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The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area Jaycees held their seventh annual chili cook-off on Saturday, March 12 at the Belgrade V.F.W. This year six teams competed to create the best chili in three categories. Each booth also competed for the best booth decoration and costumes with a St. Patrick's Day theme. John and Darlene Roelike entered for the Belgrade V.F.W. and won both top prizes of Best Chili, as determined by a panel of judges, and also the People's Choice Award. Their chili edged out the Payn...
Life Line Screening, a leading provider of community-based preventive health screenings, is pleased to offer a preventive health event at Central Square Cultural Civic Center on 4/20/2016. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries which is a leading cause of stroke; abdominal aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta; hardening of the arteries in the legs which is a strong predictor of heart disease; atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat which is closely tied to stroke...
The South Lake Johanna Lutheran Church in rural Brooten held its annual turkey dinner on Sunday, March 13 while serving a little over 200 people. While turnout was down from last year's all-time record of just over 270, there was no shortage of good company, good conversation and terrific food....
For the third year in a row and the third time in school history, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa youth wrestling Jaguars will compete at the state tournament. To get to state, the Little Jags battled on Saturday (March 12) at Pierz, the host of the Region IV Northland Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) K-6 tournament. When the dust settled, the Jaguars qualified for state by taking fourth place out of 13 teams. In 2014, for the first time ever, the Jaguars earned a trip to state by placing sixth...
The Easter bunny visited Elrosa on Saturday, March 26 at the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church CCD center. Children all got a chance to stop and greet the Easter bunny and get a treat, while moms, dads and grandparents busily took as many pictures as they could. Children then could visit an Easter egg hunt before sitting down and coloring Easter-themed pages while enjoying cookies and milk. A total of 42 children came through before all were able to pick prizes given away at the end. The...
Shown is a video of the parade held on St. Patrick's Day, with a full day of celebrating hosted by the Padua Pub. This was the 36th annual St. Patrick's Day celebration hosted by the Padua Pub. Activities took place the entire day and well past sundown....
The semi-annual Ham and Turkey Bingo fundraiser for the Sunburg Fire Department was held with over 115 participants on Saturday, March 19 at the fire hall and community center building. Needless to say, fun was had by all who attended! See more photos from the event in the March 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
