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Press release on Wednesday afternoon, April 21, 2020 Governor Tim Walz, representatives of the state's health care delivery systems, the Mayo Clinic, and the University of Minnesota (U of M) today announced a breakthrough for rapid, widespread testing of COVID-19 in Minnesota. This has the potential to make Minnesota a leader in the U.S. and the world in terms of COVID-19 testing. Also today, ICU hospitalization numbers declined by 10 down to 107. A total of 240 Minnesotans are hospitalized today with COVID infections. Stearns County has...
Stearns County is working collaboratively with Minnesota Department of Health, CentraCare Health, Pilgrim's Pride in Cold Spring and Jennie-O in Melrose in response to employees testing positive for COVID-19 in their facilities. Action plans for response are currently in progress, including the potential for testing ill employees and isolation and quarantine as needed. Both companies proactively implemented strategies to keep employees safe while continuing their operations. Once plans for follow-up are finalized, employees will be notified...
In his Thursday, April 23 press conference, Governor Tim Walz ordered that school buildings in Minnesota would remain closed for K-12 education during the rest of the 2019-2020 academic year. In conjunction with that announcement, the Minnesota State High School League has cancelled all spring sports and related school activities. Currently, state officials are determining whether or not summer school programming will be allowed in Minnesota. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa superintendent Patrick Walsh...
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced today that the agency has begun making Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments to people who are self-employed, independent contractors, and other eligible recipients who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits. PUA is a new program that was authorized by Congress in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and signed into law on March 27, 2020. "In less than one month,...
Below is video featuring the April 26, 2020 worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London. A reminder that the mailing address for sending offerings is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273...
Below is a video for worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish for Sunday, April 19, 2020. The mailing address for sending in offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273 If church members are in need of help or prayer in any sort of way, please call the parish office at 320-354-4222. The joint parish council said in a statement, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can...
Featured here is Maundy Thursday worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London. The worship service was recorded at East Norway Lake Lutheran church. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well...
Below is Easter Sunday worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London for April 12, 2020. Also featured here is a video of the choir singing at Easter Sunday sunrise service on April 21, 2019. Enjoy, and may God bless you and your family! Related: here's a video taking you back to Easter Sunday in 2010 (short link): https://bit.ly/3b13JH2. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another,...
This video (below) features the choir at East Norway Lake Lutheran church (and volunteer singers from the congregants) on sunrise worship service on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010. This video clip is very special to me, as it includes the late Rose Aasen, who is seated in a chair on the far left of the choir (from the vantage point of the videocamera). Holding the music for her is her daughter-in-law Nancy, married to her son David. Rose was a very close friend of my late father. She was a...
Below is video of the April 2 mid-week Lenten service for the Norway Lake Lutheran church parish. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well as mid-week Lenten worship. Please keep an eye to the Willmar radio...
Video for Palm Sunday worship at Norway Lake Parish is posted below, just in time for your family to view it on Sunday, April 5. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well as mid-week Lenten worship. Please keep an...
Concerned citizens of Brooten are asking families or businesses in need to reach out for help while the local area, region, state and nation muster strength and resources to combat the COVID-19 virus. The "Brooten Cares" initiative is a source for information for families and businesses in need of products or services and other needs that may arise. This is especially important during the period of time when Minnesotans are under Governor Tim Walz's "Stay at Home" executive order that went into...
Below is video from the St. Patrick's Day parade in Padua, where the Padua Pub celebrated their 40th annual St. Patrick's Day celebration. Photos from the parade were published in the April 2 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Let this be a lesson for everyone that, in no clearer terms, personal responsibility can literally save our country!!! Be smart! Be well! Stay well! Do not be selfish and spread your germs to other people, especially senior citizens and other children and adults who have conditions that make them more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus. Everyone has a responsibility to mitigate or stop the progression of COVID-19 through our society. We're not asking people to dodge bombs falling from the sky like what happened across Europe between 1939 and...
Sometimes you just have to take the journey. Often, it requires a leap of faith. (VIDEO)...
Below is video of a condensed version of what was supposed to be the March 22 service. This was recorded at First Lutheran church. Worship services at Norway Lake Parish, with First Lutheran and East Norway Lake Lutheran churches of rural New London, are "on pause" at the current time. While we are all dealing with the COVID-19 virus situation across our state, nation and globe, please continue to share the good news of God's word! Either through this video or by any other means you are able...
Below is video of a condensed version of what was supposed to be the March 25 mid-week Lenten service for the Norway Lake Lutheran church parish. A message from Norway Lake Parish, Pastor Wayne and the church councils, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we can support you. Please call if you're in need of prayer (320-354-4222). We will continue this online worship again next week, as well as mid-week Lenten...
Public Health Asks for Residents Help to Stop Virus Spread A local hotline number has been set up to answer questions related to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Stearns and Benton Counties established a joint hotline staffed by Public Health professionals. That hotline number is 320.656.6625 or 1.877.782.5683 and is answered 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Individuals can also call the Minnesota Department of Health hotline, which is staffed 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. seven days a wee...
Glacial Ridge Health System has a COVID-19 hotline available for people to call if they have the symptoms and need more information. This is very important to follow. If you have a fever, a cough and / or a respiratory illness or other respiratory symptoms, please do not go directly to any of GRHS's clinics or the Emergency Room. Please call GRHS at 320-334-5481 for further instructions. *Note: this dedicated number is ONLY for patients with the above-described symptoms. The best advice to...
Worship service at Norway Lake Lutheran parish (East Norway Lake and First Lutheran) were cancelled for Sunday, March 15. They were cancelled at many other churches across the area. Below is video of a condensed version of what was supposed to be the March 15 service. This was recorded at First Lutheran church. Please share the good news of God's word! Either through this video or by any other means you are able to. Fear not: God's got this!...
The city of Brooten has closed city hall to the public for the foreseeable future. This went into effect as of Friday, March 20. The public can contact city hall and visit with the clerk at 320-346-2524. Payments can be made in the drop slot at city hall, and they can also be mailed to P.O. Box 81, Brooten MN, 56316. Local citizens can make appointments at city hall by calling ahead and speaking with City Clerk Jeanne Kinne. The state of Minnesota has 115 cases of COVID-19 as of mid-day today,...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team wrapped up another successful season with a great showing at the Lake Superior Regional competition in Duluth. As they did in 2018 and 2019, Resistance Robotics finished in the upper half of teams at regions. This year they officially placed 30th out of 63 teams after nine qualifying matches were completed. In those nine matches, they finished with a 5-4 record. Ultimately, two of their four alliance losses went down to the wire, literally,...
Shown in the video, the final song is sung at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church during their Sunday, March 8 worship service....
This article was posted on Friday afternoon, March 13. Stay home when you are sick! This request was repeated this afternoon at a 1 o'clock press conference by Minnesota state officials. To summarize: the public is asked to make temporary adjustments to public events and personal interactions. The virus is spread primarily by respiratory functions such as coughing or sneezing. It can also be spread by touching your nose and mouth and then another surface or person. The basic request to follow is that, in public settings, a person limits close...
The third-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars boys' basketball team put everything they had into their third straight appearance in a sub-section championship game and came up just short of advancing to a second straight section title bout. In the final stage of the Sub-Section 5A-West finals on March 11, the Jaguars trailed 58-54 when top-seeded Nevis's junior forward Jack McNamee made two free throws with 1:35 on the clock. The Jaguars scored two more times in the game to cut it to a...
