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Everyone is invited to join a locally-raised historian and author Carolyn Mankell-Sowinski Wednesday, October 18th at 6:30 p.m. at the Pope County Museum for a talk about her recently-published book The Great Storm: Minnesota's Victims in the Blizzard of January 7, 1873. On January 7-9, 1873, Minnesota residents experienced a violent blizzard when dozens of people died primarily on the flat, tree-less prairies. Kandiyohi County native, Carolyn Mankell Sowinski will take you back 150 years and...
Students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools participated in their 8th annual Color FUND Run on October 4 at the high school campus in Belgrade. A video clip from the beginning of one of the races with the 8th and 9th graders is attached to this web article. This event was part of a full week of the school's 35th annual Homecoming week activities. Additional Homecoming coverage was published in the October 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Attached below is a video of Clown Planet from YouTube, which collects examples of how humanity gets dumber and dumber by the day and even by the hour on planet earth....
The Elrosa Fire Department and their families invite everyone to their annual steak fry on Saturday, October 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church basement. Cost: $15 per person, and takeout is available. Additional details on the cash and prize raffle were published with this event's advertising in the October 5 and October 12 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Come out and show your support!...
On a cool and somewhat wet Saturday, September 23, the Honebrink family and their staff at Brink's Beer Joint in Swift Falls hosted their annual Turkey Fest celebration. This event has regularly celebrated the turkey-growing agriculture operations of the area, which are prominent across western Stearns County and Kandiyohi and Swift counties. The Bonanza Valley Voice SmugMug photo gallery from Swift Falls can be found by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/vx7pkfzj. A video attached features the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team is 6-0 after defeating Browerville by a 42-6 score on Homecoming night on Friday, October 6. This comes a week after the Jaguars upset No. 9-ranked Upsala/Swanville Area by a 14-6 score in come-from-behind fashion. In the Section 4A standings, the Jaguars sit in first place ahead of U/SA and Browerville. A-C-GC and Benson are in the fourth and fifth place spots, while Long Prairie-Grey Eagle rounds out the group in sixth place. Attached to this web...
This woman is something else!!! Let's just call her...special !!...
For the second year, the R.D. Offutt Brooten farm team is inviting fellow neighbors and members of the community to an "all-you-can-dig party," at the upcoming Potato Field Days. On Saturday and Sunday, September 30 and October 1, from sunrise till sunset, those interested can bring potato forks and buckets to an RDO field and dig to their heart's content. Farm Manager Chris Strom said he is looking forward to the community dig after having such a positive reception during the inaugural event...
Parishioners of St. Donatus Catholic Church in Brooten hosted their fall ham and turkey dinner at the Padua Pub on Sunday, September 17. They had a tremendous turnout numbering over 650 people. A video attached features the view at the banquet hall that afternoon....
Note: a ticket link is posted at the end of this web article. Retired burlesque queen Beatrice Shelton desperately needs a vacation from Magnolia Place Assisted Living. The "Sassy Seniors Cruise" may be just the ticket if she can convince her best friend to stop praying and go with her. But strange things have been happening ever since Nurse Pat Jones began working here. The new resident is losing her memory, another is obsessed with planning her funeral, and the retired Elvis impersonator...
Belgrade is exploring the idea to build a new fire hall, a matter that was discussed at the city council's regular meeting held last Monday (September 18). Currently, the existing fire hall is located at 120 Walker Street to the north of Belgrade Steel Tank. A committee has been set up to draw out what is needed in a new fire hall, especially its dimensions, number of stalls and potential locations. This information will be included in a grant application to the United States Department of...
After achieving the program's first-ever 3-0 start the week before, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa football team made it four-in-a-row to start the season with a 50-22 thrashing of visiting Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City last Friday, September 22 in Belgrade. The Jaguars initially struck with lightning-like speed while taking 20-6 lead in the first quarter with the first three drives consisting of just 10 plays totaling 215 yards. After posting a 36-22 halftime lead, the Jaguars shut out the Falcons...
They're messing with our children. It's time they face consequences for it. Click on the following link to listen to Nick Freitas explain more: https://youtube.com/shorts/Tr5EHQKQrps?si=j4S_xyR-eiQMvfym....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's Olson Auditorium was again the site for the 35th Homecoming coronation in Jaguar Country. With first grade, freshmen and junior attendants accompanied 10 members of the Class of 2024 in the royal court. Coronation emcees Taylor Oeltjenbruns and Brooklyn Fischer announced the high school's dress-up days with students providing examples on stage. After members of the royal court participated in contests, the Homecoming king and queen were revealed. Crowned as...
I don't know if I've seen anything this disgusting across the past three-plus years as learning how the net worth of Tony Fauci increased dramatically during the pandemic and the years that have followed....
Children at Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran churches performed special music at Rally Sunday worship, which was held on Sunday, September 17 at the Brooten city park. Both churches held a joint worship led by Pastor Jeannie Megorden. A video below features the last two-thirds or so of the worship that morning. A picture with part of the youth group was published in the September 21 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice on page 12....
Rustic Designs Flower Farm of Burbank Township, rural Belgrade, hosted their fourth annual Fall Harvest Fest with picture-perfect conditions of full sunshine, a light breeze and temps in the low 70s. Turnout far and away exceeded last year with an official number of 956 for the six-hour event. Video was attached to this web article on Friday evening, September 22....
The New York University-Grossman Long Island School of Medicine conducted a study in its Department of Pediatrics that shows how bio distribution of mRNA particles from COVID-19 jabs have been found in human breast milk. The findings demonstrate that the COVID-19 jab mRNA is not confined to the injection site, but spreads systemically and is packaged into breast milk extracellular vesicles (EVs). Why this is important is because this completely contradicts what government and Big Pharma and...
Don't miss out on the big fall celebration in Swift Falls today in one of the most beautiful areas of west central Minnesota in northeastern Swift County. Brink's Beer Joint invites everyone to their annual Turkey Fest celebration. You can see a video of their 2021 Turkey Fest parade in the attached video. Here's the overview of activities in Swift Falls on September 23: Brink's Beer Joint and the Honebrink family invites everyone to their annual Turkey Fest celebration on Saturday, September...
Note: a ticket link is posted at the end of this web article. Retired burlesque queen Beatrice Shelton desperately needs a vacation from Magnolia Place Assisted Living. The "Sassy Seniors Cruise" may be just the ticket if she can convince her best friend to stop praying and go with her. But strange things have been happening ever since Nurse Pat Jones began working here. The new resident is losing her memory, another is obsessed with planning her funeral, and the retired Elvis impersonator...
There's not much that should be added for commentary to the attached video here...to the north in Canada, government officials are losing their brains again! (IF they had a brain to begin with.) They are asking the public to "get their masks ready" for winter. Absolutely bizarre world!!!...
Just when you thought government officials couldn't get dumber. We have yet another Joe Biden official in the federal government pushing the craziest, dumbest ideas. In one of her recent announcements to the public, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Directory Mandy Cohen (who is supposedly a "doctor") stated that any American not up to date on their COVID-19 jab/booster-whatever-they-want-to-call-it AND also anyone who is totally un-jabbed should get a booster jab right now. This is in...
If you have watched any level of mainstream media "news" (propaganda) coverage, you know that the COVID circus and clown show is back. It is picking up steam. In this video, Bjorn Andreas Bull Hansen speaks about the oncoming mandates and government surveillance state that will rear its ugly head. In the attached video, Hansen breaks down his 15-minute long speech by describing the tools that governments have in place to coerce the public to comply. He finishes by talking about the virtue and...
Ziemer Auctions and Terry Hilbrands held a consignment auction in Belgrade on Saturday, September 9, as patches of rain held off for the most part while passing through the area. Turnout was strong while farmers came out not only to see what was for sale but also to visit with friends and neighbors from throughout the area. Page one of the September 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper featured two pictures from the auction. Note: a video is coming on Thursday afternoon to be added...
John Anthony Sluss (80) formerly of Brooten, MN died August 3rd in his new home of Urbana, IL after a fall. John was preceded in death by his parents, Martha (Wilhite) and Anthony Sluss; and his sister Susan Sluss. John leaves behind his wife, Beverly (Brown) Sluss and his daughter Colleen (Jon) Gorman. He also leaves behind a brother Michael (Ellen) Sluss and sister Angie Raddatz. John was a Vietnam veteran, plus was in the Army Reserves for 22 years. He was an avid fixer of machines and an...
