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The Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township is holding back-to-back dirt bike racing nights on Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21. Doors open at 6 p.m., and admission for high school-level students and adults is just $15. Children ages 12 and under have free admission. Over a dozen competitors were on hand for the first night of racing on Thursday. An attached video features part of one of the races in the youngest division. To view the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper SmugMug photo gallery from...
On Friday, March 14, students and staff at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school hosted their third quarter Jaguar Pride party, which gave special recognition to students and classes while inviting all grades to play various games. In the last event of the party, Physical Education teacher Austin Rambow announced the top 6 fundraiser students for the recent Heart Heroes Challenge. This was held in association with the American Heart Association. In the attached video, fourth grader Decker...
On Tuesday, March 11 at the Padua Pub, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls' basketball team held their 8th-12th grade 2024-2025 season awards banquet. In the attached video, you can listen to part of head coach Kristina Anderson's season review with her varsity team. The full story from the banquet, which included the varsity team and individual awards, was published in the March 20 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
I think we can all agree on one thing: they're a few cards short of a full deck! A Tesla automobile is perhaps one of the very last vehicles that a person would want to vandalize. A person who does that is being recorded in what's known as "4K" definition video. This is far above the general video resolution for your basic security camera system. Dozens of acts of domestic terrorism have been unleashed across the United States against Tesla vehicle owners, Tesla vehicle dealerships and Tesla...
An impassioned case was made by Marianne Williamson regarding the recent imposition of multiple tariffs on Canadian goods by President Donald Trump. She has tough words for Trump's moves in the attached video and lays out a case that having Canada as a trading partner has been good overall for the U.S....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is already rolling with the punches for the Great Northern Regional in Grand Forks. The night before they departed B-B-E high school for the Alerus Center on Wednesday, March 12, Coach Reed Adrian found out that the region match schedule was greatly altered due to an impending snowstorm slated to arrive in the region on Saturday. Altogether, across Thursday and Friday this week, B-B-E's team will compete in 9 qualification matches: four on...
The No. 5-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team saw their season conclude in the quarterfinals of the Sub-Section 6A-South tournament on Thursday, March 6. The No. 4-seeded and host Brandon-Evansville Chargers overcame a 21-15 halftime deficit while claiming a 49-43 win over the Jaguars. B-B-E came within a second of going into halftime ahead 21-12, but the Chargers got a buzzer-beating three-pointer on an off balance shot from the right corner by senior Tanner Riedel. In the...
California's governor, Gavin Newsom, has been found numerous times using "Latinx" in his terminology. For some odd reason, Newsom recently went on the Charlie Kirk podcast and proclaimed that no one in his administration has ever used that term. On July 27, 2020, Newsome released a statement on Twitter regarding how COVID impacted the "Latinx community" in his state. This is one of numerous examples of when he used the word "Latinx" in spite of his recent claims that he never has. Liar, liar,...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is in Day II of the Great Northern Regional competition, which is held this week at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This marks the fourth year that they are competing at this region competition. At the Great Northern Regional this year, they have 52 teams. In the first match of Friday, which was their fifth overall match of the Great Northern Regional, B-B-E's Blue Alliance fell in a close battle by a 115 to 97 score. They...
The Brooten Ambulance invites everyone to their annual spring pancake feed this Sunday, March 16 right on Central Avenue in Brooten. They will be hosted the pancake feed at the Bucky's Pickles, which is the former Brooten American Legion building. The all-you-can-eat pancakes will be served from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the price is just $10. Children ages 5 and under eat free. The menu includes: plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, milk, juice and coffee. Take-out is available....
The justice system of Minnesota gave a stark reminder this past week of how un-serious it is with punishing violent crime. On Thursday, March 13, 2025, Chad Seitz of Coon Rapids was given a 73-month prison sentence after he was convicted of driving under the influence of drugs while killing a Belgrade mother on her way to daycare on January 22, 2024. The accident, which took place at almost the exact geographical center on Highway 55 between Brooten and Belgrade, claimed the life of...
On Thursday, February 27, prior to the home girls' basketball playoff opener, a total of 38 students in grades 4 and 5 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school performed the National Anthem at the high school gymnasium. A video from this performance is attached. To view a photo gallery of the students singing, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's SmugMug gallery: https://shorturl.at/kfJbc. The B-B-E girls' basketball team was set to host Mille Lacs that evening in the...
by Harold Pease, Ph. D. The Constitution is very clear, “The executive Power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America.” One, and only one, person elected by the whole nation in two ways—the people and also by the states through the Electoral College process. He, and those who serve with him, swear by oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.” He executes the laws of the land as passed by the Legislative Branch. All administrativ...
March 5 press release Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) joined Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Angie Craig (MN-02) in reintroducing the Rebuild America's Health Care Schools Act. This legislation will help support and provide needed relief to hospital-based nursing schools and allied health education (NAHE) programs. "There is no denying the workforce shortage in the healthcare industry and I am always looking for ways to change that. One mechanism is through Federal Nursing and...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team has been preparing for their 2025 season F.I.R.S.T. competitions since this year's challenge was unveiled on January 4. In the attached video, team members and Coach Reed Adrian are shown working on the robot's wiring at the high school shop on March 6. B-B-E's first of two robotics competitions this year is the Great Northern Regional, which is hosted by the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on March 12-15. The second is the Granite City...
Attention irrigators! Pope SWCD is co-hosting the annual Irrigators Clinic to be held on Tuesday, March 25th, from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Spicer Legion (155 Lake Ave S.). Registration is free and includes a meal of chicken and meatballs with sides, provided you register by Tuesday, MARCH 11. Kandiyohi SWCD will host the clinic this year. To register, visit http://www.kandiyohiswcd.org or call the Kandiyohi SWCD at 320-403-4350. Whether you're an experienced irrigator or new to the field, this...
Harry Enten is a pollster employed by CNN who has a reputation of being honest and straightforward about the numbers he's presented with each week on polling data from acoss the United States. This week, Enten described polling based on President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. The numbers are displayed in the attached video, which lasts about one minute....
Likely not! Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been leader of his country since 2019. In the attached video, Candace Owens reveals numerous bits of information related to just how big of a fake the man is. In a nutshell: Zelenskyy is the poster child for vanity! He is a hollow, empty man....
On Friday, March 7, the Smilin' D Arena in Colfax Township, rural Belgrade, hosted the Elvira Shuffle and Freaky Friday Round Robin. This event was straight up cattle sorting designed for both youth and adult riders of varying experience. See more in the attached video, which features Bruce Terhaar and his granddaughter Kinzee Jenniges in the Freak Friday division that night. The Smilin' D Arena opened to the public in the fall of 2024. It is described as follows (from their website): "Nestled...
It is not good. In the attached video, Clayton Morris at the Redacted channel on YouTube explains how DOGE has recently uncovered an additional level of wasteful spending by the Department of Defense. This spending is related to Department of Defense D.E.I. ("Diversity, Equity and Inclusion") programs to the tune of at least $80 million. In the video, Morris interviews Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri for additional information on this scandal. Burlison is a member of the DOGE...
Their behavior is not normal. They need help! Source: @grandoldmemes on X/Twitter....
Here's a video featuring the Ash Wednesday worship at Trinity Lutheran in Brooten on Wednesday, March 5. Early in the video, Jacob Rooney reads the lessons and Psalm before Pastor Jeanne Megorden provides the Holy Gospel and Sermon. Her reading of the Holy Gospel begins at about the 7 minute mark of the video. Ash Wednesday worship services were also held in the Bonanza Valley area at St. Donatus Catholic Church in Brooten as well as Grace Lutheran Church in Belgrade....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's FFA chapter hosted their first annual Milk Relay competitions on Wednesday, February 19. The event was part of recognition of National FFA Week, which was February 16-22 in schools across the country. The attached video features one relay competition in progress during lunch that day at the high school's main gymnasium. Additional activities took place during FFA week at B-B-E. On Thursday, the FFA hosted guest speakers at Olson Auditorium. The speakers were from Case...
Notice is hereby given to residents of Crow River Township, County of Stearns, State of MN that the Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The Annual Meeting will commence at 8 p.m. to conduct all necessary business prescribed by law. The Annual Election and will be held at the following location: Crow River Township Hall at 604 School Street, Belgrade, MN. /s/ Lisa Mastey, Crow River Township Clerk/Treasurer. NOTICE OF RAYMOND TOWNSHIP ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS:...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestling team will send four student athletes to the Class 1A state individual tournament. Three of the four earned Section 5A titles, while the other was runner-up at the state-qualifying tournament held on Saturday, February 22 at Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls. Advancing to state as section champions are seniors Brett DeRoo (160 pounds), Carson Gilbert (215) and Hunter Laage (285). Noah Jensen, an eighth grader, advanced to state as the Section 5A...
