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Following the graduation ceremony for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2021, a marvelous fireworks show was on full display at eastern side of the high school athletic complex. Graduation was held on Friday, May 14 at the high school gymnasium. Smiles were abundant the entire evening! It was wonderful. Fireworks video is below....
A sentencing hearing of July 12 is set for Travis Ryks, 36, of Brooten, after he pleaded guilty in Renville County District Court on Wednesday, May 5 on a charge of felony second-degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly having sexual contact with a child younger than 13. The case was initially charged in May 2019 before multiple postponements and cancellations pushed it into 2021. Court documents state that Ryks allegedly touched a 12-year old girl numerous times in Renville in 2019. The...
Below is video recorded at worship service held for Norway Lake Lutheran Parish on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at East Norway Lake Lutheran church. Announcement: the Norway Lake Parish Pandemic Planning Team made the following recommendations: (1) Churches can open to 100% capacity; (2) beginning June 6 - coffee and goodies can be served in the fellowship hall following worship following proper protocol; (3) individual communion kits will be used at the Park for the first Sunday of each month; (4)...
Below is video recorded at in-person worship at First Lutheran Church, Norway Lake Parish, in rural New London, MN on Sunday, May 16, 2021....
Embedded below is video from worship on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Sunburg Free Lutheran church in rural Sunburg, MN. Pastor Ron Knutson was the preacher....
Below is video recorded at the in-person worship for Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN on May 9, 2021. Multiple important church announcements are made by Pastor Wayne in the first five minutes of the video clip. He begins talking at the 3:00 mark....
Since the April 8 report for COVID-19 new case numbers (by zip code) was reported by the Minnesota Department of Health, the local zip code area of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa has seen 52 new cases reported in a population of approximately 4,285 people. The MDH's April 29 report showed a small uptick from 12 new cases reported April 22 to a new case number of 15. This is broken down by the area of Belgrade (56312 population 2,622) with 13 new cases and Brooten (56316 population 1,466) with two new cases. Again, as has been the case since...
Multiple eyewitnesses reported that a handgun was pulled on an individual at the KaDe Shack on Thursday, April 29. The incident took place around 5 p.m., and at least eight police cars, two unmarked, responded to investigate and obtain eyewitness statements. Unfortunately, the person seen brandishing the gun was masked, so firm identification is likely not possible. These law enforcement agencies were seen in town: Belgrade police department, Stearns County Sheriff, Paynesville police...
Below is video recorded at the in-person worship held on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at First Lutheran Church and Norway Lake Parish of rural New London, MN....
(Video added below from February 2016 when Joe was an eighth grader.) Less than three months after a drunk driver killed Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 2015 graduate Josey Tensen on the Great Plains of northwest Nebraska, a car-pickup accident on the evening of Thursday, April 22 killed B-B-E Class of 2020 graduate Joseph Feldman in the hills of southwestern Douglas County in western Minnesota. Feldman, 19, was westbound on Highway 55 in Solem Township near Kensington. His pickup truck collided in a he...
Below is the video recorded at in-person worship service on Sunday, April 25, 2021 in rural New London, MN for the Norway Lake Lutheran parish....
Stop signs have been added to main street Brooten, right on Second Street, as of Thursday, April 15, 2021. The flow of traffic down Second Street (south of the KaDe Shack) has been established to flow west towards the school. Anyone traveling north and south on County Road 18 (Central Avenue) has to stop at the intersection between the KaDe Shack and the Brooten Post Office. Please share the word! Let's hopefully prevent accidents from happening! Besides extensive utility work, new curbs,...
Below is video for the in-person worship service held at Norway Lake Lutheran Parish, at First Lutheran Church, of rural New London, MN on Sunday, April 18, 2021....
Motorists will encounter lane or shoulder closures, as crews begin to reconstruct Highway 55 through the cities of Brooten and Belgrade in Stearns County, Monday, April 12. Highway 55 will have multiple crews at work, as they reconstruct the asphalt road surface and adjacent entrances; replace curb/gutter and underground pipes; and update or add sidewalk and ramps. Work, impacts in Brooten Highway 55 between the Stearns/Pope county line and Roe Street in Brooten through late-May: • April 12 t...
Here's video for Easter 2 worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN on Sunday, April 11, 2021. The in-person worship was held at East Norway Lake Lutheran church....
Here is the video taken during Maundy Thursday in-person worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN on April 1, 2021....
Pastor Steve Bovendam led a joint parish worship for West Lake Johanna and Trinity Lutheran churches at West Lake Johanna on Friday, April 2, 2021....
Below is a recording of the in-person Good Friday worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN on April 2, 2021....
Here is the video for Easter Sunday worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN on April 4, 2021....
Below is the video player for worship service on Wednesday, March 25 at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN. A joint parish worship will be held at First Lutheran church on Palm Sunday, March 28 - Sunday of the Passion, with Holy Communion....
A newly-uncovered Minnesota Gambling Control Board (GCB) document from 1996 shows just how far back the reign of terror by ex-gambling manager Michelle Halls goes. No fewer than three local bars were negatively impacted by the mismanagement of the Brooten Commercial Club's lawful charitable gambling operation across multiple years under her watch: the KaDe Shack and Marcia's Bar and Grill in Brooten and Rooney's Bar in Sedan. All three bar owners lost thousands of dollars under her oversight,...
The community of Brooten invites area children to the city park for an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 3. The event is made possible by the generous support of the Brooten Fire Relief Association and many volunteers in town who are excited to make it a fun event for everyone. The Easter Egg hunt will have different locations for different ages of kids. This will start at 1 p.m. sharp at the Brooten city park. Also, a bicycle drawing will take place - for ages 1 to 5 and ages 6 to 10 (one boy...
Below is video for Palm Sunday worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN on Sunday, March 28, 2021. DISCLAIMER: Words and Music used with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-736525; SUNDAYS and SEASONS license #SB161134*....
Below is video for Lenten season worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in rural New London, MN. "THINK SPRING!"...
Here's a video including multiple tricks and bits of advice on how to improve a family garden plot....