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  • Senator Westrom meets with constituents at the 2025 MCCL March for Life

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    On Wednesday, Jan. 22, State Senator Torrey Westrom (R-Alexandria) met with constituents from Douglas and Stearns counties who came down to the Minnesota State Capitol for the 2025 MCCL March for Life. Hundreds of Minnesotans participated in the event, advocating for the protection of the unborn and the sanctity of life. Senator Westrom expressed his gratitude to those who traveled to St. Paul to take part in the march, commending their dedication to this important cause. "It was inspiring to...

  • Happy (early) Valentine's Day! Jana Mae's wants to help

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    Valentine's Day is coming, and it's just over two weeks away. Jana Mae's Inc., in Brooten, wants to help make your Valentine's Day special for your special someone in your life! Jana Mae's website features all of their Valentine's Day specials, where you can place an order online. The staff at Jana Mae's will have your order ready for pickup or delivery (if it qualifies) on Valentine's Day. If you have special instructions, please indicate them in the order. Note: all orders qualify for pick-up...

  • Warren melts down at RFK, Jr. confirmation hearing (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    What an epic meltdown! U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sure is worried about Big Pharma. Personally, I think she's a bit vile! Perhaps she needs to be more concerned about the safety of the vaccines pushed out by Big Pharma and a little less concerned about how big their profits are. See it play out in the attached video....

  • Bonanza Valley Area Community Calendar - updated frequently!

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    Brooten's Bonanza Valley Days 2025! BVD 2025: four nights/days of activities! The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration in Brooten is coming on July 10, 11, 12 and 13 in 2025! Spread the word and mark your calendars! The BVD grand parade starts at 1:30 p.m. in Brooten on Sunday, July 13, 2025. January 31, 2025 Belgrade Co-op annual meeting Patron members of the Belgrade Co-op are invited to the organization's annual meeting and banquet on Friday, January 31 at the Padua Pub starting at 6:30...

  • Anderson: House GOP assembles 'Make Minnesota Affordable' package

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    Minnesota House Republicans have drafted a package of bills Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, said would make Minnesota a more affordable place to live, work, and raise a family. Anderson said the bills, authored as part of the GOP's "Make Minnesota Affordable" initiative, focus on lowering energy costs, reducing the tax burden, and ensuring budget surpluses benefit hardworking Minnesotans. "Minnesota families and businesses have had it tough in recent years, with soaring price increases, along...

  • Ouch! Bernie Sanders shills for Big Pharma and goes viral (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    During the U.S. Senate confirmation hearing of Robert Kennedy, Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Senator Bernie Sanders went off on a verbal tirade over baby "onesies" and managed to make a fool of himself. It made for some epic social media clips! The punch line: Sanders is one fo the biggest shills for Big Pharma in the U.S. Senate. He is a politician without shame....

  • Merciless mocking is what she deserves (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    There's not much more to say other than this: Selena Gomez, who is independently wealthy and could use her own money to support hundreds upon hundreds of illegal aliens who are in the U.S., should be mercilessly mocked for her brazen lack of self-awareness. Her wailing and weeping over recent deportations of illegal aliens sets her up for endless shaming. She has brought it on herself! In the attached video, you can fast forward to around the 2:20 mark to see photos of women in America who were...

  • Live Music at Heidi's Bar for Valentine's Day (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 30, 2025

    Heidi’s Bar in Sedan has a big act coming for Valentine’s Day, with Dana Robinson and the Bottlerockets playing on Friday, February 14 from 8 p.m. to midnight. No cover charge! The attached video features a promotional video of Dana and the Bottlerockets....

  • OBITUARY: Courtney Mithaugen, 1984-2025

    Randy Olson|Jan 23, 2025

    A member of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2002 has passed away. Courtney Ann Mithaugen, age 40, died on Sunday, January 19, 2025 at Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina. Memorial services will be held at St. Luke's Church, Faribault on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. with a visitation at church one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Arrangements are being completed by Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault. Courtney Ann, the daughter of Michele (Lemcke) Mithaugen and Chip Mithaugen, she...

  • Five years out of government: time for security clearance revocation! (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 23, 2025

    Folks like John Bolton "have had better days" (his words) than what he experienced in the past week. Watch the attached video to learn more....

  • Brooten Fire Department 2024 call volume comparable to '23

    Randy Olson|Jan 23, 2025

    At the Brooten city council meeting last Monday, January 13, Brooten Fire Department Secretary Thor Amundson provided the 2024 report. On the current roster of 28 fire department members, the longest-serving firefighter is Gary Olson with 46 years (start date of January 1, 1978). Next is Calvin Hanson with 41 years. He is followed in seniority by Kern Nelson (28 years) and Todd Trustheim (27 years). Matt Ogdahl and Dave Bast each have 24 years on the department. Chris Strom has 22 years on the...

  • It's shocking: a full review of Tony Fauci's crimes (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 23, 2025

    In the attached video, which lasts about 14 minutes, left-leaning comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore gives a full review of all the crimes committed by Tony "Two Mask" Fauci, some of which dates back long before the COVID pandemic. Early in this video, Dore plays a 4-minute clip from Grabien that outlines these crimes and his lies. Example: in May 2021, Fauci said on CNN that being vaccinated almost totally erased a person's chances of transmitting the COVID-19 virus. Those who did...

  • Putting smug, arrogant California officials in their place! (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 23, 2025

    This is too good to not watch! In the video clip attached, you can watch President Donald Trump put arrogant, smug government officials in California in their place....

  • CNN, MSNBC falling apart at the seams (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 23, 2025

    While a ratings bump and some financial difficulties soon after a general election were unsurprising events last fall, what has been surprising to Democrats is the continued downward spiral that CNN and MSNBC are experiencing. It has gotten so bad that CNN is losing out in the ratings battle to Spongebob Squarepants reruns on the Cartoon Channel! How sad is that? Watch a few of the news headlines across the past three months in the attached video....

  • U of M alumni enjoy gathering at Redhead Creamery

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    The Redhead Creamery, located between Brooten and Padua, hosted a University of Minnesota Brooten Alumni and Legislative Social on Saturday. The purpose was to help connect area alumni with state legislators, and it also doubled as a way to show support for Redhead Creamery, which is owned by U of M alumni Lucas and Alise Sjostrom. The University of Minnesota, across all campuses, has over 633,000 alumni spread across the state, nation and globe. Of those alumni, 62 percent have remained or have...

  • Icy conditions grip Bonanza Valley area

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    Snow fell on Sunday, January 12 ranging from 2 to 4 inches across the Bonanza Valley area. Stubborn, icy conditions came with it, however, as the precipitation began as light rain on Saturday night. Many local road ways had wide stretches of black ice....

  • OBITUARY: Roger Sagedahl

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    Roger Sagedahl, died peacefully surrounded by his family in the Glenwood hospital on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at the age of 90. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 20 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooten. Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 19th from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the church. Visitation will also be one hour prior to the service on Monday. Interment will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Brooten. Arrangements are with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral...

  • MFU outlines policy priorities for 2025 session

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    The 2025 Minnesota legislative session convenes tomorrow, and Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) is preparing to advocate for a strong agriculture budget, affordable healthcare, support for beginning farmers and other priorities defined by our members. “As a grassroots organization, we’ll be focused on priorities established by members at our state convention in November,” said MFU President Gary Wertish. “At a basic level, lawmakers are going to have to come together to pass a new two-year budget...

  • A political party of decline! In a downward spiral (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    Oh, boy, they are in tough shape! They are sore! Sore as one can imagine! The day of November 5, 2024 was not good to them. The attached video spells out more....

  • Media is turning on Joe Biden as they begin bashing his legacy (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    Quite the turn of events here in the final days of the Joe Biden disaster as President of the United States of America. As stated in one news article, "Columnists, analysists and reporters give withering assessments of Biden as he exits."...

  • BREAKING: domestic TikTok ban goes into effect for most U.S. users (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    A wealth of far-reaching consequences are playing out in real time on Saturday night, January 18, from the recent ban of TikTok in the United States. For domestic users, TikTok stopped functioning shortly after 9 p.m. Central Standard Time. This ban is based on the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, H.R. 231, which was passed into law by the 118th U.S. Congress (2023-2024). In some cases, users with V.P.N. Internet access are still able to use the TikTok...

  • Pure madness: Joe Biden was not running this country (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 16, 2025

    This is wild. Take the 5 minutes needed to watch this video. Then ask yourself: if Joe Biden has not been in charge as President of the United States for the past 4 years, then who has? Fair question: who has been calling the shots in America from January 2021 through present day?...

  • Remembering the "War to end all wars"

    Randy Olson|Jan 9, 2025

    The Pope County Museum is currently hosting the traveling WW1 exhibit – “How the Great War Hit Home in West Central Minnesota” now through February 1. Travel back in time to World War I, and learn about the role west central Minnesota played in one of the most influential, and devastating, worldwide conflicts of the 21st century. The West Central Minnesota Historical Association’s traveling exhibit on World War I is on display at the Pope County Museum through Feb. 1 during regular operating hou...

  • OBITUARY: Suzanne Sagedahl

    Randy Olson|Jan 9, 2025

    Suzanne Sagedahl, age 68 of Brooten died Sunday, January 5, 2025 at home surrounded by her family and friends under the care of hospice. A memorial service celebrating Suzanne’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2025 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooten. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. After the service the celebration will continue at the Ka-De-Shack in Brooten. Suzanne’s wishes were for those attending the service to wear their favorite Minn...

  • Lab Leak Liars: how China and its supporters deceived the entire world (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Jan 9, 2025

    For so long anyone who dared suggest COVID-19 began in a Wuhan lab was dismissed, criticized and mocked. Now the US Energy Department and FBI have conceded a lab leak most likely caused the pandemic. Sky News Digital Originals presents this report from Host Rita Panahi - in the attached video....

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