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It is important at this point that people understand that more transmissions and deaths will occur after reopening as the lockdowns end, and they suppress the fear the national media will generate by reporting on the spread of the virus again. People who gave in to fear and allowed it to direct their thoughts and actions when the virus initially hit us may have understood that social distancing and lockdowns would stop the spread of the virus or even end the virus. Nobody said that. Those mitigation efforts were taken to slow the spread of the...
Official press release from the state of Minnesota On Wednesday, May 13, Governor Tim Walz announced the next phase of the COVID-19 response in Minnesota. Citing progress made to prepare for peak of infection, the Governor announced a measured, cautious turning of the dial toward a new normal. With the Stay Home Executive Order set to expire on May 18, the Governor will replace it with an order continuing to encourage Minnesotans to stay close to home but allowing for gatherings of friends and f...
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the members of the Brooten American Legion have canceled this year's Memorial Day service out of concern for our relatives, friends, neighbors and comrades. Please visit our local cemetery this Memorial weekend and take a moment to remember our soldiers who gave their lives so valiantly for our country....
Click here to read more about the Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's blog. I am "shaking the dust off of it" after it has been relatively dormant since late 2015. I've added the ability to easily access this blog from my cell phone, giving me the ability to add breaking news very quickly and easily while out and about. (Although, currently there's not much "out and about" to take in.) Here's the link you can bookmark: https://lifeinbonanzavalley.blogspot.com . One neat feature is the ability for...
Here's the worship service for Sunday, May 17 at Norway Lake Lutheran parish of rural New London, MN. The mailing address for sending in offering is: Norway Lake Parish 6338 County Road 40 Northwest New London MN 56273 If church members are in need of help or prayer in any sort of way, please call the parish office at 320-354-4222. The joint parish council said in a statement, "We encourage everyone to keep reaching out to one another, including the church and Pastor Wayne, if there are ways we...
As a response to the ongoing economic crisis caused by the government's COVID-19 related mandates, the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper will not publish a printed edition on June 11 and June 25. Doing this will relieve pressure on both newspaper staff as well as business advertisers. Limited content that would have been published in those two issues will be posted on this website. Newspaper staff is currently researching all the requirements given by the United States Post Office that allow a...
