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  • (VIDEO) Worship for Christmas Day at Norway Lake Lutheran parish

    Randy Olson|Dec 24, 2020

    Below is video for worship services for Christmas Day at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN....

  • (VIDEO) Christmas Eve worship at First Lutheran church of Norway Lake

    Randy Olson|Dec 24, 2020

    Here's video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran Parish of rural New London recorded at First Lutheran church for December 24, 2020. If you click on the following link, you can be re-directed to a web article that has a special video of worshipers singing at the Pioneer Advent Worship service on December 3, 2017. The worship was held at the old log church in Arctander Township..."Where it all began" with us rabbel-rousing Lutheran Norwegians in the northwest corner of Kandiyohi County!...

  • (VIDEO) Flashback to 2019: Christmas recital at Belgrade Nursing Home

    Randy Olson|Dec 24, 2020

    That was a wonderful event to take in. This iMovie was created from video taken on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Belgrade Nursing Home. Students from the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa music program (of all ages) performed Christmas songs at the community room at BNH. To view the Bonanza Valley Voice photo gallery from that afternoon, click on the following (short) link: https://bit.ly/3nNidRe....

  • (VIDEO) Brooten's lighted Christmas parade

    Randy Olson|Dec 17, 2020

    Featured here is video of the Brooten lighted Christmas parade on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Thank you for coming! If you missed it, you can get a pretty good view of the parade in this video. At times the footage gets interrupted to allow for newspaper photos to be taken of the parade floats. Photos from the parade will appear in the December 17 and December 24 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Participating in this year's parade: Belgrade police department Brooten fire...

  • (VIDEO) Elementary construction progress

    Randy Olson|Dec 17, 2020

    Significant progress is being made on the Belgrade-Brooten-Elementary school renovations in spite of the onset of winter. The mild temperatures across the early part of December have aided construction of the new square footage to the south and north of the building. Video below was taken on December 16....

  • Marvelous turnout for Brooten Santa Day

    Randy Olson|Dec 17, 2020

    Anywhere from 600 to 1,000 people were in Brooten on Saturday, December 12 from numerous area towns to help celebrate Christmas in a drive-through format. Below is a video taken before the lighted Christmas parade began at 6 p.m. that night. Other coverage is in the December 17 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Also, more coverage will be in the December 24 issue....

  • (HD VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on December 20

    Randy Olson|Dec 17, 2020

    Click below for worship video at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, December 20, 2020....

  • Hopeful Hills Ranch Christmas open house final day (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Dec 17, 2020

    *Final day is today! December 20! They are open today from 1 to 5 p.m.! Today is a beautiful day for a country drive for the final day of their open house! Video below was taken on Saturday, December 19. Hopeful Hills Ranch will have their Christmas open house at the ranch (18563 303rd Street, Glenwood) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19-20. Hours on Friday the 18th are 5 to 8 p.m., with hours on Saturday the 19th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The hours for the final day, Sunday the 20th,...

  • Hopeful Hills Ranch Christmas sale and open house

    Randy Olson|Dec 10, 2020

    Hopeful Hills Ranch will have their Christmas sale over a two-week period beginning with a display of products at the new Fauskee Oil, Inc. office building in Brooten on Friday, December 11 (12 p.m. to 5 p.m.) and Saturday, December 12 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)...owner Jane Fauskee will also have an open house at the ranch (18563 303rd Street, Glenwood) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19-20. Hours on Friday the 18th are 5 to 8 p.m., with hours on Saturday the 19th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....

  • (VIDEO) Band director excited about Christmas caroling

    Randy Olson|Dec 10, 2020

    Featured in this video is Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa band director Rachel Tessier talking about operating her band during the pandemic and also an upcoming afternoon of Christmas caroling. The senior high band will perform outdoors on the main streets of both Belgrade and Brooten on Thursday, December 17 after 1 p.m....

  • (VIDEO) School project forges ahead

    Randy Olson|Dec 10, 2020

    Great progress has taken place at both campuses of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools. At the elementary, footings have been prepared for the foundation of additions to the kitchen on the northeast side of the building. At the high school, footings are ready for the foundation of the new secured entrance in the northeast parking lot....

  • (HD VIDEO) Doctor pleads for new approach to defeating COVID-19

    Randy Olson|Dec 10, 2020

    Pierre Kory, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at St. Luke's Aurora Medical Center, delivers passionate testimony during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on "Early Outpatient Treatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution, Part II." The doctor indicts the National Institute of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and other government agencies for only endorsing "novel" and "expensive" treatments for COVID-19. The other video features an...

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on December 13

    Randy Olson|Dec 10, 2020

    Below is video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, December 13, 2020 in rural New London, MN. With December soon upon us, let's help the churches of Norway Lake Parish finish 2020 strong with your careful consideration of financial offerings. You can mail your offering for First Lutheran Church or East Norway Lake Lutheran church to: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 NW New London, MN 56273. From everyone at Norway Lake Parish, we wish you and your family a safe...

  • COVID case growth slows across Bonanza Valley area

    Randy Olson|Dec 3, 2020

    After some communities saw large growth in case numbers for COVID-19, the numbers reported by the Minnesota Department of Health on December 3 show good news. While most media will not report a full picture with full context, The Voice is going to point out that daily testing volumes are three to five times higher than they were at any point last spring or summer. Case counts are following suit. For the community of the Brooten area in the zip code of 56316, the new cumulative case count for...

  • (OPINION) Set fear aside and use science and data-backed treatments to fight COVID-19

    Randy Olson|Dec 3, 2020

    Here's an unpopular idea to chew on: we should use science and data-backed treatment to fight COVID-19 instead of fear-induced, knee-jerk reactions to the coronavirus-induced pandemic that has altered the life of every man, woman and child on the planet. The 27-minute long video below states: the data is 100 percent in agreement: all studies show a clinical benefit for use of Ivermectin. It works as a pre-exposure prophylaxis, post exposure prophylaxis, and when given to both early and late hospitalized patients. Oddly, Ivermectin is an...

  • Belgrade Commercial Club promoting Christmas cheer

    Randy Olson|Dec 3, 2020

    The Belgrade Commercial Club has placed a special mailbox just outside the Belgrade city hall building. Local children are asked to drop off letters to Santa at this location. A second idea the commercial club is putting into action is donating $15 from their club funds to every Belgrade Nursing Home resident to go towards the cost of getting a haircut from local hair stylists....

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Parish for December 6

    Randy Olson|Dec 3, 2020

    Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, December 6, 2020....

  • Brooten (drive-through) Santa Day and Lighted Christmas parade

    Randy Olson|Dec 3, 2020

    Citizens of Brooten are excited to host an abbreviated Santa Day and lighted Christmas parade event on Saturday, December 12 starting at 4:30 p.m. After an hour to provide time for folks to participate in the drive-through "Treasure Collection" event, Brooten's traditional lighted Christmas parade will start at 5:30 p.m. *Update: in addition to what is listed below, the Padua Pub is joining the fun and will have a cheeseburger giveaway at one of the locations on main street on December 12....

  • (VIDEO) Thanksgiving Eve worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish

    Randy Olson|Nov 26, 2020

    Featured below is video for the Thanksgiving Eve worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in rural New London, MN. That video is the top video and labeled by the date in the caption. That's not all here! There's more below. In the second video included, the Norway Lake Parish joint choir of the two churches is shown singing at Thanksgiving Eve worship at East Norway Lake church on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. The Peter Baalson-directed choir sounded absolutely...

  • (HD VIDEO) Positive results from vitamin D trials

    Randy Olson|Nov 26, 2020

    Dr. John Campbell is a retired nurse teacher and A and E nurse in England. In recent years, he provides explanation to scientific studies in the health care world. In the embedded video, Dr. Campbell explains the science behind a clinical study of vitamin D related to COVID-19. He points out observations that vitamin D-deficient individuals have increased COVID-19 risk and mortality. This study was published on November 12, 2020 in the Postgraduate Medical Journal, a peer-reviewed journal...

  • Brooten community to hold Christmas lighting contest

    Randy Olson|Nov 26, 2020

    We're not sure when it last took place in Brooten, but it's definitely been a few years since a formal Christmas lights contest took place. Brooten Santa Day organizers kicked around the idea, and with Santa Day moving to a drive-through event on December 12, this works great to ask people to drive around town and vote on their favorite light displays. Ideas include, but are not limited to, categories for best inflatables, most lights and best kids display. The December 3 issue of the Bonanza...

  • The spinach is alive and well

    Randy Olson|Nov 26, 2020

    The Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's family garden spinach patch is alive and well. In the photo is part of the spinach that's still lush and green in a photo taken on Thanksgiving Day. Will the spinach make it into December? According to the forecast, it is possible....

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on November 29

    Randy Olson|Nov 26, 2020

    Below is video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, November 29, 2020 in rural New London, MN. With December soon upon us, let's help the churches of Norway Lake Parish finish 2020 strong with your careful consideration of financial offerings. You can mail your offering for First Lutheran Church or East Norway Lake Lutheran church to: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 NW New London, MN 56273....

  • (VIDEO) B-B-E earns rural education group's Innovation Award

    Randy Olson|Nov 19, 2020

    On November 15, the Minnesota Rural Education Association honored Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools with a special Innovation Award. The video of the presentation is shown below in a virtual awards ceremony....

  • Question: is the governor okay?

    Randy Olson|Nov 19, 2020

    Written on Wednesday night, November 18 Based on what's happened in Minnesota over the past two weeks, it is prudent that we all ask this basic question: is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz okay? What has happened to him? Did he suffer some type of mental break down that has made him part ways with living in reality? Citizens of Minnesota need to ask this question in a serious manner, because Mr. Walz does not appear to be okay. There is something quite off about his actions and his words. On what planet does a governor and his so-called...

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