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Update on March 15: this information was posted on Friday, March 13. Much of it is already outdated. The Voice is leaving this posted for the sake of full disclosure. However, we ask that everyone stay up to date on the most current information available. Click on the following (short) link for the latest information, based on Governor Walz's 10 a.m. press conference on March 15: https://bit.ly/2IQIzyF. Below is the story posted on March 13. Click on this (short) link to the March 15 update...
Instead of re-saying what is said in this video...just watch the video. It's wild that so-called health experts are more worried about offending people than about actually stopping a global pandemic. Another thought: when you read the headline "CNN envisions how coronovirus can help Democrats win"...you know we are in trouble. (That panel of talking heads on CNN was just plain sick to have a discussion like that!) From Sean Davis on Twitter: "Corporate political media hate you, they hate the...
This web article will be updated on Saturday with video and more information from the Class 1A state girls' basketball quarterfinal game between Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and Cromwell-Wright. The two teams met at the University of Minnesota's Maturi Pavilion on Thursday, March 12 in Minneapolis....
POSTED Sunday, March 15: Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 20-02, authorizing the temporary closure of Minnesota K-12 public schools to students in order for school administrators and teachers to make long-term plans for the continuity of education and essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools will be closed to students by Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, March 27 to accommodate this planning between school staff, teachers, and administrators with guidance from...
In an e-mail to parents on Sunday evening, March 15, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa superintendent Patrick Walsh reported that K-12 school classes will be in session on Tuesday, March 17. It will be a normal, full day of school with regular hours ending at 3:45 p.m. The district will then cease regular K-12 operations starting Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, March 27. This is in accordance with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's Executive Order 20-02 that was issued earlier today as a response to the CO...
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...
Come to the Padua Pub on Tuesday, March 17 to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! *This article has not been updated to reflect the new state mandate for bars and restaurants to close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17. Serving green beer all day! Starting at 11 a.m., Irish stew and corned beef sandwiches will be served. A Shamrock Hunt will be held at noon. The Padua St. Patrick's Day parade begins at 1 p.m. sharp, and prizes will be awarded (judged by the crowd). The Irish buffet, served from 4 to 9...
Below is a video clip featuring footage from the Belgrade Co-op annual meeting. The event was held at the Padua Pub reception hall on Friday, February 21, 2020. A feature article on the meeting was published in the February 27 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Featured in the video below is video from the Minnesota State wrestling tournament medals ceremony. This event was held on Saturday night, February 29 at Xcel Energy Center following the conclusion of the first-place matches in Classes 1A, 2A and 3A. For Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, sophomore Walker Bents is shown getting his first-place medal in the 106-pound class. Additional coverage is posted at the B-B-E Jaguars sports blog: http://bbejaguars.blogspot.com. Also, state wrestling coverage will...
Kensington Bank and Kensington Insurance of Belgrade and Elrosa invites the community to participate in their March Madness food shelf drive. Between March 1 and March 31, Kensington Bank and Kensington Insurance will match up to $250 of donations for the local Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area food shelf. The staff of Kensington Bank and Kensington Insurance encourages the public to take advantage of the matching program and stretch out donation dollars for the good of the local community....
Featured below is video from the final minute of the third-place 145-pound match at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament on February 29 in St. Paul. Senior Canon Swanson finished his career with an 8-4 decision win....
On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 4, 15 members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team headed north to Duluth for the Lake Superior regional F.I.R.S.T. robotics contest. This year's team is the youngest group that B-B-E has sent to the regional contest since the program was founded in 2012. The oldest team member is a sophomore (Nic Walstrom), while four are freshmen, and the remainder are in seventh and eighth grade. They are led by first-year head coach Reed Adrian, who...
Here's video from the band solo and ensemble recital by Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior high students on Friday, February 28 at the Belgrade Public library. Additional coverage on the band was published in the March 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Posted on Thursday, March 5 at 21:20. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team has completed Day One of the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (F.I.R.S.T.) Lake Superior regional at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC). Head coach Reed Adrian reported to the Voice that the team overcame multiple hurdles today and will end the day with a huge accomplishment: they have a fully-functioning robot! It's a great achievement for the youngest robotics...
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,...
Kentucky Thunder is excited to be coming to Brink's 104 Club in Sunburg on Saturday, February 29. They will be performing live from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. that night. Come on out and enjoy the show along with great drink and food specials!...
Minnesota's 1,781 townships will hold their annual town meeting on Tuesday, March 10. Known as Township Day, these annual meetings are held every year on the second Tuesday in March. Residents of the townships will meet to voice their opinions about local issues with other township residents and also vote directly on their annual tax levy; direct democracy in action. Citizens attending annual meetings also often discuss and vote on other local issues. In addition, many of the state's townships will hold their township officer elections on...
Farmers, rural residents and other concerned citizens from across Minnesota will gather at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Mankato on Saturday, February 29. The meeting centers on a Farm Crisis Forum involving farm families and allies, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Peterson and the Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. The farm crisis forum will take place between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the hotel, located at 901 Raintree Road, Mankato. During the past several months, h...
The Belgrade Public Library is excited to announce the upcoming visit of Frank Weber, book author, on Friday, March 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This event is hosted by the R.E.A.D. Book Club. Frank Weber returns to discuss his latest book Last Call. In a tight-knit northern Minnesota community, an unthinkable evil is preying on young women. It's a terrifyingly twisted case that will alter the lives of everyone close to investigator Jon Fredricks - and maybe even end the lives of a few. This is an...
Shown is video from Ash Wednesday worship service a West Lake Johanna Lutheran church of rural Brooten on February 26, 2020....
Irrigators mark your calendars to attend an Irrigator's Clinic to be held at the Minnewaska House on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. This event will be of interest to anyone who is actively engaged in irrigation on agricultural lands. A great line-up of speakers has committed to participating in the event representing: University of Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Soil RX Inc., Bonanza Valley Irrigators Association, Natural Resource Conservation Service, West Central Irrigation, and local irrigators. Topics to be addressed during the...
Below is video from the dairy crisis meeting at the Greenwald Pub on January 30....
The Belgrade Public Library is excited to announce the upcoming visit of Frank Weber, book author, on Friday, March 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This event is hosted by the R.E.A.D. Book Club. Frank Weber returns to discuss his latest book Last Call. In a tight-knit northern Minnesota community, an unthinkable evil is preying on young women. It's a terrifyingly twisted case that will alter the lives of everyone close to investigator Jon Fredricks - and maybe even end the lives of a few. This is an...
The 31st annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sno-Daze coronation program was held on Tuesday, February 11 at the B-B-E high school auditorium. Freshmen, sophomore and junior attendants joined senior royalty candidates for the festivities. Kiara Quade and Hannah Sifvert performed a duet, the royalty candidates played the word game "Mad Gab", and Drew Thompson performed a dance solo. Seniors Jacqueline Gossen and Casey Stegeman were crowned Sno-Daze Queen and King to conclude the program. Video of...
A Settlement Conference, presided by the honorable Judicial Officer John H. Scherer, was held in District VII court in St. Cloud on Thursday, February 13 at the Stearns County Courthouse. The case involved a case brought forward by the State of Minnesota and the Stearns County Attorney's office against Brooten business owner Jana Zenner. The State of Minnesota accused Zenner of theft-by-swindle in the amount of approximately $135,000 from the Brooten Commercial Club's charitable gambling operation between May 2016 and December 2018. Another...
