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  • 88 percent decline: B-B-E zip codes post a 2

    Randy Olson|Feb 24, 2022

    Note: the area zip code list has been fully updated for this web article. A near 88-percent decline in new COVID-19 cases was reported for the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas by the Minnesota Department of Health. The new case count over the past week's reporting period ending Wednesday, February 23 is a total of two. The two local cases are broken down as follows: Brooten 56316 - one new case (7 new last week) Belgrade 56312 - one new case (8 new last week) Elrosa 56325 - no new...

  • 2022 B-B-E Area Food Shelf March Campaign

    Randy Olson|Feb 24, 2022

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area Food shelf, a (501)(c )(3) organization, is joining forces with Minnesota Foodshare (mnfoodshare.org) in announcing the 2022 March Campaign. Dollars and pounds of food or personal care items collected between February 28 and April 10 will be tabulated and totals reported to Minnesota Foodshare which will leverage extra dollars from them to be used to purchase food in the coming year. Cash donations are preferred but other needs include tissues, shampoo, body...

  • Guard your lean tissue like it's gold (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 24, 2022

    As Dr. Shawn Baker says in the video, "So you should be putting it on and guarding your lean tissue like it's gold, because it really is." "You don't have to be in the gym doing many dead lifts to get strong. There's many ways to do that," he adds. "You could pick up things and go for a walk, you could put a backpack on and go for a walk. Now I think as you get more proficient at stuff, you should continue to challenge yourself. Because the whole point is to progress and continue to progress."...

  • Worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 24, 2022

    Below is a video featuring worship service at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township of Pope County, Minnesota on Sunday, February 13, 2022. At the nine-minute mark, Barry Bouwman reads the lessons. Soon after the 12-minute mark, Interim Pastor Gary Mills begins reading the Holy Gospel, and his sermon follows that....

  • Zeroes across the board

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    For the first time this entire school year (2021-2022), the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools COVID-19 dashboard has posted zeroes across the board. As of Tuesday, February 15, 2022, zero, zero, zero is what you see when looking at active COVID-19 cases among the Jaguar Kids Connection, the elementary and the high school. This is a decline from three, which was the case totals at B-B-E one week ago....

  • All eyes on Canada (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    As of Thursday, February 17, 2022, all eyes across the globe are on Ottawa, Ontario, which is the capital of Canada. Listen to what truckers are saying on the ground in Ottawa in the embedded video. Canadian Liberal Party members have began questioning their leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over why he continues to push COVID-19 restrictions while countless first-world countries are ditching most or all of their restrictions. For some countries, restrictions fell during the first 10 days...

  • Boats join the Freedom Convoy in Canada (VIDEOS)

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    Embedded here is a video from Ottawa Canada, where a large boat was spotted behind a Ford Expedition SUV as part of the Freedom Convoy. Written on the side of the boat is a quote from Thomas Jefferson that was included in the February 17 Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's column. It's located just above the trailer tires on the boat. The quote of Thomas Jefferson reads: "When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." What a small world we live in, and it seems to get smaller every day. Click...

  • Another large decline: B-B-E zip codes post a 16

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    The newest COVID-19 weekly new case count figure has fallen to a 16 in the February 17 report, representing a 27-percent decline in new cases on a week-over-week basis compared to the figure of 22 posted in the February 10 zip code report. In the February 17 COVID-19 zip code report, the Minnesota Department of Health posted a 16 for new case counts in the Belgrade 56312, Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 zip codes. The break down is as follows: Belgrade 56312 - 8 new cases (11 new last week)...

  • B-B-E girls' basketball makes comeback vs. Royalton

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    Embedded here is video recorded during the second half of regulation play between the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars girls' basketball team and Royalton on Thursday, February 10 at the high school. A full story on the overtime win was published in this week's February 17 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....

  • B-B-E Sno Daze coronation (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school hosted the 32nd annual Sno-Daze coronation at Olson Auditorium on Tuesday, February 15. Students in grades 6 through 12 plus staff filled the seats and enjoyed a thoroughly entertaining ceremony. In an action-packed game of Pictionary, all sorts of pictures were drawn on a SmartBoard on the auditorium stage. Emcees for the ceremony were juniors Drew Thompson and Ella Halvorson. The coronation concluded with Kailey Fischer and Spencer Lundberg being crowned...

  • Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa wrestlers advance to state (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    It's a back-to-back performance for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars wrestling team after they won the Section 5A championship on Saturday, February 19 at Benson high school. It's the second straight season that the Jaguars will compete in the state tournament. The Jaguars, seeded No. 1 in Section 5A, defeated No. 2-seeded and No. 5-ranked Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 45-17. It was a big statement win for the Jaguars after they also throttled No. 4-seeded Minneota 47-20 in the earlier match....

  • Ottawa cafe owners, patrons stand up to lawless police (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 17, 2022

    Check out this absolutely amazing 16-minute long video from downtown Ottawa. This was live-streamed on YouTube as it happened on Sunday, February 20, 2022. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you would never believe it happened in a "free" country....

  • Local options for Valentine's Day

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    We are richly blessed with two wonderful locally-owned businesses for Valentine's Day flower purchasing. Option No. 1: You can stop by or call for an order at Uptown Florist of Glenwood, owner Julie Lloyd, for flowers, gifts and plants including Valentine roses, bouquets and plants. Order now for best selection! To order online go to: http://www.uptownfloristglenwood.com or call 320-634-4430. Special hours for Valentine's weekend: Friday, February 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, February 12...

  • Belgrade V.F.W. to have live entertainment for Valentine's Weekend

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    This coming weekend has a double-dose of entertainment coming to the Belgrade V.F.W. to help kick off the Valentine's Day weekend. On Friday, February 11, to take in DJ and karaoke entertainment by Danny Burns from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. On Saturday, February 12, John Dokken Alternacoustic will perform a variety of music from Zeppelin to Foo, from Cash to Cornell, Dave Matthews, Incubus, Jack Johnson, Sublime and Tool to Petty, Marley, Hendrix and The Beatles....

  • Rats in a cage (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    In this 30-minute long video, Dr. Chris Martensen discusses the idea that humans are being conditioned by our government to accept abuses from our overlords no differently than rats in a cage who have experiments done on them by scientists. What a mad, mad world we are living in and experiencing today. From Dr. Martensen's video synopsis: "We are all rats in a cage who are being shocked. A very well-studied form of psychological warfare is being waged against us, and it's designed to encourage...

  • B-B-E graduate to take stage at New London's Little Theater

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    Thomas Doughtery-Rosengren, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 1996; will be starring in On Golden Pond at The Barn Theatre. This year marks Thomas' thirtieth year involved in theatre. He first appeared on stage under the direction of Ann Cassidy at BBE in 1991 when he played Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. Thomas will be starring as Bill Ray in The Barn Theatre's production of On Golden Pond. Show dates are: February 10, 11 and 12 and February 17, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., and also two Sunday matinee...

  • U.K. study: most children have natural immunity

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    Learn more in the video below, with the portion on child immunity to COVID-19 beginning at the 16:40 mark of the video. In the United States, main stream media has yet to pick up on this information....

  • Omicron in retreat: B-B-E zip codes post a 22

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    A whopping 54-percent decline in new COVID-19 cases was reported by the Minnesota Department of Health in the February 10 Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code report. The decline, on a week-over-week basis, shows fast-spreading omicron firmly in retreat in the Bonanza Valley area. The new local number is a 22 for new cases, which compares to 48 new cases reported on February 3 and 54 cases reported on January 27. Huge declines also were reported in the zip code areas of Glenwood, Melrose,...

  • Substack: what the truckers want

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    Absolutely masterful journalism and photojournalism has been posted on a substack hosted by former New York Times reporter Bari Weiss. She has gathered writing and photos from two individuals that you can find here: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/what-the-truckers-want. This journalism chronicles stories from truckers in Canada, stories that CNN and MSNBC, among other government mouthpieces, will not share. It's wild to see workers who push a message that is unfavorable to the elite and...

  • Worship at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 10, 2022

    Below is video for worship service held on Sunday, February 6 at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township, eastern Pope County. The reading of the Holy Gospel and the sermon by Interim Pastor Gary Mills begins at the nine-minute mark of the 43-minute long video....

  • Maybe we should wear masks everywhere if the I.R.S. gets its way

    Randy Olson|Feb 3, 2022

    Great food for thought when considering the implications of what the I.R.S. wants to do with Big Brother-style technology. Learn more in the two minute-long video below....

  • United Kingdom to toss health care jab mandate in the garbage

    Randy Olson|Feb 3, 2022

    The United Kingdom's National Health Service announced that it is not pushing forward on a proposed health care COVID-19 jab mandate for its NHS health care and social care workers. The news was announced on BBC News on January 30, 2022. A driving reason behind scrapping the jab mandate idea is to prevent the exodus of thousands of health care workers from the field. The proposed idea was set to go into effect on April 1, 2022. Learn more about this news in the embedded video below. Background...

  • B-B-E zip codes post a 48 (*UPDATED)

    Randy Olson|Feb 3, 2022

    The new number is 48. COVID-19 case counts have declined on a week-over-week basis among the approximately 4,300 men, women and children living in the zip code areas of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa (56316, 56312, 56325). The new number of COVID-19 cases reported by the Minnesota Department of Health during the past week is 48 in their February 3 zip code report. This is crazy good news after the January 27 report showed 54 new cases. Local zip code increases: Belgrade 56312 - 23 new cases (33 ne...

  • B-B-E Hall of Fame banquet (VIDEOS)

    Randy Olson|Feb 3, 2022

    The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Hall of Fame banquet was held on Saturday, January 29 at the high school campus. The ceremony, which was held at the high school's Olson Auditorium, inducted the HOF Class of 2021, which consisted of the following: Belgrade Redmen honorees: Roger Lindahl, Dr. Jim Mohs and Wayne Huffman. Brooten Buccaneer honorees: Chuck Sagedahl, Lyle Miller (posthumous) and Bud Heidgerken. B-B-E Jaguars: Emily Roelike and Heidi Lensing. Full stories and extended coverage of the...

  • Canada trucker jab mandate protest (VIDEO)

    Randy Olson|Feb 3, 2022

    Below is video from Ottawa in Canada, where tens of thousands of trucks have converged on the capital. This video was published on February 2, 2022. Ottawa is the capital of Canada and is located in the province of Ontario in southeastern Canada. At its center is Parliament Hill, the center of the Canadian government....

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