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Tri-Valley Opportunity Council is again participating in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in Brooten. Meals will be provided to all children, ages 0-18, at NO CHARGE! They will be provided for breakfast, lunch and snack on a first-come, first-service basis at the B-B-E elementary school. The summer meals will begin on Monday, June 10 at B-B-E elementary school in Brooten. Below are the hours of service...and Tri-Valley encourages families to come as early as they can in each time frame...
The Brooten American Legion held their annual Memorial Day program on Monday, May 27 at the Brooten Pavilion. Photos from the event appeared in the May 30 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice. Below, see video of the entire program....
Big Grove Lutheran church held their traditional Memorial Day dinner on May 27. They also had a silent auction and cash raffle, and the crowd was terrific for the silent auction and meal. Photos from Big Grove Lutheran were published in the May 30 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Check out video below....
The Brooten American Legion will hold a Memorial Day program on Monday, May 27 at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park along Highway 55. The speaker will be Father David Grundman of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Catholic churches. Also, the B-B-E high school band will perform, and the B-B-E Girl Scouts and Brooten American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will also be in attendance. At 11 a.m. on Memorial Day, the Belgrade V.F.W. will host a program for veterans and the public at the B-B-E high school auditorium. The...
The Elrosa Senior Citizens resumed the Bologna Daze season on Tuesday, April 30 at Bucky's Bar. The group will hold them on the last Tuesday of each month through the fall of 2019 before taking a break for the winter. Special music was provided by the live entertainment of Marcie Weller and Father Marv. You can watch part of their music at the video below. Photos from the night were published in the May 9 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The next Bologna Daze is on Tuesday, May 28...
A major street improvement and sewer/water improvement project is underway in Brooten. Unpaved and partially-paved streets across town are getting new or upgraded overlay. Milling and grinding started near downtown Brooten on April 30. New sewer/water lines are going in at certain streets and alleys. The video clip was added to this web article on Thursday morning, May 2. Look for more information in the May 9 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Brooten may soon have a senior and / or community housing project underway as soon as this coming fall. Developer Cody Nelson recently told city hall that he is still interested in developing empty city lots into apartment or duplex-style housing. Nelson approached the city with a plan in the spring of 2018. City clerk Jeanne Kinne explained, "If the council is interested, Cody is ready to put a plan in motion. He was at the city lots (at the former Brooten high school site) today and took some...
Embedded below is video from Good Friday worship on Easter weekend at East Norway Lake Lutheran church. They hosted a joint worship with their neighboring Norway Lake parish member, First Lutheran church. Featured in the video is the Norway Lake Men's Chorus singing a beautiful rendition of "That Old Rugged Cross"....
Posted at 10:29 on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Liabilities and obligations between fines, taxes, loss in net receipts and unpaid groups and businesses approaches $300,000 for the Brooten Commercial Club. On December 17, 2018, the Brooten Commercial Club's charitable gambling operation, License No. 03575, was shut down by the Minnesota Gambling and Control Board (MN GCB). An audit by the Minnesota Department of Revenue and the MN GCB had already started, and after December 17 its special focus ramped up with the investigation of possible theft of...
The annual Brooten community Easter Egg hunt was a smashing success on Saturday, April 20. Thanks to heavy lifting by a number of groups and businesses, between 100 and 150 kids enjoyed the Easter Egg hunt and then a chance at a bicycle drawing. The Brooten city park was bustling with activity on a day where the temperature eclipsed 70 degrees for the first time this spring. A few photos from the Easter Egg hunt were published in the April 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Below,...
Embedded below is a collection of video clips and photos taken during the grass fire that broke out east of Terrace on Saturday, April 20. Other coverage was published in the April 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
In his report to the Brooten city council dated April 8, Police Chief Jansky said, "March was an average month for us for this time of year, but with the nicer weather things are starting to pick up." Officer Allyssa Engfer continues to teach Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) at the elementary school, which continues in April. "The Active Shooter equipment has arrived, and we are equipped with what is needed to do the job and keep us safe and the people we're protecting. The department...
A large crowd was on hand for the third of three Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa chapter Knights of Columbus fish fry fundraisers. The last fish fry was held on April 5 at the KaDe Shack in Brooten. A large crowd of around 180 people attended, and a cash raffle drawing (grand prize $500) concluded the evening....
Community members of Brooten are excited to host the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the city park on Saturday, April 20. The event will take place at 1 p.m. sharp, and families are encouraged to come early, sign up for the bicycle drawing and then get in place for the hunt. After that's completed, the drawing for the bicycles (divided into two groups for boys and girls, one large and one small bicycle each) will take place....
On Friday, April 5 at approximately 4:15 p.m., a semi tractor struck power lines near the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school along School Avenue and took down two power poles. The situation left multiple live power lines sitting on the street going north and east from the intersection. The Brooten Fire Department, Belgrade Police Department and Minnesota State Patrol responded to the emergency and cordoned off the area. By 5:30 p.m., Xcel Energy crews had arrived and began the process of...
The Easter bunny will be kept hopping around local towns leading up to Easter, which is April 21 this year. First, the Belgrade Commercial Club invites everyone to their Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 13. They are hosting it at the Belgrade city park at 10 a.m., and children will be divided by age into three groups. Grand prizes will be drawn after the last hunt. Also in Belgrade during that week, the B-B-E Area Jaycees will host a medallion hunt. Clues can be found on their Facebook page....
Goat Ridge Brewing Co. is excited to host their fourth anniversary party this Saturday, April 13. Beginning at 4 p.m. DJ Backpack and DJ Bindlestiff will be spinning records until 8 p.m., and brewery tours will also be held. A beer release will also take place for the Mai Bock and New IPA. The main act starts at 8 p.m., when the Brothers Burn Mountain will perform. Make plans now to come to New London on April 13 and take in all the fun and excitement. The staff at Goat Ridge Brewing Co. is...
The charitable gambling license (No. 03575) held by the Brooten Commercial Club is in the process of being terminated. Steps to that end began in January 2019 following an audit by the Minnesota Gambling Control Board. On February 14, the Minnesota Department of Revenue released a report outlining a total of $48,000.76 in taxes and fines due by April 15. On the positive side, the Brooten Commercial Club will continue to operate without the gambling operation. Its charter as a non-profit organization has never been in jeopardy, as that is an...
As beloved children of God, we live in the joy that everything that belongs to Him is also ours. No gifts compare to those that have been given to us by our Heavenly Father. Church leaders at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Catholic churches invite you to the Power and Purpose Conference this summer to receive the new gifts that the Lord wants to give you – and to rediscover all the treasures that He already has given you! Everything He has is yours! The event will be held June 7 to June 9, 2019. Th...
City workers in Brooten and Belgrade have been busier than ever in recent weeks keeping the towns dug out from multiple snow storms. Once streets are cleared, staff has additional work cutting down the high levels of snow that flanks curbs and sidewalk areas around the towns. Once the calendars showed March 10, thawing conditions appeared, and relief to the snow-filled winter was in sight!...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area Jaycees invites everyone to their 10th annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the Belgrade V.F.W. The fundraising event this year has a "Roaring 20s" theme and will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. that night. A portion of proceeds will benefit the B-B-E Food Shelf with the MN Food Share program. Following the chili cook-off, DJ Al Braegelman will play at the V.F.W. Team entry information: entry fee is $50 with a roaster of chili; set up is the same day at...
A lengthy list of township meetings are set for Tuesday, March 12. In some cases, townships have set Tuesday, March 19 as a back up date in the case of inclement weather on the 12th. Multiple legal notices for these meetings have been published in recent issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. An informed citizenry is the life blood of a healthy democratic republic!...
Senator Torrey Westrom of Elbow Lake and Representative Paul Anderson of Starbuck will hold a series of town hall listening sessions throughout House District 12B on Friday, March 8. Sen. Westrom and Rep. Anderson will discuss state policies and field questions from constituents regarding the current legislative session. "As always, we are facing a wide variety of challenges in the Legislature and input from residents of District 12B is helpful as we prepare to make some difficult decisions this session," Anderson said. "There are plenty of iss...
The Bonanza Valley area was hit with another round of snow on Wednesday, February 20. Starting around 3 a.m. and continuing past noon, the area received at least eight inches of snow. Fortunately, the wind did not get bad, although Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools was closed for the day. Travel on rural roads on both Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 21) was difficult. On Thursday, February 21, B-B-E schools opened two hours late....
Another round of wind and snow blasted the Bonanza Valley area in central Minnesota on Thursday, February 7. At least five inches of snow fell on Thursday morning and early afternoon. By mid-afternoon on Thursday, winds surpassed 20 mph to create hazardous and life-threatening driving conditions. Also, on Thursday night just shy of 19:00, MN-DOT closed state and federal highways in multiple western Minnesota counties. This included Pope County. Further announcements on these closures will be...
