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A video is added below to this web article that discusses the pandemic of obesity in America. Data released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows Minnesota's adult obesity rate in 2020 was 30.7%, up from 30.1% in 2019. While the increase of 0.6% is not considered significant, it highlights ongoing public health concerns about obesity rates on a state and national level. Studies and estimates by health officials suggest that by 2030, over 50 percent of adults in...
An ebb and flow pattern is in play for the current COVID-19 wave across the Bonanza Valley area. This is the third wave of spread since it all began either in early 2020 or late in 2019. The first one measurable wave hit the local zip codes of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa around mid to late October and into November last fall. The second came in March and April of this spring. Now we're in the third one, and fortunately it's not causing a great deal of local collateral damage. That statement does not mean that the wave is to be ignored. The...
The site of the Danielson farm in Hayes Township, Swift County, rural Sunburg was the site of a magnificent set of concerts on Saturday, September 11. With a large American Flag waving high over the concert grounds, four bands performed across a 13-hour stretch that day. The live music started at 2 p.m. with the Steffl Sisters and friends, and at 5 p.m. Bill Litzau and Open Highway began performing. Later in the evening, Highway 101 with Paulette Carlson performed at the onset of dusk. Shortly...
Here's an eight-minute long video that discusses a number of COVID-19 topics, including the idea of COVID booster shots for vulnerable populations. This doctor encourages those who are in vulnerable groups to visit with their doctors about seeking out a COVID booster shot once they are approved in the U.S. He also provides his opinion that it is an idea worth considering....
Here's a video clip of Kentucky Thunder performing in rural Sunburg on Saturday, September 11 last weekend....
Buckle up, everyone!...
The new number posted for the B-B-E zip codes of 56312, 56316 and 56325 is a 19 for the September 9 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 zip code report. The new number of 19 represents the number of new COVID-19 cases reported by the MDH for the 4,300 or so people living in the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes. For Belgrade 56312, the number is 10, which is a huge decline from 26 a week ago. For Brooten 56316, we had a slight increase from six a week ago to nine reported this week....
The new school year is off and running "full steam ahead" at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools. The 2020-2021 school remodeling projects at both buildings is in its final stage, but both buildings are fully open and ready for the influx of students for the Jaguar Kids Connection day care, the K-5 elementary and grades 6-12 high school students. The unofficial K-12 enrollment figures totaled 634 on the opening day....
The mood was upbeat and uplifting all week at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools as the 2021-2022 school year got off to an outstanding start after Labor Day. Below is a video recorded at the end of the day on the first day, Tuesday, September 7....
The Belgrade Commercial Club is excited to announce their upcoming Designer Bag Purse Bingo night on Friday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Belgrade V.F.W. The cost is $15 in advance to reserve your seat and then $15 at the door for your bingo packet. Everyone is encouraged to sign up in advance at Kensington Bank in Belgrade, Central Minnesota Credit Union in Belgrade or by contacting a Commercial Club member. Below in this web article is a video from the purse bingo night in Belgrade "way...
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The Centre Area Concert Association is excited to present Sarah Grudem (on the harp) and Eric Graff (cello) on Sunday, October 3 at 2 p.m. at the Olson Auditorium, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school in Belgrade. This FREE CONCERT is funded by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central MN Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage fund. Sarah Grudem is a freelance harpist, born, raised and currently living in Minneapolis. She...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa zip code areas of rural and town-dwelling residents saw a new COVID-19 case number of 32 added to the database in the latest reporting period. This was released today in the Minnesota Department of Health September 2 COVID-19 zip code report. For the second straight week, the big number in the group was posted by the Belgrade zip code, which includes over 60 percent of the total population of men, women and children in this local area (about 4,300 people). The new num...
The fifth annual Jaguar Open golf tournament was a huge success last Friday, August 27 at Prairie View Community Golf Course in Brooten. The tournament raised over $14,000 in support of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school activities. These funds support academics, Fine Arts and athletics at B-B-E. In the photo, Shannon Gossen, Megan Amundson, Trish Thieschafer (in back) and Sara DeRoo were excited when Cindy Theis sank her putt to wrap up their 18 holes of golf. Click on the following short link to...
The 10th-ranked Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars volleyball team successfully opened the 2021 season with a 3-1 win at Osakis on Tuesday, August 31. Early in game two, senior libero Emily Kern earned her seventh dig of the night, which broke the school career record for that category at B-B-E. The dig record stood for 12 years after it was broken by 2009 graduate Emily Roelike, an older sister of assistant coach Brittany Borgerding. Roelike graduated with 1,237 digs, and Kern currently has 1,255...
Below is a video recorded at the Belgrade August Fest pie eating contest, which was held outside the Belgrade Bakery on Saturday, August 14, 2021....
A town hall meeting was held on Friday, August 20 at the Next Door Bar and Grill in downtown Sauk Centre. Local legislators Paul Anderson of Starbuck and Torrey Westrom of Elbow Lake were on hand to provide updates from the 2021 legislative session and answer questions from the public. The 70-minute long meeting is shown in the video below....
The Belgrade zip code has posted the number "22" for the latest weekly reporting period from the Department of Health COVID-19 case count increase. The new number of confirmed, new COVID-19 cases in the Belgrade zip code of about 2,600 rural and town-dwelling people is 340 dating back to January 2020. New case count activity in the Brooten zip code of 56316 backed off from last week's figure. Last week's new case count figure was "7" compared to "4" this week. And another zero was posted for...
Below is a high definition video recorded at the Belgrade August Fest grand parade on Saturday, August 14. The video was mostly recorded along Bell Street west of the high school. Additional coverage of August Fest was published in the August 26 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A summary of various August Fest facts and figures was unfortunately missed in the issue. For example: the number of meals served at the Friday night chicken feed was around 680. There are other items still...
The message of this web opinion article: put down your phone and get off the couch! If you do want to spend time sitting down, spend it by watching this video that raises the notion that a wider waist can lead to a less effective COVID-19 vaccination effort. The video lasts just shy of 20 minutes. Why not study whether or not a wider waistline leads to more COVID-19 vaccine "breakthrough" cases? Maybe it does not, but why not look into it? It would be quite a concept if we all came to the...
This is a video clip from a round table on COVID-19 adverse reactions. In this specific case, it was regarding the aftermath of a 12-year old girl participating in the vaccine trials. The round table took place in Wisconsin on June 28, 2021, and was hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson. Regardless of a person's view on COVID-19 vaccination, the concept of informed consent should reign supreme. To view data regarding adverse reactions as reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in vaccination trials, click on the following short...
The long wait for when the latest COVID-19 surge will arrive locally is over. After posting just four new COVID-19 cases between the period of June 17 and August 11 this summer, the rural and city zip code areas of Brooten (56316), Belgrade (56312) and Elrosa (56325) have posted the number of 12 new cases between the seven-day period of August 12 (last Thursday) and yesterday, August 18. The number 12 in one week is the highest number since April of this year. These figures are from the...
Senator Torrey Westrom, Representatives Jeff Backer, and Paul Anderson welcome voters to eight upcoming town hall meetings - one in each county of District 12 on August 19 and 20. The legislators will review the 2021 session and answer questions regarding ending Governor Walz's emergency powers, the overall COVID-19 response in the state of Minnesota, and discuss other legislative topics and concerns of local constituents. Representative Backer will join Senator Westrom for District 12A meetings...
Below is video from the Belgrade August Fest quilt show on Saturday, August 14 at the municipal hall. The quilt show had over 300 visitors throughout the day....
Posted on Friday afternoon, August 20. An item has been missing in Brooten for a local gentleman since Wednesday of this week. Here's the description: a red oval ruby-colored stone, not an actual ruby, that fits in a men's ring. It has great sentimental value, and a reward is being offered for help finding it. Please call 320-346-2275 if you can help. It could have been lost at or near The Local Pantry, the Brooten Post Office or at the Bonanza Valley State Bank....
