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Andy Tensen is a United States Army veteran, a retired farmer and a current Commander of the Brooten American Legion. More than all of those lofty titles, Tensen is first and foremost a grandpa. In Tensen's home in Brooten, two long rows of large, framed photos adorn the top of a piano. Framed in the photos are his grandchildren, Tensen's pride and joy. "Most don't live that far away. Many are in either the Brooten area or Willmar," he said while explaining there are 15 altogether not counting...
The 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff was held on Saturday at the campus of Central Lakes College in Staples. Attending were area schools, including seven members Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's Robotics team. The FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) competition begins with a six-week long "build" period where robotics teams across the area design and build a robot that will meet the requirements of a challenge competition. This year the competition is called FIRST...
Last week (Jan. 11-15) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools honored their paraprofessionals. A few ways this took place included the teachers taking the paras out for lunch at Classic Co. Bar & Grill. Also, on Friday, elementary teachers took over recess duty, a task normally assigned to the paras. So what does a paraprofessional do? From the Minnesota Department of Education website = "Paraprofessionals may work in a variety of positions in a school district including, but not limited to,...
At approximately 08:45 on the morning of Wednesday, January 13, a snow plow collided with an eastbound train at the railroad crossing west of Brooten on 493rd Avenue. That intersection meets with Railway Avenue and also State Highway 55. The snow plow was southbound on 493rd Avenue when it struck the train at the railroad crossing. Eyewitnesses said that the train "tore the snow plow apart" with parts flying into the snow-covered stubble of a nearby soybean field. The driver was injured in the...
The crazy fun we had at the Brooten Commercial Club's annual meeting and holiday party on Saturday night, January 16 at the Redhead Creamery. (Video) Check out more photos from the event on page five of this week's Bonanza Valley Voice....
