The joint parish Christmas Eve worship for Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches was held in Brooten on Wednesday, December 24. A near-full house of children and adults gathered and heard a Christmas message from Synodically Authorized Minister Linda Simms, who has helped guide Trinity and WLJ since September as the parish seeks a new full-time minister. The attached video begins with Simms providing her children's...
Sunday School children and teachers at Big Grove Lutheran Church in North Fork Township held their Christmas program on Sunday, December 21. The attached video features most of the Christmas program. The video has a rough beginning while the tripod was adjusted at the rear of the church sanctuary. During that part, two students gave welcoming comments to worshipers and asked that cell phones be turned off. Finally, 44 seconds into the video, the rough part ends. (You may want to just skip the...
Liz Collins with Alpha News recently put out a report on the latest in fraud concerns in Minnesota. In the attached 6 minute, 39 second video, Collins interviews reporter Jenna Gloeb on her tracking of tax funding to Somali-ran adult day cares, child day cares and child autism centers. One example: Taaj adult daycare center received $739,000 in 2024 of state taxpayer funds. The state cited them for numerous deficiencie in operations, and the tax funding declined to around $54,000 in 2025. Much...
A career-high 28 points by senior guard Taylor Pieper helped the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team claim third place in the Red Bracket of the Old National Bank Holiday tournament on Tuesday, December 30. The Jaguars evened their record at 3-3 with the win. In the first of back-to-back border battles at Willmar's Big Red Gym on Monday, the Jaguars lost 68-62 to New London-Spicer. The game to follow featured the host Cardinals taking on MACCRAY, which resulted in a 69-42 win for...
