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Shown below is a video clip from the end of the annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Ecumenical Worship service. This year the event was held at Grace Lutheran Church in Belgrade. It rotates among the B-B-E area churches each year. The Brooten Community Church will host this worship service in 2018. See additional coverage in the July 6, 2017 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Members of the Brooten High School Class of 1977 are invited to their 40th class reunion on Saturday, July 8 at Brooten Lanes in downtown Brooten, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Food will be provided. Bring your favorite high school memories from BHS and be ready to have a good time during the heart of the Bonanza Valley Days weekend!...
The Terrace Mill Foundation is excited to host their annual Fourth of July Family Fun Picnic on Tuesday, July 4 at the scenic and historic Terrace Mill. The picnic is a "bring your own picnic" event starting at 5 p.m., and coffee and lemonade will be provided. At 6:30 p.m., old-fashioned games and contests for all ages will begin, including turtle races, potato sack races, an egg toss and more. Families are encouraged to bring their own turtle for the races! If you're looking for a laid-back...
The 45th annual Bonanza Valley Days town celebration is coming to Brooten this weekend - Thursday through Sunday - July 6, 7, 8 and 9. The first BVD event of 2017 will be a "worship in the park" service on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the city park. The worship will be led by Pastor Steve Bovendam of Trinity Lutheran church of Brooten. Folks of all stripes are welcome to attend - Lutheran or not! This is a bring-your-own-lawn-chair event. The full slate of activities gets underway on Friday and...
The annual New London Water Days celebration and activities are set for July 10-16. After the Medallion Hunt begins on Monday, July 10, a long list of five days' worth of activities kick off on Wednesday with the New London royalty style show at 7 p.m. at the Covenant Church. A summer music concert is at 6:30 p.m. the next night at Glacial Ridge Winery, featuring "Skippin Stones". Friday's activities include a tennis tournament at the high school, a book sale at Peace Lutheran Church (7 a.m. to...
A serious two-car accident took place at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28 four miles south of Brooten on Stearns County Road 18 and its intersection with Stearns County Road 19. At 5:18 p.m., a LifeLink III helicopter left the scene heading to St. Cloud, and soon after, an ambulance took off. Pending an initial report from the Stearns County Sheriff's department or the Minnesota State Patrol, no further information on the accident will be published tonight (June 28). Family members...
The Belgrade public library hosted the magic show "Brodini" on Wednesday, June 14 to a crowd of a couple dozen kids, parents and grandparents. Shown is a short video clip from the magic show....
Here's an ultra high-definition video clip from Grace Lutheran Church in Belgrade on June 6, 2017. See photos in the June 8 and June 15 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Note: ultra high-definition video is not available on all types of web browsers (Safari, for example)....
Shown is a video clip from the Redhead Creamery's open house on June 25, 2016. This year, the Redhead Creamery invites everyone to their upcoming Open House on Saturday, June 24. Details were published on the back page of the June 8 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The Sunburg Fire Department hosted a dinner and street dance fundraiser on Saturday, June 3 at the fire hall. The featured band was Hicktown Mafia. The friendly members of the fire department served dinner and hosted the dance! From left, three of the Sunburg firemen working at the dinner: Brian Sweere, Todd Rudningen and Nathan Ruka....
Shown is video from the Memorial Day program held on Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Grove Lake, Minnesota. See photos from the event in the June 1 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The city of Sunburg held its 13th annual Syttende Mai celebration on Sunday, May 21 with a long list of activities covering about a 10-hour period. The grand parade was held at 3:30 p.m. that day, and video from that can be seen below. Photos from the parade as well as the Sunburg Fire Department hamburger feed were published in the May 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The script did not play out like it did two years ago, when the conference championship went down to the absolute wire between Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and Osakis. In 2015, both teams entered the final Central Minnesota Conference meet tied for first place with 1,113 strokes each. The Jaguars won the final meet by a six-stroke margin to earn the program's second conference title in school history. Now, for the third straight season, the B-B-E girls' golf team has earned the Central Minnesota Conf...
Sixth-grade students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school got a real-world experience flying drones on the afternoon of Friday, May 12. Photos from the event were featured in the May 18 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
At 11:39 a.m. this morning (Friday, May 26), the communications director for the Minnesota Department of Corrections sent out a bulletin to all state media outlets regarding a dangerous situation that was unfolding. The following is the latest update as of 12:26 p.m. An offender at the MCF-Lino Lakes has taken control of a 2011 White Ford van with Minnesota license plate #937 EPJ, with multiple offenders in the vehicle. The escape took place just before 11 a.m. Five offenders were at large as...
The sixth grade class at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school spent a good part of their Friday afternoon on May 12 flying drones on the football field. A wide array of photos from the event were published in the May 18 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The 2017 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Baccalaureate Service will be held on Sunday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Belgrade. This service celebrates the graduating senior class of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school and blesses them on their way into the world. The service will be led by area clergy and members of the B-B-E senior class. Father Peter Kirchner will offer the message, and special music will be provided by the B-B-E Faculty Singers. All are welcome, and...
Press release sent at 12:48 p.m. on Thursday, May 18. The Stearns County Sheriff's office is working jointly with the Alexandria Police Department to locate a missing juvenile. Tekoa Dotson was in a placement location in the city of Alexandria. She was placed there through Stearns County. Some time during the late evening hours of Monday, May 15 or early on the morning of Tuesday, May 16, she left that location without permission. Her current whereabouts are unknown. She is described as an...
Here's a short video from the tour given by Harry Zenzen at his business in downtown Elrosa to members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa kindergarten class on May 16....
Beat the price increase that happens on May 1! Register now for a summer Minnesota Farmers Union youth camp for kids ages 8 to 18. This has been a Minnesota tradition for hundreds and hundreds of families across the state since 1943. Minnesota Farmers Union Leadership Camp is affordable and open to everyone, regardless of your current or past farming background. It's all about helping young people become good citizens by planting the seeds of responsibility, leadership and cooperation in an envi...
Here's video from the grand march held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. You can click on the following link to view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper photo gallery. Also, photos were published on multiple pages of the May 4, 2017 issue of the newspaper. Link - https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2017-BBEBonanza-Valley-area-events/28th-annual-BBE-Prom/....
Since 2011, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team has had at least one team member advance and compete at the Class 1A state meet. Not only that, but each year since 2011, at least one of B-B-E's state participants have advanced to the state finals in their respective category. In 2012, the same year the team won their lone championship trophy in Section 5A, senior Erin Reps earned the program's first-ever state title when she placed first in Extemporaneous Reading. This year, senior Molly...
The sixth annual KMGK sports banquet will be held on Wednesday, May 3 at Lakeside Ballroom in Glenwood. This is an opportunity for the Glenwood radio station to honor area athletes from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Minnewaska Area and Osakis plus scholar-athletes from Benson, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and West Central Area. The keynote speaker will be Darrell Thompson, executive director of Bolder Options, which focuses on healthy youth development. Thompson is a color commentator for Gopher...
The Sunburg Fire Department invites everyone (21 and over) to their summer street dance, when the group HickTown Mafia will be in Sunburg on Saturday, June 3. A dinner will be served from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and the street dance follows from 8 p.m. to midnight. $10 at the gate. All proceeds will go towards updating fire fighting equipment. Thank you for your support! Learn more about HickTown Mafia at the band's official website: http://www.hicktownmafia.com....
The Brooten community will host the annual Community Prayer Service on Thursday, May 4, joining others throughout our country in the National Day of Prayer. This year's theme is "For Your Great Namesake". This is a time to ask God for His protection and leading as a nation and to remember God's blessings. The Community Prayer Service is open to all people and churches in our community. Numerous pastors from area churches will participate in the program, which consists largely of music and prayer. It's a great thing when people from different...
