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The state government of Minnesota coordinated contact tracing for COVID-19 cases that specifically excluded big-box retailers. State-sponsored surveying asked questions targeting bars, restaurants. salons and gymnasiums. At the height of this process, on December 14, 2020, State Senator Michelle Benson asked the Minnesota Department of Health for the exact list of questions that contact tracers were using. Initially, the MDH told Benson that she could not receive that information. Fast forward nearly one year, a data request to the state...
We saw a major decline in new COVID-19 case counts for the zip codes (city and rural areas) of Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa between the Minnesota Department of Health December 16 report and their December 23 report. The decline was approximately by 44 percent. It has to be pointed out that the Alexandria public school district has forced masking of their younger school children since the start of the 2021-2022 school year. Despite their population being similar as the population of the Willmar 5...
Santa Day in Brooten was a marvelous time. Children from area towns joined the fun along with kids from the Brooten community at both the Brooten Lanes and the KaDe Shack....
The community of Brooten held a lighted Christmas parade to help conclude the festivities of Santa Day on Saturday, December 18. Additional coverage is forthcoming online and also in the December 23 and December 30 print issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. Parade video is below....
Below is a video outlining what everyone can do to optimize their immune system for infectious diseases that circulate around the globe. These are points you can take into consideration on a daily basis. It's quite simple: life is so much better when you have proper metabolic health. Proper metabolic health involves ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference, without using medications. These factors directly...
In the video below, Dr. John Campbell of the United Kingdom explains information regarding the spread of the omicron "strain" of COVID-19 in recent weeks. What is fascinating to me: omicron is out-competing both the common cold viruses as well as the "delta" strain of COVID-19. This appears to be a positive curveball that doomsday predictions never saw coming....
Below is Brooten American Legion Auxiliary member Laverne Reining giving a Christmas reading at the American Legion Hall on December 11, 2018....
In the video below, Dr. Suneel Dhand discusses the latest news from South Africa, which suggests that their omicron COVID-19 wave is collapsing. A recent study from South Africa says that those infected with the omicron variant had an 80 percent lower risk of being hospitalized compared to the delta variant. This was mentioned one minute into the embedded video, which lasts about six minutes. In some regions of South Africa, the wave of cases is half what it was just three weeks ago in a...
Santa Claus visited Elrosa last Friday night, December 10. He was escorted around town on a horse-drawn wagon by Welle Farms, plus assistance from the Elrosa Fire Department and the Elrosa Commercial Club. It was a beautiful December evening with snow falling lightly as Santa and his helpers spread Christmas cheer while delivering gift/goodie bags to children of all ages. Video from part of his trek across Elrosa is shown below....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote a letter dated November 5, 2021 admitting that they have no records of Americans who were infected and won their battle with COVID-19 then transmitting the disease at a later point to someone else. This letter was in response to a September 2 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a New York attorney who wished to obtain any documented cases of an individual meeting the following description: (1) Never received a COVID-19 vaccine; (2)...
From a population standpoint, the new COVID-19 case counts in the past week have evened out between the Belgrade 56312, Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 zip code areas. In the December 16 report by the Minnesota Department of Health, the cumulative figure for new COVID-19 cases reported in the past week is 43, which is an increase from last week's total of 32 (December 9 report). The breakdown is as follows: Belgrade 56312 - 27 new cases (18 last week) Brooten 56316 - 14 new cases (8 last week) El...
Below is the video from the prayer/memorial service for Jeff Oliver of rural Belgrade, who passed away on December 7, 2021. Three minutes into the video, the song "Jealous of the Angels" is played. Starting at the 7:00 mark, Pastor Christian Strickland with St. John's Lutheran Church of Atwater read the obituary. At the 12:30 mark, the song "All My Hope is in Jesus" is played. At the 17-minute mark, Pastor Strickland read the poem by Robert Frost called "Nothing Gold Can Stay." He then provided...
Below is video from the last four kick division performances at the home dance comp "Dancing to the Finish Line" on Thursday, December 16. The video begins in the kick division with the Canby-Minneota Sensations team performing to music by Gaga. At the 4:10 mark of the video, the Sauk Centre team takes the floor for their kick performance with music by an ABBA Mashup. At the 9:20 mark in the video, the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Shadows kick squad takes the floor with a dance mix titled "Heaven". Right around the 14-minute mark in the...
Please spread the word! The community of Brooten invites townsfolk and folks from across the countryside and neighboring towns to come celebrate Christmas with Santa Day THIS COMING Saturday, December 18. The event will run across approximately a three-hour period starting at 3:30 p.m. with Santa Claus and kids' bingo at the Brooten Lanes bowling alley. You can come then or come later into the event, which concludes that night with a 6 p.m. lighted parade down main street. You can watch a video...
Sunday School students at Crow River Lutheran church in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi County, performed their Christmas program on Sunday, December 12. Photos from the event were published in the December 16 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
The MDPI out of Switzerland recently conducted a large meta-analysis of Vitamin D3 studies in its relationship to COVID-19 and then published a paper on it. Founded in 1996, the MDPI is a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals. You can find the entire study at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/10/3596. In this 10 minute, 37 seconds long video, Dr. John Campbell from North England explains information presented in the MDPI paper regarding proper Vitamin D3 intake. He explains that the proper intake for adults should...
The Sunburg Fire Department and Sunburg Area Commercial Club helped Santa Claus meet local children on Saturday, December 5 on Main Street....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars girls' basketball team trailed as much as 32-13 in the opening half of their Central Minnesota Conference opener against Holdingford on December 7. They fought back to close the gap to a more manageable deficit of 34-25 at halftime. In the second half, the Jaguars traded baskets for most of the first six minutes of play. They began cutting into the double-digit deficit with 11:40 to go, when Abby Berge scored on a fastbreak and drained an and-one opportunity...
Please spread the word! The community of Brooten invites townsfolk and folks from across the countryside and neighboring towns to come celebrate Christmas with Santa Day on Saturday, December 18. The event will run across approximately a three-hour period starting at 3:30 p.m. with Santa Claus and kids' bingo at the Brooten Lanes bowling alley. You can come then or come later into the event, which concludes that night with a 6 p.m. lighted parade down main street. More details will follow....
It's disturbing to see the level of truths, facts and accurate information that is withheld from the public debate around COVID-19. Fortunately, the information is out there if you really want to know what's happening. This also slides over to the debate around vaccination. Did you know? If you have a large amount of excess body fat, it minimizes the ability of the COVID-19 jab to do its job properly? Science spells that all out. In laymen's terms, if you have a large amount of excess body fat,...
Below is video recorded at worship service at West Lake Johanna Lutheran Church in Gilchrist Township, rural Brooten, on Sunday, December 5. The reading of the lessons by Jerry Skarpness, Brooten Class of 1968 graduate, begins at the 9:30 mark in the video. At the 13:00 mark, interim pastor Gary Mills reads the Holy Gospel. His sermon begins at the 14:28 mark in the video....
Without the work of the White Coat Waste Project, we may have never learned about the grotesque, vile horror taking place under the watch of the National Institute of Health and their wretched leader, Tony Fauci. The White Coat Waste Project receives all of its funding from small donors. They have long utilized a "Bernie Sanders-esque" fundraising model. This gives them a large, grassroots base of support. In spite of the best efforts of the major media and all of his followers to protect him,...
I was thrilled to hear from the staff at the Belgrade Hardware Store and from Pete White at Pete's Repeats in downtown Belgrade that they had a terrific turnout for Small Business Saturday on November 27. I've been to Pete's Repeats about five times now. When are you planning your visit to downtown Belgrade?...
The Grace Lutheran Church women are inviting you to our Christmas program on Wednesday, December 8 at 7 p.m. Grace Lutheran is located at 600 Washburn Avenue in Belgrade. We will be entertained by Megan and May, the "Grahn Sisters", with an evening of songs and stories. Music has always been in their blood, so we expect a very good time. We will gather in the social hall for fellowship following the program. Come one, come all! The Grahn Sisters were founded in 1974 (Mary) and 1978 (Megan)....
For three nights at Olson Auditorium, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school, the talents and dedication to the Fine Arts of 15 students brought the stage to life in grand fashion as the cast performed the fall musical Little Shop of Horrors. With the guidance of their five directors/director assistants, the group pulled off a most impressive showing on November 19, 20 and 21. Additional coverage was published in the November 25 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice, which included 38 pictures from...