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The Belgrade Lions invites people of all ages, especially families, to come to the 17th annual Family Fun Day at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. This year they have over 150 prizes to give away at the raffle, and they will have fun games for kids of all ages set up throughout both high school gymnasiums. The Belgrade Lions will have Bingo with cash prizes set up in the auditorium. Mark your calendars for Sunday, January 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. for this great event that helps the Belgrade...
Below is the agenda for the Monday, January 22 Brooten city council meeting, the second of two regular monthly meetings for January. Note: all times are approximate and cannot be guaranteed. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. 7 p.m. - Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall will give her prosecution report for the calendar year 2017 7:15 p.m. - Police Chief Casey Jansky will provide an update on the police department and provide any additional information as needed from the December 2017 police report...
Members of the Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Lutheran church parish sang Christmas carols at the Belgrade Nursing Home on Wednesday, December 20. Below is video from the group singing in the social hall of the nursing home. Photos will appear in the upcoming issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Over the month of December, the Voice has accumulated a wealth of digital content of Christmas-related events across the area, mostly with the school and local churches. Over the coming days, we...
The four banks of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa area are all holding holiday open house celebrations just in time for the Christmas season this month. At the Bonanza Valley State Bank in Brooten, they are holding their open house on Friday, December 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., including traditional holiday treats furnished by the Brooten American Legion Auxiliary ladies. Drawings for prizes will also take place for adults and children. (320-346-2234) At the Central Minnesota Credit Union's Belgrade...
The women of Grace Lutheran Church in Belgrade invite everyone to their annual Christmas program on Wednesday, December 13 at 7 p.m. This year we will be having singer and musician Fred Walter. Fred grew up in Osakis and went to school in Villard, and he was surrounded by music at every turn. His parents enjoyed southern gospel music and took him to a few concerts when he was a young boy, including one by the Blackwood Brothers. Walter said, "Southern gospel is like a story. There's a message...
News release at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14: On Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at approximately 10:33 a.m., the Stearns County Sheriff's Office received a report of a loose cow about five miles north of Brooten. The cow had an ear tag on it, but deputies are unable to identify the owner at this time. The sheriff's office asks all cattle owners to check to see if they are missing any cows. This cow was possibly spotted near Sauk Centre in the last week and may have traveled a significant distance. Contact the Stearns County Sheriff's Office at...
The Brooten Fire Department, with mutual aid assistance from the Belgrade Fire Department, battled and defeated a grass fire approximately two miles west of Brooten near the 22:00 hour on Wednesday, November 29. The ambient temperature at the time was 42 degrees, while the wind was reported at 26 miles per hour with gusts as high as 37 miles per hour in eastern Pope County - making fire fighting conditions truly dangerous. From a distance, the fire appeared to be under control by...
Crow River and Big Grove Lutheran churches held WELCA (Ladies Aid) auctions on October 14 and October 20 and came away with glowing fundraising numbers. Read the full story in the October 26 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
A multi-block section on the western side of Brooten lost electricity on Saturday, October 21, after an overhead power line was clipped by farm equipment. At 4:45 p.m., a loud boom was heard in western Brooten when the external auger on a large (500+ bushel) gravity box clipped an overhead power line across Highway 55 between School Street and Western Avenue. The gravity box was pulled by a large tractor, and a white Dodge pickup was hooked up behind it. The power pole holding the line sits...
(Feature photo) Belgrade V.F.W. member Jim Thoen was working hard on Saturday, October 7 with his fellow V.F.W. members serving up steak and pork chops to the hungry masses at the Belgrade V.F.W. Post. The next V.F.W. steak fry and pork chop feed is Nov. 4....
Here's video from the October 7 concert at the Brooten Pavilion, a fundraiser for the Brooten Fire Department....
While no loss of life has been reported, a two-alarm fire north of Brooten on Sunday, October 15 claimed a rural Brooten home. The fire call went out around 5 p.m., and both the Brooten and Elrosa fire departments responded along with the Glacial Ridge Ambulance service. By 6 p.m., the fire was out but the departments still had plenty of work to do putting out the smoke and any potential flare-ups. A full story will be posted on Monday morning, October 16, following the release of the Stearns...
The Brooten Fire Department's Pavilion dance fundraiser is underway tonight (Saturday, October 7). Everyone is invited to come in and enjoy terrific country music performed by Amanda Watkins and Cal Ecker - straight out of Nashville! The 18-plus dance ends at 12:30 a.m.! Amanda Watkins posted the following as her biography on Facebook: "Meet Amanda Watkins; born in the wild and wonderful state of West Virginia, and raised in sunny Florida. Amanda is the quintessential "American Woman" who holds...
With a lack of electricity closing school at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on Wednesday, September 20, labor was plentiful throughout the Bonanza Valley and B-B-E areas to assist with the cleanup in the aftermath of a severe wind/rain storm. The powerful system that brought straight-line winds in some areas surpassing 80 miles an hour tore through the Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa communities shortly before 1 a.m. Roughly a half- to three-quarters of an inch of rain was reported with the storm....
The Brooten Fire Department Relief Association hog roast and 20-gun raffle is at the Brooten Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 23. The hog roast with all the fixings (free will donation) starts at 5 p.m. along with games. During the general and gun raffle that begins at 7 p.m., up to nine additional guns will be part of the mix of prizes. Dozens of area businesses have donated prizes. Check out some of what will be on hand in the video below. Thank you for your support of Brooten's hometown Fire...
Organizers behind a special 150th anniversary day of celebration at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church invite friends and extended family to visit on Sunday, August 20 this summer. Worship service with Holy Communion begins at 10:30 a.m. that day. A noon meal will follow catered by the Padua Pub (free-will offering). Special music will be provided by Tony Sanders (organ) and Daniel Peterson (vocal). Past members of the church who have gone into the ministry will also be at the celebration....
The Catholic Charities 2017 Rural Life Celebration will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, August 13, 2017, at the Joe & Toni Borgerding family organic dairy farm in rural Belgrade. All are welcome to attend this outdoor family-friendly event that will take place rain or shine. This event is being hosted by St. Donatus of Brooten, Saint Francis de Sales of Belgrade and Saints Peter & Paul of Elrosa. The theme for this year’s Rural Life Celebration is “Caring for God’s Creation: Sharing in the Stewa...
Shown is video from the Belgrade August Fest street dance featuring "The Hit List" band. Over 650 were served at the Belgrade Firemen's chicken dinner earlier in the evening, and most of those same guests enjoyed taking in the free ice cream social sponsored by the North American State Bank. Also, the B-B-E Area Jaycees held toilet bowl races next to the street dance area and had over 14 teams participate. The toilet bowl races champion was the team of Dawn Rupp and Shelby Anderson. More coverag...
Belgrade has new young ladies to represent the town over the next year after new royalty was crowned at the Belgrade Royal Ambassador program on Saturday (Aug. 12) of August Fest. The program was held on main street for the first time in many years, with a beautiful stage decorated on a GTS trailer parked kiddie corner at the center of downtown next to the Belgrade Meat Center. Hundreds of well-wishers, friends and family were in attendance. The emcee for the program was 2017 B-B-E graduate Moll...
Below is video showing the first 58 minutes of the Rural Life Celebration outdoor Catholic Mass on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at the Joe and Toni Borgerding dairy farm in rural Elrosa....
The Belgrade Commercial Club is excited to announce a full schedule of events for the annual Belgrade August Fest celebration coming to town on Friday and Saturday, August 11-12. The weekend is possible in large part thanks to strong financial support from the Belgrade Lions Club, a major sponsor for August Fest that pays for the kids' inflatables, prizes for the kids and the fireworks. This funding allows various school and community groups to staff the games and rides and raise funds for...
Below is a video clip from Big Grove Lutheran church on Sunday, July 23, the day of the church's 150th anniversary celebration. The video holds the sermon given by Bishop Jon Anderson, who grew up on a rural Belgrade farm. See more coverage of the day in the July 27 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Catholic churches are hosting Vacation Bible School this week in Elrosa for children ages 4-12. The week culminates with a special music program on Thursday, July 27 at 11:30 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic church in Elrosa. Below is a video clip from closing music at the Tuesday session of V.B.S. A large group of color photos from Tuesday were published in the July 27 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Below is a video clip from special music performed by Melissa Heieie Buckley, who sang during offering at the Big Grove Lutheran church 150th anniversary worship service. You can see much more coverage of the 150th anniversary celebration in the July 27 and August 3 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Here's video from the musical 'Peter Pan' in Terrace on July 19:...
