The Brooten Farmers Market, which still seeks vendors to join, opens the 2025 season tonight, Thursday, June 26 at the city park shelter and gazebo. The Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. rain or shine. Available on this evening are baked goods by the Zimmermans (breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, granola) plus other vendors with flowers, leaf lettuce (lots!), Val TeVelde's hand-crafted cards and more. Two vendors are selling sourdough bread, and one of those vendors also has sourdough...
Here's a video that outlines 15 features of family gardens of the past that have been lost to time. How's your family garden fared with all the rain the Bonanza Valley area has received? Prior to May 15, this area was in a severe drought. That's all a distant memory. Across the days of Wednesday and Thursday, June 25-26, the Brooten area received right near 4 inches of rain. From the Wayback Machine...a list if garden features from years gone by: 1. Cold Frames. 2. The Backyard Bean Teepee. 3....
The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration is coming to Brooten on July 10, 11, 12, and 13! The BVD garage sale notice is on page 4 of both the June 19 and June 26 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. Parade entries are being sought by Eric and Deanna Johnson. Enter online by emailing them at bvdparade@gmail.com. The entire BVD poster is found on page 7 of the June 26 newspaper. The BVD Men's 3-on-3 tournament seeks entries (info on the Jaguar Sports blog) and additional coverage will...
Note: this event was rained out after being originally planned for Thursday, June 26. All area youth in grades 7 to 12 are invited to a Youth Night of activities and delicious, FREE grilled food next week on Monday, June 30 starting at 6 p.m. at the Belgrade City Park. This is a non-denominational event sponsored by the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Church Free Spirits youth group. Join them for food, sand volleyball, bean bags, ultimate frisbee and more. On the menu: hamburgers, hot...
The Terrace Mill Foundation hosted a two-day grand reopening celebration on Saturday and Sunday, June 21-22. Activities at the Terrace Mill included live music, food, cake, a car show and yoga by the Chippewa River. On Saturday, a special dedication took place in honor of the late Robert Greenfield, long-time TMF supporter who passed away in 2024. The attached video features music peformed by Stan and Friends, who played on the Terrace Mill outdoor...
The man has gone bat-that crazy! Bob Kennedy, Junior, is promoting the use of taxpayer funding to convince the American public to accept the idea of "wearables" where a human provides all their health data to the federal government in real time. Let that sink in for a moment! This comes from a man who previously critcized the federal government for using a heavy hand through mandates and other coercive tactics during the COVID pandemic. In the attached video, Peggy Hall with The Healthy...
