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  • When your taxes are paid, but you still owe Ukraine (MEME)

    Randy Olson|Feb 29, 2024

    All you can say at that point is: "What the heck!?!?!?" Ukraine is the bottomless pit that keeps on taking from the American taxpayer. It's gone far north of $100 billion with no end in sight....

  • Five Jaguars advance to state individual tournament (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 29, 2024

    Five members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team earned spots in the upcoming Class 1A state individual tournament, which runs Friday and Saturday this weekend (March 1-2) at Xcel Energy Center. Three Jaguars have earned Section 5A titles at the individual tournament that was held on Saturday at Canby high school: Ryan Jensen at 139 pounds, Maximus Hanson at 172 and Carson Gilbert at 215. Earning section runner-up finishes with state berths were Tanner Viessman at 145 and Brett DeRoo...

  • Moderna booster jab renders Canadian woman quadraplegic (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 29, 2024

    A woman in Canada was diagnosed with transverse myelitis that rendered her quadriplegic. According to her doctor, he believed that her Moderna COVID booster jab is what caused her to become paralyzed. Two of her medical reports say that the Moderna jab caused it. Kayla Pollock, a 36-year old in Canada, was discharged from Lyndhurst hospital after suffering acute transverse myelitis in February 2022 following her third dose of a COVID-19 jab. Her first two jabs were manufactured by Pfizer, and...

  • B-B-E elementary school volcano project (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 29, 2024

    Here's follow-up coverage of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary's volcano project in the fourth and fifth grade classes. An attached video features one of the fourth grader's volcanoes erupting in the cafeteria with an audience that included second grade students....

  • New nickname coined for California's governor (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 29, 2024

    In his press conference near the U.S.-Mexico border this week, President Trump coined a new nickname for the governor of California. He also made a great point: perhaps it's more important to care for U.S. citizens, especially our veterans, before we pour out an endless list of freebies to illegal aliens? The attached video, lasting just 40 seconds, spells it out....

  • Township, city legal notices

    Randy Olson|Feb 22, 2024

    PUBLIC NOTICE TO CROW RIVER TOWNSHIP VOTERS: Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of Crow River Township that the annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at the town hall (604 School Street). In case of inclement weather, the meeting will be postponed until the following Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The annual meeting will convene at 8:00 p.m. to conduct all necessary business as prescribed by law. /s/ Lisa Mastey, Crow River Township Clerk 02/22 - 02/29 NOTICE OF PUBLIC TESTING OF VOTE TABULATING AND OMNI-BALLOT EQUIPMENT...

  • Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Donatus Church in Brooten (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 22, 2024

    On what ended up being a snowy Ash Wednesday last week (February 14), area churches held worship services to mark the beginning of the Lenten period of the Christian calendar. At St. Donatus Church in Brooten, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Catholic community of faith had a packed house that night for the Poor Souls in Purgatory Mass. The attached video features part of Mass that evening....

  • The trans movement is fully out of control (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 22, 2024

    The push to allow boys who think they are girls to play competitive, contact sports with real girls has reached a new low and continues to break the realms of all human decency. Beyond the incidents where boys who think they are girls are discovered in girls' locker rooms, the world has now been made fully aware of a shocking game that took place in Massachusetts. In a junior varsity girls' basketball game, a boy who thinks he is a girl who stands 6 feet tall (complete with facial hair) was...

  • B-B-E Resistance Robotics gears up for Week Zero (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 22, 2024

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is in the midst of their 2024 build season in preparation for two regional competitions in March. They travel to Willmar high school this Saturday (February 24) for what is dubbed Week Zero, where the team can scrimmage other schools' robots on the competition field. B-B-E's team is part of the nationwide network of high school robotics teams working under FIRST, which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a...

  • B-B-E holds 34th annual Sno-Daze coronation (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 15, 2024

    For the 34th year dating back to 1990, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school has hosted the annual Sno-Daze coronation. In the early years, this was held at B-B-E senior high school in Brooten, and after 1995, it has been held continuously at the B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Sno-Daze was not held in the winter of 2020-2021 due to the pandemic, but it resumed in February of 2022. This year's coronation was held for the third straight year in B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium, where the Sno-Daze royal court games were played, dress-up day themes...

  • The Deep State is in deep trouble!

    Randy Olson|Feb 15, 2024

    The jig is up for the Deep State players in America who are, without question, public enemy No. 1 of American citizens. It's now coming to light that the United States Intelligence Community (IC), including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), illegally mobilized foreign intelligence agencies to target advisors to President Donald Trump long before the summer of 2016. Sources with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HSPCI) have stated that the United States Intelligence...

  • Sunday worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 15, 2024

    The final worship service of the Epiphany season was held on Sunday, February 11 at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township. The attached video features the pastor's sermon. The Lent season has started with Ash Wednesday worship services held this week at most area churches on February 14. Worship that evening at West Lake Johanna was cancelled due to poor road conditions that night. Throughout the day on February 14, the Bonanza Valley area received around 5 inches of snow to...

  • B-B-E wrestlers advance to state! (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 15, 2024

    After two outstanding team performances in the Section 5A wrestling Final Four on February 17 in Minneota, the No. 3-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars are heading to the Class 1A state tournament for the fourth year in a row. The attached video features action from the championship match between B-B-E and top-seeded Canby, who the Jaguars defeated 39-21 to earn the state berth. Individual results from the Canby dual are posted below. The Jaguars avenged one of their two regular season...

  • Used book fair at Grace Lutheran Church

    Randy Olson|Feb 15, 2024

    The Grace Lutheran Church Women are hosting a used book fair that started on Tuesday, February 13. There are hundreds of books! Adult, fiction, non-fiction, children's, reference, cookbooks ,etc. Free-will offering. You may browse and purchase books whenever the church is open. Open Wednesday morning through 1:30 p.m. on February 21, and Sunday morning, February 25. The sale will also be open Saturday, February 24 from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Rolls and coffee will be served. If you have...

  • Letter to the editor: the Butterfly Effect in Minnesota's public education

    Randy Olson|Feb 8, 2024

    Have you heard of the Butterfly Effect? While you've been busy living your life, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been quietly changing the future of education in all Minnesota schools, public and private. His self-appointed licensing board is embedding Marxist principles and practices such as critical race theory, fluid sexual identity, and gender politics into teacher licensing requirements that will usher in radical ideologies. These changes will impact new teachers earning their teaching licenses as well as all current teachers renewing...

  • Boys' basketball Jaguars earn back-to-back wins (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 8, 2024

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team took it on the chin against visiting Paynesville Area last Thursday, February 1. After playing a mostly strong first half as they were attempting to avenge a 79-30 loss on December 15, the Jaguars fell cold just before halftime. The Bulldogs capped the Central Minnesota Conference series sweep with a 74-51 win as they kept pace with No. 4-ranked Eden Valley-Watkins. The Eagles are 8-0 in the league, while the Bulldogs are one game back at 7-1....

  • Mystery clotting in a post-COVID jab world (VIDEO, UPDATE)

    Randy Olson|Feb 8, 2024

    The blood clot issue is especially significant for the newspaper publisher's family, as the publisher's wife is battling mystery blood clots that have affected her in the past 2 months. Currently, the publisher's family is investigating the pros and cons of joining future class action lawsuits against Pfizer. In the attached video, Dr. John Campbell speaks with Major Tom Havland, United States Air Force, who is a data scientist and an engineer mathematician. He and Dr. Campbell have a conversati...

  • Minnesota Republican Delegation condemns effort to make Minnesota a Sanctuary State

    Randy Olson|Feb 8, 2024

    On February 8, a press conference was held at the Minnesota State Capitol urging passage of the Democrat-backed North STAR Act. The proposed legislation would make Minnesota a sanctuary state by prohibiting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement and banning state government officials from enforcing civil immigration laws. Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07), Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01), Majority Whip Emmer (MN-06), and Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) voiced strong opposition to the legislation:...

  • Portland, OR overrun by drugs (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 1, 2024

    After de-criminalizing numerous controlled substances, the city of Portland, Oregon has now declared a 90-day state of emergency for the problems their decisions have made. Not only does the city feature some of the dumbest citizens of America (the ones who voted for the stupidity) - the leaders of that city continue to fail in their positions of authority. They are a collection of some of the worst people on earth, especially Democrat Governor Tina Kotek. Unfortunately, the drug problem has...

  • Election advice from celebrities? (OPINION)

    Randy Olson|Feb 1, 2024

    Fair question: if you take advice about politics, voting and elections from a celebrity, can you be considered some of the dumbest people on earth? The attached video spells out why the United States of America is in deep, deep trouble as chatter is rampant for Taylor Swift to sway the minds of 18 to 29 year old voters in America....

  • Sunday worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 1, 2024

    In case you missed out on attending a worship service over the weekend, here's a video recorded at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township, rural Brooten, on Sunday, January 28. This features Sam Sanders providing reading of the Scripture, and he is followed by Pastor Jeannie Megorden reading the Holy Gospel and then giving her sermon....

  • Joe Biden and his crew are destroying America (OPINION)

    Randy Olson|Feb 1, 2024

    The city of Boston is the latest in American that is seeing resources and facilities built for its citizens now overrun by illegal immigrants. You can't make this up! Not in 100 years could you dream of what is happening in America right now. Joe Biden and his crew are absolutely tearing this country apart. We are bleeding out from the inside. The systematic dialing back of immigration laws during the first week of Biden's presidency in January 2021 set this into motion. The resources drained...

  • Rushing to defend and protect Hunter Biden (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 1, 2024

    On January 10, 2024, members of the United States Congress began entering evidence into the official record regarding the alleged crimes committed by Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden. Within seconds, the disgraceful Democrats in the hearing rushed to defend and protect Hunter Biden with "objections" that do not give a favorable look to the president's son. The very first piece of evidence was regarding Hunter's bank records which suggest he was involved in human trafficking. The attached video...

  • A Senior's View from Roger Sagedahl (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 1, 2024

    Roger Sagedahl of Brooten recently had the honor of turning 90 years old. From his vantage point of Brooten, he has seen nearly a century of history dating back to the late 1930s when the Great Depression still had its grips on America's economy and communities. In the attached video, Sagedahl talks about his time as a Brooten Buccaneer high school athlete (1947-1951). The full A Senior's View article was published in the February 1 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper...

  • Nightmare, habitual user charged in fatal Highway 55 crash

    Randy Olson|Jan 25, 2024

    An individual with a rap sheet too long and exhaustive to comb through in one evening was charged with criminal vehicular operation plus at least two other felonies in the Highway 55 crash that has just claimed the life of a young mother from Belgrade. The individual charged was on an expired driver's license, according to the Minnesota State Patrol report. After an initial review of his record, the rap sheet dates back over 20 years. At 6:46 a.m. on Monday, January 22, 2024, a 911 emergency...

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