attorney who wished to obtain any documented cases of an individual meeting the following description: (1) Never received a COVID-19 vaccine; (2)...
From a population standpoint, the new COVID-19 case counts in the past week have evened out between the Belgrade 56312, Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 zip code areas. In the December 16 report by the Minnesota Department of Health, the cumulative figure for new COVID-19 cases reported in the past week is 43, which is an increase from last week's total of 32 (December 9 report). The breakdown is as follows: Belgrade 56312 - 27 new cases (18 last week) Brooten 56316 - 14 new cases (8 last week) El...
Below is the video from the prayer/memorial service for Jeff Oliver of rural Belgrade, who passed away on December 7, 2021. Three minutes into the video, the song "Jealous of the Angels" is played. Starting at the 7:00 mark, Pastor Christian Strickland with St. John's Lutheran Church of Atwater read the obituary. At the 12:30 mark, the song "All My Hope is in Jesus" is played. At the 17-minute mark, Pastor Strickland read the poem by Robert Frost called "Nothing Gold Can Stay." He then provided...
Please spread the word! The community of Brooten invites townsfolk and folks from across the countryside and neighboring towns to come celebrate Christmas with Santa Day THIS COMING Saturday, December 18. The event will run across approximately a three-hour period starting at 3:30 p.m. with Santa Claus and kids' bingo at the Brooten Lanes bowling alley. You can come then or come later into the event, which concludes that night with a 6 p.m. lighted parade down main street. You can watch a video...
Sunday School students at Crow River Lutheran church in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi County, performed their Christmas program on Sunday, December 12. Photos from the event were published in the December 16 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Glacial Ridge Health System is dedicated to providing the highest level of healthcare for all area residents, even while the COVID-19 situation in our community continues to be challenging. Hospital beds are at or near capacity here and around the state-including the hospitals to which we would normally send our most critically ill patients – and Emergency Departments are crowded, yet GRHS staff remain committed to providing their signature "heartfelt care" amid rising COVID concerns. The staff...
Please spread the word! The community of Brooten invites townsfolk and folks from across the countryside and neighboring towns to come celebrate Christmas with Santa Day on Saturday, December 18. The event will run across approximately a three-hour period starting at 3:30 p.m. with Santa Claus and kids' bingo at the Brooten Lanes bowling alley. You can come then or come later into the event, which concludes that night with a 6 p.m. lighted parade down main street. More details will follow....
Below is video recorded at worship service at West Lake Johanna Lutheran Church in Gilchrist Township, rural Brooten, on Sunday, December 5. The reading of the lessons by Jerry Skarpness, Brooten Class of 1968 graduate, begins at the 9:30 mark in the video. At the 13:00 mark, interim pastor Gary Mills reads the Holy Gospel. His sermon begins at the 14:28 mark in the video....
The Grace Lutheran Church women are inviting you to our Christmas program on Wednesday, December 8 at 7 p.m. Grace Lutheran is located at 600 Washburn Avenue in Belgrade. We will be entertained by Megan and May, the "Grahn Sisters", with an evening of songs and stories. Music has always been in their blood, so we expect a very good time. We will gather in the social hall for fellowship following the program. Come one, come all! The Grahn Sisters were founded in 1974 (Mary) and 1978 (Megan)....
Here's the full recording of worship service at East Norway Lake Lutheran Church on Wednesday, November 24. The opening song of worship Praise and Thanksgiving started at about the eight-minute mark. Pastor Wayne's children's sermon began at about the 11-minute mark. At about the 19-minute mark, the joint parish choir performed under the direction of Brooten high school graduate Linda Rindahl. The reading of the lessons by Nancy Aasen followed that, and Pastor Wayne's reading of the Holy Gospel...
Below is a video from the Veterans Day program held at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. The student body (grades 6-12) was in attendance, and the high school band and choir performed. Additional coverage was published in the November 18 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A link to the Bonanza Valley Voice photo gallery will be added at a future time to this web article....
Well, last week was a doozy. The Democrats were able to sneak their infrastructure bill through Friday night at, quite literally, the eleventh hour. As I've always said, I am absolutely in favor of true infrastructure - roads, bridges, and expanding broadband access for rural communities - but this infrastructure bill was a Trojan Horse for the far-left Green New Deal agenda. The Judiciary Committee also decided to hold a hearing on the Texas Heartbeat Act, which is being put in front of the...
The Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes posted the number 25 for new COVID-19 cases in the past week as reported by the Minnesota Department of Health. The new report was released on Thursday, November 11 for new COVID-19 cases reported in the past week by zip code. For the local zip codes, the breakdown is: Belgrade 56312 - 7 new cases (cumulative since January 2020 is 463) Brooten 56316 - 12 new cases (cumulative since January 2020 is 243) Elrosa 56325 - 6 new cases (cumulative since...
