Articles from the February 17, 2022 edition


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  • 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....