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The Historic Terrace Mill will host a Bluegrass Festival featuring The High 48s and Cimarron, on Sunday, September 29. The event will feature a free guitar workshop, and local food and vendors. Join us for a beautiful fall day in Terrace! Back by popular demand, The High 48s previously performed at the Terrace Mill to a sold out crowd! Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, The High 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Huddle of Fellowship of Christian Athletes(3) will once again be serving breakfasts every Thursday morning beginning on Thursday, September 5. FCA(3) will meet for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church every Thursday that school is in session. Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) was founded in 1954 as a national organization that encourages coaches and athletes in their faith and life. It is an interdenominational ministry whose core values include...
REGISTER NOW for a one-day men's retreat of Christian fellowship and fun right in our back yard. Please invite a guest or two! Coming Saturday, September 21, from noon to 7:15 p.m. The day will start with registration and welcome at New London Evangelical Covenant Church. When you pre-register you can pick one afternoon activity from the following: Golf, Canoe/Kayak, Trap Shooting, Pickleball Tournament, Bicycle Tour Ride. The men's activities will be followed by an evening at Timber Frame R...
Fall is in the air and on the calendar, but summer memories are just a couple clicks away with the Bonanza Valley Voice video archives. Embedded here is a video clip from the Kandiyohi County Fair recorded on Thursday, August 8 this past summer. The Slew Foot Band is singing "I Saw the Light" at the Heritage Bank stage. A photo album with some photos from the Kandiyohi County Fair can be viewed at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper SmugMug photo gallery (short link): https://bit.ly/2m3EcIq. The...
Below is an excerpt from an upcoming article in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. It describes public financial figures relating to the now-defunct Brooten Commercial Club charitable gambling operation. For example, in 2013, the entire system at five sites (Classic Co., KaDe Shack, Rooster's Bottle Shop, Rooney's Bar and Marcia's Bar) drew in $893,589 in gross receipts. Prizes paid out that year totaled $693,726. The club drew in $199,863 that was deposited into the gambling checking account. The club doled out $92,313 in charitable giving...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa community is reeling from the news that former high school math teacher and coach Dennis Weimerskirch passed away on Monday, September 2 from natural causes. Weimerskirch was hired as a math teacher and coach at Belgrade high school in 1962. Then began a 35-year career in the school district, which later became Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa after 1989 with the pairing and subsequent consolidation in 1995 with the neighboring Brooten school district. Over that time, he...
Daniel Schweiters, age 76, of Belgrade was driving his 2002 Polaris Ranger side-by-side southbound on Stearns County Road 175. As Mr. Schwieters was negotiating a left-hand turn onto 265th Street, he was struck from behind by a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Juan Martinez of Melrose. Mr. Schwieters was ejected from the UTV and sustained a severe head injury. Life Link airlifted Schwieters to the St. Cloud Hospital where he later died. Mr. Hernandez was evaluated at the scene and released. The UTV was equipped with seatbelts, but it appears as...
Integrity Home Investments, with real estate broker Amber Bohmer, is hosting an open house on Sunday, August 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. located at 35057 County Road 26 in rural Brooten. Their business website is found at http://www.integrityhomeinvestment.com. The listing is as follows: Impossible-to-find, fully handicap accessible one-level slab home! This newer open-concept design welcomes you from the moment you step in the door. Home features a stunning kitchen with ample custom cabinet space,...
The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association hosted a special program honoring the 150-year anniversary of the installment of Pastor Lars Markhus at the Norway Lake settlement in 1869. Below is a video from the program....
Central Square and Civic Center in Glenwood has announced a number of upcoming events and programs as the summer of 2019 winds down. Students and the Arts As summer winds down and the kids head back to school, it's that time of year to contemplate the various extracurricular activities that your children will participate in during the school year. Keep in mind the impact the arts have on a child's development. While some arts can be more physical, such as dance or martial arts, all arts help to...
On Monday, August 19, 2019, the Bonanza Valley Voice learned that the Minnesota Gambling and Control Board (GCB) has closed its case on the Brooten Commercial Club's charitable gambling license and related issues with missing money and missing reports. All further activity related to this matter has been conducted by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division. This division of DPS is a police organization. The case is closed with GCB in part to shield...
In an e-mail from the Minnesota Gambling and Control Board, the Brooten Commercial Club learned on August 15, 2019, that former officers of the Brooten Commercial Club (BCC) deceived club members about an e-mail they had received from the Gambling and Control Board back in 2016. The August 15th e-mail from the Gambling and Control Board (GCB) stated that communication from GCB to commercial club officers gave no direction or pressure to pull charitable gambling out out of one of the club's sites in Brooten. The e-mail stated that the decision...
During the annual Belgrade August Fest, the Belgrade Royal Ambassador program was held on Saturday, August 10 on the big stage in downtown Belgrade. Photos and other information from the program, plus extended coverage of the Belgrade August Fest, will be published in the August 15 and August 22 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Video of the program is posted in this web article. An online photo gallery is forthcoming....
The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association invites everyone to attend their 20th annual Log Cabin Church celebration. This year it is scheduled on Sunday, August 18 starting with a 10:30 a.m. worship service in the log cabin church with Pastor Marcus Felde presiding. Pastor Felde is the great-great nephew of Pastor Lars Markhus, whose service to the Norway Lake area will also be honored on August 18 with a 150th anniversary celebration of his pastoral Installation at the Norway Lake...
Embedded here is footage from the worship service held on August 19, 2018 at the Norway Lake Lutheran log cabin church. The Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association is holding their 20th anniversary celebration with worship service, catered dinner and a special program on Sunday, August 18, 2019. Please spread the word!...
**Photos added to this web article on Friday afternoon, August 16. Integrity Home Investments of Brooten is hosting a real estate open house at 664 Business 23 West in Paynesville on Sunday, August 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. Details for the listing: price reduced! Enormous two-story home with a ton of upgrades! Master suite/bath and laundry on main; den could also be 5th bedroom on main. The detached, two-stall garage has bonus room above stalls. Must see to appreciate! $164,900. You can see more...
A terrific crowd turned out under magnificent blue sky and beautiful conditions for the final summer outdoor Concert in the Park in Belgrade on Wednesday, August 7. The band Gig Noonan performed for an hour and a half. They were sponsored by the Belgrade Economic Development Authority (EDA) for the third and final concert in the summer series. Watch video from their final songs in the embedded video in this web article. Activities continue with August Fest on Friday and Saturday. Bonanza Valley...
The sun shined across all five days of the Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre, which ran from July 31 to August 4. Photos from the fair were published in the August 8 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice. Check out some video of fair entertainment below....
The 119th annual Kandiyohi County Fair kicks off in Willmar on Wednesday, August 7 and will run through Saturday, August 10. The fairgrounds in Willmar are located at 781-899 7th Street NW, Willmar, MN 56201 (north side of Willmar along Foot Lake). A summary of a schedule of events: Wednesday night (Aug. 7) in the outdoor arena, bull riding is the feature event starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday is KRA racing night in the grandstand at 6:30 p.m. Friday is the always popular tractor pull in the...
Video will be added here of the Trinity Lutheran Vacation Bible School program, which was held on Thursday, August 8. Staff members from Green Lake Lutheran Ministries of Spicer helped lead VBS this week. Additional coverage with photos will appear in the August 15 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Belgrade Royal Ambassador candidates introduced themselves on Friday night of the Belgrade August Fest. They were on the main stage set up outside the Belgrade V.F.W. during the Belgrade Firemen's chicken dinner. See video below....
The general fund checking account of the Brooten Commercial Club saw its remaining balance zeroed out by the Minnesota Department of Revenue on July 17. The amount of money confiscated by the state was $3,902. These funds were what was left of the account that accepted local business member dues payments as well as organizations or entities such as the city of Brooten and the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district. In 2018, a total of 40 business and/or organization members each gave $100 for their annual memberships in the Brooten Commercial...
Goat Ridge Brewing Co. has a robust lineup of live entertainment for the month of August. Goat Ridge Brewing Co. is located at 17 Central Avenue West in New London, right along the banks of the Crow River. Since opening in 2015, the brewery has evolved into a small town performance venue like no other! On Saturday, August 3, they will have Chris Holm on deck starting at 8 p.m. (See video embedded in this web article to listen to his music.) Also on Saturday, August 3, a Beer Stein class will be...
The annual Belgrade August Fest celebration is coming to Belgrade on August 7, 9 and 10. The fun kicks off on Wednesday night this week with a free Concert in the Park, sponsored by the Belgrade Economic Development Authority (EDA) at 6:30 p.m. at the city park on South Highway 71. The featured live entertainment is Gig Noonan. The B-B-E Boy Scouts will be on hand selling hot dogs and refreshments. Other activities run on Friday and Saturday, August 9 and 10. Details are published in this web ar...
In the video below, you can watch the entire Act I of the production of 'OZ!' the Musical at the Terrace Mill Children's Theater in Terrace. Shown is footage from the second night of the show on Thursday, July 18. Additional coverage will follow in the July 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
