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At their meeting on February 12, the Brooten Fire Relief Association approved a donation to fund the costs with the Brooten Community Easter Egg hunt. The Easter Egg hunt, which also includes a bicycle drawing, is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at the Brooten city park. (Rain/poor weather back up location TBD) The Fire Relief Association granted a donation of $1,000 pay for costs of candy, bicycles and advertising and promotion of the event. The donation will go to the...
The video embedded here features the sermon given by Pastor Wayne Kopitzke at First Lutheran church of Norway Lake on Sunday, February 2, 2020....
Three businesses in our area were severely harmed by many years of wrongdoing by the Brooten Commercial Club. They are Rooney's Bar of Sedan and the KaDe Shack and Marcia's Bar in Brooten. Some who will read this don't know the full story, but I am happy to tell you that the three businesses just mentioned are regaining strength and are recovering from what happened to them leading up to the end of 2018. Now that the clean up crew is doing their job, the struggle continues in finding out what happened and why. Those involved in this clean up...
*Update on February 6* Tickets still available! The Belgrade Commercial Club still has tickets available for the upcoming Purse Bingo night! Get your ticket today - Purse Bingo is Friday, February 7 at the Belgrade V.F.W. Doors open at 6 p.m., and purse bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. Seat reservation is just $15 (seating is limited) and you can purchase Bingo packs at the door for $15. This will be an exciting night with taco specials available at the V.F.W. from Saucedos Mexican Restaurant, and...
At the Dairy Crisis meeting hosted at the Greenwald Pub in Greenwald on Thursday, January 30, numerous farmers and other interested individuals spoke out against the way the agriculture economy is stacked against small- and medium-sized family farmers. One man spoke his strong frustration at the time he attended a meeting hosted by a large agriculture co-op with over 300 people. He said that he was the only one who questioned leadership at the meeting. "I didn't come here for a ham sandwich,"...
A review of tax forms submitted to the Minnesota Department of Revenue by former Brooten Commercial Club gambling manager Michelle Halls show that at least in one month, fraudulent figures were reported from the charitable gambling operation the club oversaw in Brooten and Sedan. This week (February 3-7), the Department of Revenue released LG100A forms for Marcia's Bar in Brooten dated July 2016 to December 2018. The LG100A is a "lawful gambling receipts and expenses by site" form. This reports...
Brink's Beer Joint in Swift Falls has the following Valentine's Day specials for February 14: Lobster Tail with garlic baby reds potato and salad for $22.95; pan-seared walleye only $16.95; and BBQ ribs just $12.95. At Brink's Club 104 in Sunburg, they have the following Valentine's Day specials for February 14: flat iron steak and shrimp for $16.95 with choice of potato and salad bar; or broasted chicken and choice of potato plus salad bar for just $8.95. Happy Valentine's Day from Ben and his...
Big Government logic in 5 steps: Step 1. Create a law. Step 2. Realize the unintended consequences. Step 3. Spend taxpayer money to try and rectify it. Step 4. Realize problem hasn't been solved. Step 5. Spend more taxpayer money....
*Update on February 6* Tickets still available! The Belgrade Commercial Club still has tickets available for the upcoming Purse Bingo night! Get your ticket today - Purse Bingo is Friday, February 7 at the Belgrade V.F.W. Doors open at 6 p.m., and purse bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. Seat reservation is just $15 (seating is limited) and you can purchase Bingo packs at the door for $15. This will be an exciting night with taco specials available at the V.F.W. from Saucedos Mexican Restaurant, and...
How did the Brooten Commercial Club go from being one of central Minnesota's premier small town civic organizations in the 2000s to where it stands today: beaten, abused, hollow, empty shell of what it once was? Currently, a news article that is tangentially related to this case linked at the West Central Tribune Facebook page has been shared 117 times from the Tribune's Facebook wall. That news article features a court case out of District VIII court in Glenwood. Across central Minnesota, these two cases have drawn considerable interest. The...
The Sauk Centre Area Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to their 32nd annual Farm Toy Show on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the ElmerZ event center. The event center is located at 1225 Timberline Drive in Sauk Centre. Doors open to the Farm Toy Show at 9 a.m., and the event runs until 3 p.m. with admission just $4, and kids five and under are free. Proceeds go to Dollars for Scholars College Scholarship and Arnie Wiener Memorial Scholarship. To be a vendor or for more info, call the Sauk...
The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team hosted Royalton in a Central Minnesota Conference game on Thursday, January 23 at the elementary school. Featured is an ultra-high definition video (best played on modern browsers) of the final seconds of the first half. The Royals, new members of the CMC this year, led 32-27 at the break. They had a last-second three-point shot rim off at the halftime buzzer. B-B-E won 61-57 after a terrific second half to improve to 6-9 overall and 3-4 in the CMC. They...
The Sauk Centre Area Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to their 32nd annual Farm Toy Show on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the ElmerZ event center. The event center is located at 1225 Timberline Drive in Sauk Centre. Doors open to the Farm Toy Show at 9 a.m., and the event runs until 3 p.m. with admission just $4, and kids five and under are free. Proceeds go to Dollars for Scholars College Scholarship and Arnie Wiener Memorial Scholarship. To be a vendor or for more info, call the Sauk...
The Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper is compiling a full timeline of events that give an overview of the demise of the Brooten Commercial Club. A pattern of neglect and mismanagement begins around 2012 and 2013, according to information released by the Minnesota Department of Revenue. This pattern revolves around the work - or lack of work - by the commercial club's former licensed gambling manager, Michelle Halls. Halls was gambling manager and overseer of the organization's charitable gambling checkbook and administrator of legally-required...
Music students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools hosted a Christmas recital with choral and instrumental performances on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Belgrade Nursing Home community room. An iMovie production by the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper is posted below with clips from the recital. Photos from the event were published in the January 02, 2020 issue of the Voice....
Stop by Ms. Vicky's Cafe in Sunburg for a great meal when you're out and about this winter! Located at 403 Central Avenue in Sunburg, their phone number is 320-366-3773. They are open Tuesdays through Sundays (every day of the week except Mondays) from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come in and warm up with a great homecooked-style meal and a cup of coffee!...
The whole family is invited to Goat Ridge Brewing Co. in New London for Family Nights on Thursdays in January. Kids eat free with Model Citizens and drink free root beer from 5 p.m. to close. Thursday nights are family-friendly and open to all, making it the best day to celebrate family with food, fun and plenty of beverage options. Goat Ridge Brewing Co. is located at 17 Central Avenue West in New London. Phone number 320-354-2383. Their website is https://www.goatridgebrewing.com. *Update on...
It's amazing to watch and wonder what on earth is going through the minds of parents who drop their kids off at our elementary school, and immediately upon driving away on the boulevard by the school entrance - their eyes shoot down in reflexive fashion to their phones. There are days where I walk away in sheer horror as the ratio of parents who do this and who don't do this rises to near one-out-of-two. So your child or children are safe in the building, and somehow that makes it okay to drive away from the school with your eyes glued to your...
Over 50 years after his Minnesota amateur baseball career began, Herman Kampsen was one of over 5,000 central Minnesota residents who experienced the night of their lives when country music sensation Johnny Cash - known across America as "The Man in Black" - visited the northern reaches of Kandiyohi County in the humble town of Regal on Friday, August 18, 1989. To read the full story, get a copy of the January 9 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Stop by Ms. Vicky's Cafe in Sunburg for a great meal when you're out and about this winter! Located at 403 Central Avenue in Sunburg, their phone number is 320-366-3773. They are open Tuesdays through Sundays (every day of the week except Mondays) from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come in and warm up with a great homecooked-style meal and a cup of coffee!...
The B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team won a border battle contest on Friday, January 10 on the home court. The visitor was Sauk Centre, a neighboring team who entered the game also hovering around the .500 mark. The Jaguars built on a 25-23 halftime lead and won by a final score of 67-46. Now 5-7 overall, they host Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted in a Central Minnesota Conference game on Tuesday, January 14....
The sixth annual Tully's Ice Fishing memorial tournament is coming on Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Big Norway Lake. (Use south side lake access) Cost: $20 per hole, and kids ages 12 and under fish free! Tempt-lure and northern spiked darkhouse spears will be at the event! Categories are split into two age groups...youth and adult. The categories are: biggest sunny, biggest crappie, biggest walleye, biggest northern, biggest overall fish. Many door prizes will be given...
The new Save Station, an automatic electronic defibrillator connected to the 9-1-1 system, was installed on December 17 outside city hall in Brooten. The project was paid for by a generous donation from the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area Jaycees....
Here's video from main street Brooten taken on the morning of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2019....
Crow River Lutheran church of rural Belgrade hosted their annual Sunday School Christmas program on Sunday, December 15. A video clip from one of the songs is embedded below with children and adults singing the timeless Christmas classic "Silent Night"....
