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On Sunday, December 15, Sunday School children at Big Grove Lutheran church held their Christmas program. Two pictures featuring the group of children singing in the sanctuary that morning were featured on page one of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. In the attached video, you can watch the children singing "Joy To the World" and also "Silent Night" during the program....
The Belgrade Commercial Club hosted Santa Day at the Belgrade Municipal Hall on Saturday, December 14. Santa Claus was on hand for pictures with children, and treats and refreshments were also available including Belgrade Bakery Christmas cookies. The top attached video features part of the fun that morning. The B-B-E Just For Kix dancers also performed two separate dances, and the second attached video features the final JFK dance....
A massive cultural shift is occurring in the United States, as the "woke" agenda continues to lose its grip on American society. In the attached video, conservative news commentator Mark Dice points out that Disney is removing a transgender theme from its upcoming Pixar streaming series called "Win Or Lose." As Mark Dice said, "Americans are fed up with this crap!" That is the God's honest TRUTH!...
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. December 16, 2024 Belgrade City Council meeting The Belgrade City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, December 16 at 7 p.m. at the city hall meeting chambers in downtown Belgrade. The meeting...
This was submitted by the Liberty Under Fire group and summarized by Harold Pease, Ph. D. For our newspapers this Christmas season we retell the greatest story ever told, God was Born. It is our almost 800th column telling readers mostly what the Deep State presses do not share. But this story is the reason for the season of America's most favorite holiday. Unfortunately it is today largely not shared outside christian churches and active members homes. We share it boldly and hope our...
The troubles ailing the Democratic Party of America continue, and these troubles don't seem to be slowing down. The latest troubles for the party is the continued downfall of their lawfare court cases against President Donald Trump. The "election interference" case against Trump in the state of Georgia has all but evaporated this week. Click on the attached video to see how it all went down in flames. Good riddance, Fani Willis!...
It's all coming out! All of it! All of the information, fact and truth behind the mental decline of Joe Biden during his one term as President of the United States of America is coming out. The public already has much to digest on just how bad the mental decline was for Biden since he was sworn in as the 46th President in January 2021. The attached video features numerous recent headlines of news articles which outline what happened. Recent reporting by the Wall Street Journal has been the most...
If Joe Biden grants a pardon to Anthony Fauci, it would rate as one of the most disgusting acts of the Biden years as President of the United States of America. The attached video grants more context on what might happen if Biden follows through on the idea. It is truly an awful and shameful idea....
The modern-era push for "DEI" and "wokeness" in the workplace, in entertainment and in the business world in general is coming to an end. It could not happen soon enough. It is a sad day in America when a truly phenomenal professional athlete like Caitlin Clark needs to apologize for being white. She was rightly named Time magazine's 2024 Athlete of the Year this past week, which is an honor she earned through hard work and perseverance. Sadly, she has provided a few comments since receiving...
Lucky Shots Bowling Alley was the site of the Brooten Santa Day on Saturday, December 7, and it drew over 100 children and their families to town. The attached video features a glimpse of children sitting with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus plus other activities that took place at the bowling alley. It was right around the same time of this video that the B-B-E Cub Scouts Pack No. 667 was getting their chili feed underway across the street at the KaDe Shack. Additional coverage was published in the...
Coming to East Norway Lake Lutheran church in rural Pennock/New London! On Saturday, December 14 at 3 p.m. (16270 68th Street NW, New London 56273) with a round of Christmas carol singing. After the sing-along, cookes/coffee/cocoa will be served in the fellowship hall with free-will offering. • Bring or meet your family, friends and neighbors to this festive start of the Christmas season! • Stay for treats! - and - pick up some goodies at the bake sale. • Be home before dark! Hope to see you t...
...and it couldn't happen at a better time! From the Redacted channel on YouTube: The crooked Food and Drug Administration is about to be flipped on its head. Instead of partnering with Big Pharma and keeping healthy supplements off store shelves. It looks like they are about to be flipped upside down now that Robert F Kennedy Jr. Is going to be heading up the FDA, the CDC, and all of America's health systems. See the attached video for more from independent journalist Clayton...
On Wednesday, December 4, the students in grades K-3 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa hosted their annual Christmas program at the school's main gymnasium. A packed crowd of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and other friends and family were on hand! The attached video features the full program, which lasted just over 24 minutes....
The Bohmer family and the staff of Bonanza Valley State Bank invites their wonderful customers to their upcoming Holiday Open House on Friday, December 20 in their spacious bank lobby, where they will have treats, goodies and gifts available. This runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day! See you there!...
LEGAL NOTICE: City of Brooten. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES FOR CITY OF BROOTEN FOR 2025: The Brooten City Council will hold a Truth in Taxation hearing on its budget and on the amount of property taxes it is proposing to collect to pay for the costs of services the City will provide in 2025. The hearing will be held on Monday, December 9th at 7:00 p.m. at the Brooten City Council Room, 147 Central Ave N, Brooten MN 56316. BY ORDER OF BROOTEN CITY COUNCIL. /s/ Jeanne Kinne,...
The Brooten Activities Club and a lengthy list of locally-owned businesses have once again teamed up to bring Brooten Santa Day for all ages to enjoy. The Santa Day is this Saturday, December 7 starting at 3:30 p.m. at the Lucky Shots Bowling Alley. The Winters are excited to host part of Santa Day at Lucky Shots, which now has its back room fully completed in the building's former cafe area. Other activities will be across the street at the KaDe Shack plus at the Trinity Lutheran Church...
Submitted by Minnesota District 12A State Representative Paul Anderson of Starbuck The state issued a new economic forecast on Wednesday, December 4, and it projects a $616 million surplus through the 2026-27 biennium – a decrease of $1.1 billion from previous estimates – and a significant future shortfall. The new economic report from Minnesota Management and Budget indicates reductions in income and sales tax revenues combined with higher spending for long-term care and special education res...
It's a tough and sad time to be a Democrat in America. Don't fool yourself, though: they brought it on themselves! Watch the attached (short) video, which is just 66 seconds long, and see the look of defeat on the face of Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer....
On a recent Josh Rogan Podcast, Marc Andreessen was interviewed by the world's most famous podcaster. You can watch part of the interview in the attached video. Marc Andreessen is a businessman and retired software engineer who was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. His ticket to fame was as a co-founder of one of the world's first web browsers, Netscape. In this video clip, Andreessen speaks to the point that if a political pundit or pollster or anyone of significance in America suggested that the...
On Sunday, December 1 in Arctander Township, the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association hosted their annual Advent worship service at the old log church. Attendance surpassed 50 (getting to 53 by one count) on a day when outdoor temperatures struggled to hit 10 degrees. The NLLHA built the log church replica and an adjacent museum to remember and honor the Norwegian pioneers who settled the Norway Lake community in the latter part of the 19th century. Construction of the log church and...
The community of Brooten hosted the annual Santa Day event on Saturday, December 7. Activities for the evening concluded with a lighted Christmas parade on main street, which you can watch in the attached video. Santa Day drew a large crowd of families with children, parents, grandparents and more to Lucky Shots Bowling Alley, where Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus met with children to hear their wish lists. By 5 o'clock, much of the crowd had shifted across the street to the KaDe Shack's community room, where the B-B-E Cub Scouts Pack No. 667 hosted...
This week, families across our state are gathering to spend quality time together, give thanks, and, of course, eat some delicious Minnesota-raised turkey. We all know we live in divided times. But this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for the fact that what unites us as Minnesotans is far greater than what divides us: • We respect the dignity of work and the simple idea that our family members, friends, and neighbors should be able to afford a house or apartment, health care, and for our seniors, a...
On Friday and Saturday, November 22-23, junior high youth from Norway Lake Parish, Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Parish and Trinity/West Lake Johanna Parish attended the Lutheran youth gathering hosted by the Southwestern Minnesota ELCA Synod (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America). The event, which drew hundreds of children from across southwest Minnesota, was hosted at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Willmar. The theme of the overnight gathering was "We are forever unbroken" and messaging...
The Belgrade city council met in regular session on November 18. Highlights included approval of a Sunday liquor license application by The Spot For Drinks and Dining plus acceptance of retirement letters by Belgrade fire fighters Carol Kinzel and Chuck Ampe. The council reviewed and approved the Belgrade Nursing Home Management agreement, which they do every other year. Belgrade Fire Chief Jeremy Glieden has submitted a FEMA grant application for a LUCAS C.P.R. device, which can cost well over...
Kamala Harris is back from her Hawaiian vacation! She needed it. It was hard work to blow through over $1.4 billion on a presidential campaign that will go down in history as the worst campaign for Commander-in-Chief in America to date. In the attached video, you can get a glimpse of her "apology" message provided to her donors. (Note: it is as bizarre and cringe as the actual video she produced this week.)...
