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  • (VIDEO) What science says about Vitamin D and the SARS-2 virus

    Randy Olson|Jul 30, 2020

    Did you know that most of your Vitamin D is produced by your kidneys? And Vitamin D is actually a hormone? This is why kidney problems can affect bone health. Vitamin D is an immuno-modulator. It affects the innate and adaptive immune systems. The kidneys have an important role in making vitamin D useful to the body. The kidneys convert Vitamin D from supplements or the sun to the active form of Vitamin D that is needed by the body. With chronic kidney disease, low Vitamin D levels can be...

  • School update for B-B-E

    Randy Olson|Jul 23, 2020

    Below are firsthand comments by the newspaper publisher, posted on Wednesday, July 22. Because the situation is "in flux" - nothing is official at this point, but the information is worth reading and sharing. I'm at the July school board meeting tonight at the elementary school. While observing and listening to the discussion of school this fall at B-B-E, it should be known that the district is making "every effort possible" to get school open this fall with in-person learning available for all...

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish

    Randy Olson|Jul 23, 2020

    Here's video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London for Sunday, July 26, 2020. Recorded at East Norway Lake Lutheran church. We hope you are all enjoying your summer!...

  • Elrosa Saints amateur baseball wins league crown

    Randy Olson|Jul 23, 2020

    The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team won the 2020 Stearns County League regular season championship. They finished the regular season with an 8-1 mark in the SCL after defeating visiting Farming by a 4-2 score on July 24. This article will be updated later in the day on Saturday, July 25. Below is video from the top of the sixth inning....

  • (VIDEO) Worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish on July 19

    Randy Olson|Jul 16, 2020

    Here's video featuring worship service for Norway Lake Lutheran parish in rural New London, MN for Sunday, July 19, 2020. A gentle reminder that the mailing address for financial offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 N.W. New London, MN 56273 Also, in-person outdoor worship services are being held at First Lutheran church. The worship area is located on the east side of the building. Worship times are 9:30 a.m. The next outdoor worship is Sunday, July 19. Those who wish to attend...

  • Street sweeping in Brooten

    Randy Olson|Jul 16, 2020

    The city of Brooten wants to remind people that the week of July 20 to July 24, city maintenance staff will be doing street sweeping around town. They kindly request that vehicles and anything else parked on the streets be moved onto private property....

  • (VIDEO) Sermon and more at West Lake Johanna

    Randy Olson|Jul 16, 2020

    Below is video of the Holy Gospel and Sermon by Pastor Steve Bovendam at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church from Sunday, July 12, 2020....

  • (VIDEO) Karaoke at the Brooten Pavilion

    Randy Olson|Jul 16, 2020

    Here's video featuring Brooten high school Class of 1963 graduate Donovan Tharaldson singing "Tennessee Whiskey" on the karaoke machine at the Brooten Pavilion on Saturday, July 11 during a fundraising event....

  • (VIDEO) Outdoor worship at Big Grove Lutheran church

    Randy Olson|Jul 9, 2020

    For the first time since March 8 of this year, Big Grove Lutheran church held an in-person worship service. The service was held outdoors on Sunday, July 5 on the west side of the church building. In the video below, you can take in some of the lesson reading, the Gospel, Pastor John Dalen's sermon and additional parts of the service....

  • Elrosa shuts down Starbuck

    Randy Olson|Jul 9, 2020

    The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team defeated Starbuck by a 3-0 score on Wednesday, July 8 on the home diamond. Luke VanBeck pitched a complete game. The Saints travel to Spring Hill for a Stearns County League game on Sunday, July 12 with first pitch at 1:30 p.m....

  • Street sweeping

    Randy Olson|Jul 9, 2020

    The city of Brooten wants to remind people that the week of July 20 to July 24, city maintenance staff will be doing street sweeping around town. They kindly request that vehicles and anything else parked on the streets be moved onto private property....

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for July 12

    Randy Olson|Jul 9, 2020

    Here is the video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN on Sunday, July 12, 2020. A gentle reminder that the mailing address for financial offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 N.W. New London, MN 56273 Also, in-person outdoor worship services are being held at First Lutheran church. The worship area is located on the east side of the building. Worship times are 9:30 a.m. The next outdoor worship is Sunday, July 12. The outdoor worship service for July...

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish - July 5

    Randy Olson|Jul 2, 2020

    Below is video for worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Happy Independence Day, everyone!...

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Crow River Lutheran church

    Randy Olson|Jul 2, 2020

    Pastor John Dalen led outdoor worship service at Crow River Lutheran church on Sunday, June 28. On Sunday, July 5, outdoor worship will be held at Big Grove Lutheran church at 9 a.m....

  • School board meeting date change

    Randy Olson|Jul 2, 2020

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school board will meet on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at the B-B-E elementary school library beginning at 7:30 p.m. The meeting, originally scheduled for July 20, was moved two days later....

  • (VIDEO) Clay Trapshooting team wraps up 2020 season

    Randy Olson|Jul 2, 2020

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Clay Trapshooting team put in their final weekend shoot of the 2020 season on Sunday, June 28 at the Belgrade Sportsmen's Club shooting range. A few photos from the shoot were published in the July 2 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Additional coverage from the season will follow this month. B-B-E's team had 25 students on it this summer. Coach Rodgers commented that if the COVID pandemic didn't happen, his Clay Trapshooting team would have had over 60...

  • Update for Voice subscribers

    Randy Olson|Jun 25, 2020

    Greetings to those of you on the World Wide Web who have visited our Bonanza Valley Voice website! I want to share an update on our building of the subscriber database for web viewing of the newspaper. The list of 1,500-plus subscribers is being "transformed" into the proper spreadsheet format for our website software. This software, created by the Lions Light Corporation, will allow paid subscribers to log in and view the printed newspaper pages on their computer or Smartphone device. This has been a work in progress since 2017, and after two...

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran - June 28

    Randy Olson|Jun 25, 2020

    Below is video recorded for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran church on Sunday, June 28, 2020....

  • Elrosa Saints take third at Elite 8 tournament

    Randy Olson|Jun 25, 2020

    The town of Elrosa had much to be proud of following the weekend of June 19-20-21. The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team hosted the Elite 8 tournament and drew a terrific crowd with near-perfect weather all three days. After beating New Munich in the quarterfinals by a 3-2 score in Friday, the Saints fell 6-1 to Watertown in the semifinals on Saturday night. The Saints finished in third place after defeating Freeport 12-1 in their Sunday matinee game to raise their record to 4-1 overall....

  • Elrosa set to host Elite 8 baseball tournament

    Randy Olson|Jun 18, 2020

    The Elrosa Saints baseball program is in full swing, with Pee Wee, Little Dipper, Legion and amateur teams all back on the playing field. Elrosa's amateur baseball team will host the Elite 8 tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - June 19, 20 and 21. The first game is Friday night at 6:30 p.m. between the Saints and New Munich. Following that game, New London-Spicer and Cannon Falls will square off under the stadium lights. Updates throughout the weekend will be posted at the newspaper's...

  • (VIDEO) Worship at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for June 21

    Randy Olson|Jun 18, 2020

    Below is video featuring the worship service for Norway Lake Lutheran parish on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Happy Father's Day!...

  • Good news

    Randy Olson|Jun 11, 2020

    In a nutshell... 1.) The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team (and other Stearns County League town teams) will play games this weekend - Friday through Sunday, June 12 to June 14. Elrosa kicks things off with a home game against Cold Spring at 7 p.m. on Friday night. Here's a link to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's sports blog that provides more detail: http://bbejaguars.blogspot.com/2020/06/hallelujah.html. 2.) On-site worshiping will resume at West Lake Johanna and Trinity Lutheran churches of Brooten. Information on that will be in the...

  • Brooten Commercial Club tax debt tops $52,000

    Randy Olson|Jun 11, 2020

    The Brooten Commercial Club continues to have unpaid debt with the Minnesota Department of Revenue as well as the Internal Revenue Service. The tax debt with Minnesota surpasses $17,450. The tax debt with the federal government tops $35,000. As of June 2, no payments have been made on the BCC's delinquent account with MN-DOR since a $46,016.73 payment was made on January 30, according to state records. On Friday, June 5, the I.R.S. reported that the initial unpaid tax debt with the federal government was over $33,425 as of December 31, 2019. In...

  • Brooten city notices: clean up time!

    Randy Olson|Jun 11, 2020

    Two important events are coming to Brooten in the next week. The first is on a week day, while the other is on the weekend. They are the types of events that can be easily missed, as they happen just once a year. Stearns County Household Hazardous Waste pick-up: Wednesday, June 17 at the elementary school parking lot from 1 to 3 p.m. It's clean-up time for your property! This is a chance to get rid of hazardous and nuisance products lying around your home, garage or place of business. Come take...

  • (VIDEO) Worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish - June 14

    Randy Olson|Jun 11, 2020

    Below is video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, June 14....

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