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The Belgrade Commercial Club is excited to announce their upcoming Designer Bag Purse Bingo night on Friday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Belgrade V.F.W. The cost is $15 in advance to reserve your seat and then $15 at the door for your bingo packet. Everyone is encouraged to sign up in advance at Kensington Bank in Belgrade, Central Minnesota Credit Union in Belgrade or by contacting a Commercial Club member. Below in this web article is a video from the purse bingo night in Belgrade "way...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa zip code areas of rural and town-dwelling residents saw a new COVID-19 case number of 32 added to the database in the latest reporting period. This was released today in the Minnesota Department of Health September 2 COVID-19 zip code report. For the second straight week, the big number in the group was posted by the Belgrade zip code, which includes over 60 percent of the total population of men, women and children in this local area (about 4,300 people). The new num...
Below is a video recorded at the Belgrade August Fest pie eating contest, which was held outside the Belgrade Bakery on Saturday, August 14, 2021....
The Belgrade zip code has posted the number "22" for the latest weekly reporting period from the Department of Health COVID-19 case count increase. The new number of confirmed, new COVID-19 cases in the Belgrade zip code of about 2,600 rural and town-dwelling people is 340 dating back to January 2020. New case count activity in the Brooten zip code of 56316 backed off from last week's figure. Last week's new case count figure was "7" compared to "4" this week. And another zero was posted for...
Below is a high definition video recorded at the Belgrade August Fest grand parade on Saturday, August 14. The video was mostly recorded along Bell Street west of the high school. Additional coverage of August Fest was published in the August 26 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A summary of various August Fest facts and figures was unfortunately missed in the issue. For example: the number of meals served at the Friday night chicken feed was around 680. There are other items still...
The long wait for when the latest COVID-19 surge will arrive locally is over. After posting just four new COVID-19 cases between the period of June 17 and August 11 this summer, the rural and city zip code areas of Brooten (56316), Belgrade (56312) and Elrosa (56325) have posted the number of 12 new cases between the seven-day period of August 12 (last Thursday) and yesterday, August 18. The number 12 in one week is the highest number since April of this year. These figures are from the...
Below is video from the Belgrade August Fest quilt show on Saturday, August 14 at the municipal hall. The quilt show had over 300 visitors throughout the day....
Posted on Friday afternoon, August 20. An item has been missing in Brooten for a local gentleman since Wednesday of this week. Here's the description: a red oval ruby-colored stone, not an actual ruby, that fits in a men's ring. It has great sentimental value, and a reward is being offered for help finding it. Please call 320-346-2275 if you can help. It could have been lost at or near The Local Pantry, the Brooten Post Office or at the Bonanza Valley State Bank....
NOTE: this web article was updated on Friday afternoon, August 13 with information from multiple central Minnesota zip code areas. This week the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes posted the number three. In the August 12, 2021 Minnesota Department of Health report posted two new COVID-19 cases in the Belgrade zip code, which is their first new COVID cases since June 17, almost two months ago. In Brooten, the 56316 zip code posted a "one" for the second week in a row after going from May 20...
Come to Belgrade this weekend! The August Fest celebration gets underway on Thursday night, August 12 at the city park starting at 5:30 p.m. with a FREE community meal! The full schedule was published in the August 5 and August 12 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Click on this short link to view a Bonanza Valley Voice photo gallery from August of 2019 at the Belgrade August Fest: https://bit.ly/3jP1Suo. Added on Thursday night: a 13-minute long video was added to this web article...
Below is a video recorded on Thursday, August 5 at the Vacation Bible School program in Belgrade, MN at Grace Lutheran Church, which hosted the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Parish VBS during the week of August 2 to August 5. The VBS programming was created and directed by staff of Green Lake Lutheran Ministries of Spicer. Three photos from the program were published in the August 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Additional photos will be added to the newspaper's online...
The Belgrade August Fest had a terrific start to the three-day celebration this weekend. The evening was picture-perfect with mild summer temperatures, hardly any wind to speak of plus an overwhelming turnout of people of all ages. On Thursday, August 12, the community turned out in droves with close to 400 meals served at the free community supper at the Belgrade city park. The evening also included a free community concert with Gig Noonan performing from 6 to a little after 8 p.m., and the...
The Belgrade Fire Department and Rescue Squad hosted a chicken barbeque supper on Friday, August 13 at the Belgrade V.F.W. Post No. 1825. The turnout was remarkable with over 600 meals served. Below is a video recorded later in the supper, which concluded at about 7:30 p.m. just as the street dance was about to get underway....
Based on what I've heard from subscribers in Paynesville and Elrosa, the St. Cloud bundle of the August 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice has gone missing. I don't know where it's been lost in the Post Office system, but I have a hunch something went wrong in the St. Cloud Post Office plant. It's very upsetting considering that it was full of timely Belgrade August Fest news. *Update on Monday: it appears that the bundle was located! Those missing issues should be delivered today....
Below is the full video of the Belgrade Royal Ambassador coronation program, which was held on Saturday night in downtown Belgrade on August 14....
All good things must come to an end, and in Brooten, a good thing lasting over two months has ended. After going an incredible six weeks in the heart of summer with no new COVID-19 cases, the zip code areas of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa saw the streak come to an end. It ended in an underwhelming way, although in this case "underwhelming" is exactly what one wants. The August 5 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health showed one new COVID-19 case among the approximately...
So this is old news! But I am in a rush to get to the county fair in Glenwood, so here's a video I just uploaded from June....
How about that! We can essentially re-post what was written last week on July 22. Read below. The good news continues for the zip code areas of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa after data was released in the July 29 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 report. The population of men, women and children (approx. 4,300) living in the zip codes 56316, 56312 and 56325 went yet another week without having any new COVID-19 cases reported. The last reported COVID-19 case for these zip code areas was posted on June 17. Dating back to May 20, no new...
The annual Jakes Day youth sporting event is Saturday, July 31 at the Belgrade Sportsmen's Club for all area children ages 3 to 17, featuring supervised use of small firearms (shot gun and hand guns) plus bow and arrows. The event is free! Just bring yourself and be ready to have a good time in an environment where safety comes first. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with shooting to start by 10 a.m. Lunch at noon followed by prizes for all participants. Sponsored by the National Wildlife Turkey...
The Bonanza Valley Days grand parade was held on Sunday, July 11 as part of the final two events to bring the big four-day town celebration to a conclusion. Below is video of the entire parade from start to finish. Parade photos were published in the July 15, July 22 and July 29 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Embedded below is video from Saturday, July 10 in downtown Brooten with a terrific atmosphere at the Bonanza Valley Days Car and Tractor Show plus the fourth annual Vintage Snowmobile Show. Additional coverage appeared in the July 15 and July 22 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The good news continues for the zip code areas of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa after data was released in the July 22 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 report. The population of men, women and children (approx. 4,300) living in the zip codes 56316, 56312 and 56325 went another week without having any new COVID-19 cases reported. Dating back to May 20, no new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the Brooten zip code, which has approximately 1,500 people. Since January 2020, the Brooten zip code (population approximately 1,500) has...
New Miss Brooten royalty has been crowned for 2021-2022 after the pageant and coronation was held on Saturday, July 10 at the Brooten Pavilion. Morgan Schwinghammer, who will be a senior next year at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, is the new Miss Brooten. She is the daughter of Darin and Marci Schwinghammer from Colfax Township. Schwinghammer also won the Miss Congeniality award. The two Miss Brooten princesses are Nina Tensen and Michelle Galaviz. The new Little Miss Brooten is Kinzee Jenniges,...
One of the most exhausting and exhilarating Bonanza Valley Days celebrations closed out on Sunday afternoon, July 11, after four days of non-stop activities in Brooten. Coverage of BVD 2021 will appear in the July 15, July 22 and July 29 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Below in this web article is the full video of the BVD Worship in the Park held on Thursday, July 8 at the city park. Pastor Rick Krasky and family hosted the service with music, preaching of the Word and a sermon...
Good news, good news, good news! The July 15 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 report brought more good news to the zip code areas of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa. The trend that dates back to June 17, 2021 continues with no new COVID-19 cases reported in the city and rural areas of the zip codes 56316, 56312 and 56325. This area includes a population of approximately 4,300 men, women and children. Since January 2020, the Brooten zip code (population approximately 1,500) has reported a...