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A crowd surpassing 60 worshipers attended a Christmas Eve worship on Tuesday, December 24 at South Lake Johanna Lutheran church. The service was led by Pastor Ron Knutson. Video attached here features all but the first 5 minutes of the service, and it begins with Tony and Marie Halls performing a singing/guitar duet. Pastor Ron's gets into his sermon beginning at around the 10-minute mark....
On Monday, December 16, the 6th-12th grade music student at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school performed their Holiday Christmas concert at Olson Auditorium. The high school Jazz Band performed for the second time of the school year to lead off the band's portion of the concert that night. On October 28, the jazz band unveiled their talents to the public for the first time at the Halloween Spooktacular concert. In the attached videos, which you can toggle between as you wish, the jazz band is...
If Joe Biden grants a pardon to Anthony Fauci, it would rate as one of the most disgusting acts of the Biden years as President of the United States of America. The attached video grants more context on what might happen if Biden follows through on the idea. It is truly an awful and shameful idea....
The modern-era push for "DEI" and "wokeness" in the workplace, in entertainment and in the business world in general is coming to an end. It could not happen soon enough. It is a sad day in America when a truly phenomenal professional athlete like Caitlin Clark needs to apologize for being white. She was rightly named Time magazine's 2024 Athlete of the Year this past week, which is an honor she earned through hard work and perseverance. Sadly, she has provided a few comments since receiving...
Lucky Shots Bowling Alley was the site of the Brooten Santa Day on Saturday, December 7, and it drew over 100 children and their families to town. The attached video features a glimpse of children sitting with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus plus other activities that took place at the bowling alley. It was right around the same time of this video that the B-B-E Cub Scouts Pack No. 667 was getting their chili feed underway across the street at the KaDe Shack. Additional coverage was published in the...
Coming to East Norway Lake Lutheran church in rural Pennock/New London! On Saturday, December 14 at 3 p.m. (16270 68th Street NW, New London 56273) with a round of Christmas carol singing. After the sing-along, cookes/coffee/cocoa will be served in the fellowship hall with free-will offering. • Bring or meet your family, friends and neighbors to this festive start of the Christmas season! • Stay for treats! - and - pick up some goodies at the bake sale. • Be home before dark! Hope to see you t...
...and it couldn't happen at a better time! From the Redacted channel on YouTube: The crooked Food and Drug Administration is about to be flipped on its head. Instead of partnering with Big Pharma and keeping healthy supplements off store shelves. It looks like they are about to be flipped upside down now that Robert F Kennedy Jr. Is going to be heading up the FDA, the CDC, and all of America's health systems. See the attached video for more from independent journalist Clayton...
On Wednesday, December 4, the students in grades K-3 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa hosted their annual Christmas program at the school's main gymnasium. A packed crowd of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and other friends and family were on hand! The attached video features the full program, which lasted just over 24 minutes....
The Bohmer family and the staff of Bonanza Valley State Bank invites their wonderful customers to their upcoming Holiday Open House on Friday, December 20 in their spacious bank lobby, where they will have treats, goodies and gifts available. This runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day! See you there!...
LEGAL NOTICE: City of Brooten. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES FOR CITY OF BROOTEN FOR 2025: The Brooten City Council will hold a Truth in Taxation hearing on its budget and on the amount of property taxes it is proposing to collect to pay for the costs of services the City will provide in 2025. The hearing will be held on Monday, December 9th at 7:00 p.m. at the Brooten City Council Room, 147 Central Ave N, Brooten MN 56316. BY ORDER OF BROOTEN CITY COUNCIL. /s/ Jeanne Kinne,...
The Brooten Activities Club and a lengthy list of locally-owned businesses have once again teamed up to bring Brooten Santa Day for all ages to enjoy. The Santa Day is this Saturday, December 7 starting at 3:30 p.m. at the Lucky Shots Bowling Alley. The Winters are excited to host part of Santa Day at Lucky Shots, which now has its back room fully completed in the building's former cafe area. Other activities will be across the street at the KaDe Shack plus at the Trinity Lutheran Church...
Submitted by Minnesota District 12A State Representative Paul Anderson of Starbuck The state issued a new economic forecast on Wednesday, December 4, and it projects a $616 million surplus through the 2026-27 biennium – a decrease of $1.1 billion from previous estimates – and a significant future shortfall. The new economic report from Minnesota Management and Budget indicates reductions in income and sales tax revenues combined with higher spending for long-term care and special education res...
It's a tough and sad time to be a Democrat in America. Don't fool yourself, though: they brought it on themselves! Watch the attached (short) video, which is just 66 seconds long, and see the look of defeat on the face of Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer....
On a recent Josh Rogan Podcast, Marc Andreessen was interviewed by the world's most famous podcaster. You can watch part of the interview in the attached video. Marc Andreessen is a businessman and retired software engineer who was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. His ticket to fame was as a co-founder of one of the world's first web browsers, Netscape. In this video clip, Andreessen speaks to the point that if a political pundit or pollster or anyone of significance in America suggested that the...
On Sunday, December 1 in Arctander Township, the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association hosted their annual Advent worship service at the old log church. Attendance surpassed 50 (getting to 53 by one count) on a day when outdoor temperatures struggled to hit 10 degrees. The NLLHA built the log church replica and an adjacent museum to remember and honor the Norwegian pioneers who settled the Norway Lake community in the latter part of the 19th century. Construction of the log church and...
The community of Brooten hosted the annual Santa Day event on Saturday, December 7. Activities for the evening concluded with a lighted Christmas parade on main street, which you can watch in the attached video. Santa Day drew a large crowd of families with children, parents, grandparents and more to Lucky Shots Bowling Alley, where Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus met with children to hear their wish lists. By 5 o'clock, much of the crowd had shifted across the street to the KaDe Shack's community room, where the B-B-E Cub Scouts Pack No. 667 hosted...
This week, families across our state are gathering to spend quality time together, give thanks, and, of course, eat some delicious Minnesota-raised turkey. We all know we live in divided times. But this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for the fact that what unites us as Minnesotans is far greater than what divides us: • We respect the dignity of work and the simple idea that our family members, friends, and neighbors should be able to afford a house or apartment, health care, and for our seniors, a...
On Friday and Saturday, November 22-23, junior high youth from Norway Lake Parish, Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Parish and Trinity/West Lake Johanna Parish attended the Lutheran youth gathering hosted by the Southwestern Minnesota ELCA Synod (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America). The event, which drew hundreds of children from across southwest Minnesota, was hosted at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Willmar. The theme of the overnight gathering was "We are forever unbroken" and messaging...
The Belgrade city council met in regular session on November 18. Highlights included approval of a Sunday liquor license application by The Spot For Drinks and Dining plus acceptance of retirement letters by Belgrade fire fighters Carol Kinzel and Chuck Ampe. The council reviewed and approved the Belgrade Nursing Home Management agreement, which they do every other year. Belgrade Fire Chief Jeremy Glieden has submitted a FEMA grant application for a LUCAS C.P.R. device, which can cost well over...
Kamala Harris is back from her Hawaiian vacation! She needed it. It was hard work to blow through over $1.4 billion on a presidential campaign that will go down in history as the worst campaign for Commander-in-Chief in America to date. In the attached video, you can get a glimpse of her "apology" message provided to her donors. (Note: it is as bizarre and cringe as the actual video she produced this week.)...
Small Business Saturday will be celebrated at the Belgrade Hardware Store on Saturday, November 30. Their open hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays, and on this Saturday, they will be serving coffee and treats. Belgrade Hardware's weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Their Christmas season sales have begun, and they run through December 31 while supplies last. In this web article, you can tap or click your way through a short slideshow of photos taken on Friday, November 29 at the Belgrade...
On Sunday, December 1, the public is invited to the Advent Worship service at the old log church at 2 p.m. The event is hosted by the Norway Lake Lutheran Historical Association (NLLHA), which built the log church and an adjacent museum to remember and honor the Norwegian pioneers who settled the Norway Lake community in the latter part of the 19th century. Construction of the log church and museum complex began in 1997-1998. The log church replica was dedicated in August 1999. The attached...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES FOR CITY OF BELGRADE FOR 2025: The Belgrade City Council will hold a Truth in Taxation hearing on its budget and the amount of property taxes it is proposing for 2025. The hearing will be held on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Belgrade City Municipal Building, located at 417 Washburn Avenue, Belgrade, MN 56312. BY ORDER OF BELGRADE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Connie Wold, Belgrade City Clerk-Treasurer...
Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) members from across the state will gather Nov. 22-24 for the 83rd annual Minnesota Farmers Union State Convention. The convention will be held at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Minneapolis Northeast, 1330 Industrial Blvd. N.E., Minneapolis. The event begins on Friday afternoon with panel discussions. The discussions focus on food regulations surrounding selling products direct from the farm, finding funding for projects on your farm and what weather trends mean for...
So...the question is: where is Dr. Fauci? Also, is he off the hook from the words he spoke to the public, often with only a small sliver of truth to them, during the calendar years of 2020, 2021 and even 2022? On November 15, U.S. Senator Rand Paul posted to X the reply "I bet we find him." to another X post given by a parody account of Robert F. Kennedy that said, "Dear Dr. Fauci, I'm still looking for you! Sincerely..." Senator Paul has a long history with Fauci, especially in terms of the...