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According to recently-found Minnesota Department of Revenue correspondence such as what is shown, multiple payment and audit deadlines were missed by former Brooten Commercial Club gambling manager Michelle Halls in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Records show that between March 2017 and July 2018, tax payments were late for five periods. State gambling statutes require that club members are made aware of this correspondence at club meetings. However, meeting minutes during that period of time show that...
REGISTER NOW for a one-day men's retreat of Christian fellowship and fun right in our back yard. Please invite a guest or two! Coming Saturday, September 21, from noon to 7:15 p.m. The day will start with registration and welcome at New London Evangelical Covenant Church. When you pre-register you can pick one afternoon activity from the following: Golf, Canoe/Kayak, Trap Shooting, Pickleball Tournament, Bicycle Tour Ride. The men's activities will be followed by an evening at Timber Frame R...
Below is an excerpt from an upcoming article in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. It describes public financial figures relating to the now-defunct Brooten Commercial Club charitable gambling operation. For example, in 2013, the entire system at five sites (Classic Co., KaDe Shack, Rooster's Bottle Shop, Rooney's Bar and Marcia's Bar) drew in $893,589 in gross receipts. Prizes paid out that year totaled $693,726. The club drew in $199,863 that was deposited into the gambling checking account. The club doled out $92,313 in charitable giving...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa community is reeling from the news that former high school math teacher and coach Dennis Weimerskirch passed away on Monday, September 2 from natural causes. Weimerskirch was hired as a math teacher and coach at Belgrade high school in 1962. Then began a 35-year career in the school district, which later became Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa after 1989 with the pairing and subsequent consolidation in 1995 with the neighboring Brooten school district. Over that time, he...
Below is video featuring the grand parade at the Belgrade August Fest on Saturday, August 10, 2019. Photos from the events at August Fest were published in the August 15 and August 22 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Daniel Schweiters, age 76, of Belgrade was driving his 2002 Polaris Ranger side-by-side southbound on Stearns County Road 175. As Mr. Schwieters was negotiating a left-hand turn onto 265th Street, he was struck from behind by a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Juan Martinez of Melrose. Mr. Schwieters was ejected from the UTV and sustained a severe head injury. Life Link airlifted Schwieters to the St. Cloud Hospital where he later died. Mr. Hernandez was evaluated at the scene and released. The UTV was equipped with seatbelts, but it appears as...
On Monday, August 19, 2019, the Bonanza Valley Voice learned that the Minnesota Gambling and Control Board (GCB) has closed its case on the Brooten Commercial Club's charitable gambling license and related issues with missing money and missing reports. All further activity related to this matter has been conducted by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division. This division of DPS is a police organization. The case is closed with GCB in part to shield...
In an e-mail from the Minnesota Gambling and Control Board, the Brooten Commercial Club learned on August 15, 2019, that former officers of the Brooten Commercial Club (BCC) deceived club members about an e-mail they had received from the Gambling and Control Board back in 2016. The August 15th e-mail from the Gambling and Control Board (GCB) stated that communication from GCB to commercial club officers gave no direction or pressure to pull charitable gambling out out of one of the club's sites in Brooten. The e-mail stated that the decision...
During the annual Belgrade August Fest, the Belgrade Royal Ambassador program was held on Saturday, August 10 on the big stage in downtown Belgrade. Photos and other information from the program, plus extended coverage of the Belgrade August Fest, will be published in the August 15 and August 22 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Video of the program is posted in this web article. An online photo gallery is forthcoming....
A terrific crowd turned out under magnificent blue sky and beautiful conditions for the final summer outdoor Concert in the Park in Belgrade on Wednesday, August 7. The band Gig Noonan performed for an hour and a half. They were sponsored by the Belgrade Economic Development Authority (EDA) for the third and final concert in the summer series. Watch video from their final songs in the embedded video in this web article. Activities continue with August Fest on Friday and Saturday. Bonanza Valley...
Video will be added here of the Trinity Lutheran Vacation Bible School program, which was held on Thursday, August 8. Staff members from Green Lake Lutheran Ministries of Spicer helped lead VBS this week. Additional coverage with photos will appear in the August 15 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Belgrade Royal Ambassador candidates introduced themselves on Friday night of the Belgrade August Fest. They were on the main stage set up outside the Belgrade V.F.W. during the Belgrade Firemen's chicken dinner. See video below....
The general fund checking account of the Brooten Commercial Club saw its remaining balance zeroed out by the Minnesota Department of Revenue on July 17. The amount of money confiscated by the state was $3,902. These funds were what was left of the account that accepted local business member dues payments as well as organizations or entities such as the city of Brooten and the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district. In 2018, a total of 40 business and/or organization members each gave $100 for their annual memberships in the Brooten Commercial...
The annual Belgrade August Fest celebration is coming to Belgrade on August 7, 9 and 10. The fun kicks off on Wednesday night this week with a free Concert in the Park, sponsored by the Belgrade Economic Development Authority (EDA) at 6:30 p.m. at the city park on South Highway 71. The featured live entertainment is Gig Noonan. The B-B-E Boy Scouts will be on hand selling hot dogs and refreshments. Other activities run on Friday and Saturday, August 9 and 10. Details are published in this web ar...
The Belgrade August Fest committee is gearing up for another fun-filled weekend set for Friday and Saturday, August 9 and 10. While the August 1 and August 8 issues of the Voice will have full schedule information for August Fest, we've put together a preview story hitting some of the highlights. Prior to the two-day celebration in Belgrade, the Belgrade Economic Development Authority (EDA) invites everyone to their Concert in the Park night on Wednesday, August 7 with the live entertainment of...
Thanks to a huge, generous response from the local business community over the past six-plus months, Bonanza Valley Days 2019 was an overwhelming success. To be sure, having great weather helped everyone out. The long list (47 total) of business donors was also a huge part of the BVD weekend. They are listed below. Be sure to thank them when you utilize their goods and services! Brooten Home Bakery, Stony Creek Dairy, Bollig Engineering, Schmitz Farms, Brooten Diesel, JF Auto Repair, Don's Auto...
A packed house was on hand at the Brooten Pavilion on Saturday, July 13, for the Miss Brooten 2019-2020 pageant and coronation. Brooke Deters was crowned Miss Brooten, and Brittany Berge and Jenna Dingmann were named Miss Brooten princesses for the next year. Below is video of the evening at the Pavilion. Photos and more information will be published in the July 18 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice....
Posted at 15:27 on Friday, July 19. What everyone has been waiting for...a well-placed source has learned from the Stearns County Attorney's office that the final reports are being prepared at Stearns County on the case of the Brooten Commercial Club gambling program's missing funds and related missing and incomplete paperwork and reports. The county attorney's office is gathering final pieces of information and getting last-minute questions answered by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division. It...
Bonanza Valley Days 2019 is kicking off on Thursday, July 11 with a beautiful kick-off evening featuring Worship in the Park church service followed by a Concert in the Park. For the third straight year, BVD will begin with a church service. It begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, and this year it will be led by Pastor Rick Krasky of the Brooten Community Church. The public is reminded to bring their lawn chairs and sit back and enjoy a peaceful evening worshiping our Creator in the park. Student and...
Bonanza Valley Days tee-shirts are in! An order of 200 BVD tee-shirts are on sale starting on Saturday afternoon, July 6 at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper office. T-shirt sales are continuing on Thursday, July 11 during the day until at least 6 p.m. Hours for Friday and Saturday will be posted on Friday morning (July 12)...but the public can expect the office to be open on Friday night during part of the Dee-Jay Sounds street dance. The t-shirts are designed and printed by Murphey's...
Bonanza Valley Days is coming on July 11, 12, 13 and 14 to Brooten. Please pass the word! Scheduling updates will follow, including more information on events happening in Brooten across those four days. The activities begin with a Thursday night (July 11), back-to-back, Worship in the Park and Concert in the Park starting at 7 p.m. at the city park in Brooten. This is located south of Highway 55 from the curve headed out of town on Brooten's west side. Bonanza Valley Days "Fields of Dreams"...
As of Thursday, July 11, 2019, Brooten Bucks are no longer valid as a way to pay for goods or services from the 2018 business members of the Brooten Commercial Club. This stems from a bank-related order put into play on July 8 by the State of Minnesota stating that that all remaining funds in the general fund checking account of the Brooten Commercial Club will be seized. The Brooten Commercial Club's gambling fund no longer has any funds in it (as of the end of June 2019). Going into this...
*Note: this list is subject to change...if there are changes, hopefully they'll be minor! We are combing through any possible last-minute registrations. One was added late Friday afternoon that shifted the last half or so of the list back one spot, lifting the total to 62! We do hope and expect more to come. If you wish, you are welcome and invited to call the newspaper office and leave a message ahead of Sunday so we know you want to get in the list! 320-346-2400 (Voice office)...or send an...
Bonanza Valley Days 2019 in Brooten has a long and thorough list of food options for the public to take in across the four-day event on July 11, 12, 13 and 14. Below is what Brooten has lined up, from the top! Thursday, July 11...the BVD Committee purchased cookies from the Brooten Bakery and will be serving milk and cookies following the Church in the Park and Concert in the Park at the Brooten city park. Friday, July 12...the B-B-E baseball club is selling hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches and...
Bonanza Valley Days tee-shirts are in! An order of 200 BVD tee-shirts are on sale starting on Saturday afternoon, July 6 at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper office. The office will be open starting at 12 p.m. on Saturday and will close at 5 p.m. The office will re-open at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 8 and be open until 5 p.m. to continue selling t-shirts. Those same hours will be repeated on Tuesday, July 9. After Tuesday the 9th, tee-shirt sales will continue at hours to be determined and posted...
