The Brooten Farmers Market, which still invites vendors to join, continues the 2026 season on Thursday, Sept. 17 at the city park. The Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m., and this will be the 11th Farmers Market session of the season in Brooten. The hope is to operate the Farmers Market one additional night, September 24. That will likely be the final one as garden produce supplies begin their retreat. Available this evening are baked goods plus other vendors with flowers, green beans,...
Let's get a few more miles out of the Cedar Creek Gospel Band! This group performed at the Brooten Pavilion on Sunday, August 30 with a joint worship of local Lutheran churches. The attached video features one song performed that...
The Honebrink family and all the friendly staff of Brink's Beer Joint in Swift Falls invites everyone to the annual Turkey Fest celebration, which is on Saturday, September 19 in the scenic village of Swift Falls. The Turkey Fest parade starts at 5:30 p.m.! Also on the schedule: 1 p.m. bean bag tournament ($20 per team, must be signed up by noon on Saturday) and the turkey cook-off is 3 to 5 p.m. in support of County Line first responders. ALSO a Classic Car show with no entry fee is 3 to 5...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' tennis team traveled to the Osakis high school tennis complex on Thursday, September 17. Here, the Prairie Conference tournament was held that included the Jaguars, Silverstreaks, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala-Swanville Area, Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, St. John's Prep and Parkers Prairie. B-B-E's team, which has just 2 seniors in the lineup, finished in sixth place. Their lineup for the conference tournament consisted of two seniors, one junior, one...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team and the school's Activities Department provided a 9-11 tribute on Friday, September 18 before the Jaguars faced Upsala/Swanville Area in a district game. Matt Goodwin, high school business teacher and coach, is the announcer at B-B-E's home football games. He provided the special message honoring first responders and others who lost their lives to a horrific act of organized terrorism on U.S. soil by foreign perpetrators on September 11, 2001. The...
