The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration returns in Brooten after a COVID-induced hiatus in 2020. "Bucke Up, We are Back!" is the main theme for BVD 2021. It's going to be a rip-roaring time in...

For the second time in 2021, the numbers zero, zero and zero have been released by the Minnesota Department of Health for the weekly increase of COVID-19 cases in the zip codes of Brooten, Belgrade...

Criminal sexual conduct and endangering a child charges were served by the state of Minnesota against a Belgrade couple in connection with alleged contact with four young children in 2018. In early...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 north...

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...

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...

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 chur...

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...

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...