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An impassioned case was made by Marianne Williamson regarding the recent imposition of multiple tariffs on Canadian goods by President Donald Trump. She has tough words for Trump's moves in the attached video and lays out a case that having Canada as a trading partner has been good overall for the U.S....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is already rolling with the punches for the Great Northern Regional in Grand Forks. The night before they departed B-B-E high school for the Alerus Center on Wednesday, March 12, Coach Reed Adrian found out that the region match schedule was greatly altered due to an impending snowstorm slated to arrive in the region on Saturday. Altogether, across Thursday and Friday this week, B-B-E's team will compete in 9 qualification matches: four on...
The No. 5-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team saw their season conclude in the quarterfinals of the Sub-Section 6A-South tournament on Thursday, March 6. The No. 4-seeded and host Brandon-Evansville Chargers overcame a 21-15 halftime deficit while claiming a 49-43 win over the Jaguars. B-B-E came within a second of going into halftime ahead 21-12, but the Chargers got a buzzer-beating three-pointer on an off balance shot from the right corner by senior Tanner Riedel. In the...
Brooten's Bonanza Valley Days 2025! BVD 2025: four nights/days of activities! The annual Bonanza Valley Days celebration in Brooten is coming on July 10, 11, 12 and 13 in 2025! Spread the word and mark your calendars! The BVD grand parade starts at 1:30 p.m. in Brooten on Sunday, July 13, 2025. March 24, 2025 Brooten City Council meeting The Brooten City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the city hall meeting chambers in downtown Brooten. The meeting is open...
California's governor, Gavin Newsom, has been found numerous times using "Latinx" in his terminology. For some odd reason, Newsom recently went on the Charlie Kirk podcast and proclaimed that no one in his administration has ever used that term. On July 27, 2020, Newsome released a statement on Twitter regarding how COVID impacted the "Latinx community" in his state. This is one of numerous examples of when he used the word "Latinx" in spite of his recent claims that he never has. Liar, liar,...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is in Day II of the Great Northern Regional competition, which is held this week at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This marks the fourth year that they are competing at this region competition. At the Great Northern Regional this year, they have 52 teams. In the first match of Friday, which was their fifth overall match of the Great Northern Regional, B-B-E's Blue Alliance fell in a close battle by a 115 to 97 score. They...
The Brooten Ambulance invites everyone to their annual spring pancake feed this Sunday, March 16 right on Central Avenue in Brooten. They will be hosted the pancake feed at the Bucky's Pickles, which is the former Brooten American Legion building. The all-you-can-eat pancakes will be served from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the price is just $10. Children ages 5 and under eat free. The menu includes: plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, milk, juice and coffee. Take-out is available....
The justice system of Minnesota gave a stark reminder this past week of how un-serious it is with punishing violent crime. On Thursday, March 13, 2025, Chad Seitz of Coon Rapids was given a 73-month prison sentence after he was convicted of driving under the influence of drugs while killing a Belgrade mother on her way to daycare on January 22, 2024. The accident, which took place at almost the exact geographical center on Highway 55 between Brooten and Belgrade, claimed the life of...
On Thursday, February 27, prior to the home girls' basketball playoff opener, a total of 38 students in grades 4 and 5 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school performed the National Anthem at the high school gymnasium. A video from this performance is attached. To view a photo gallery of the students singing, click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's SmugMug gallery: https://shorturl.at/kfJbc. The B-B-E girls' basketball team was set to host Mille Lacs that evening in the...
