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The Kandiyohi County Fair in Willmar is off to a terrific start, running from August 11 through Saturday night, August 14 along Foot Lake in Willmar. Their opening day on Wednesday, August 11 was one of their best in recent memory, according to county fair board chairman Darrell Fostervold. Turnout for the bull riding event was outstanding, and the fairway was very busy well past sunset. Gig Noonan provided live music on the free stage. You can view a photo gallery of pictures from the 2019...
NOTE: this web article was updated on Friday afternoon, August 13 with information from multiple central Minnesota zip code areas. This week the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes posted the number three. In the August 12, 2021 Minnesota Department of Health report posted two new COVID-19 cases in the Belgrade zip code, which is their first new COVID cases since June 17, almost two months ago. In Brooten, the 56316 zip code posted a "one" for the second week in a row after going from May 20...
Come to Belgrade this weekend! The August Fest celebration gets underway on Thursday night, August 12 at the city park starting at 5:30 p.m. with a FREE community meal! The full schedule was published in the August 5 and August 12 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Click on this short link to view a Bonanza Valley Voice photo gallery from August of 2019 at the Belgrade August Fest: https://bit.ly/3jP1Suo. Added on Thursday night: a 13-minute long video was added to this web article...
Below is a video recorded on Thursday, August 5 at the Vacation Bible School program in Belgrade, MN at Grace Lutheran Church, which hosted the Big Grove-Crow River-Grace Lutheran Parish VBS during the week of August 2 to August 5. The VBS programming was created and directed by staff of Green Lake Lutheran Ministries of Spicer. Three photos from the program were published in the August 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Additional photos will be added to the newspaper's online...
The Belgrade August Fest had a terrific start to the three-day celebration this weekend. The evening was picture-perfect with mild summer temperatures, hardly any wind to speak of plus an overwhelming turnout of people of all ages. On Thursday, August 12, the community turned out in droves with close to 400 meals served at the free community supper at the Belgrade city park. The evening also included a free community concert with Gig Noonan performing from 6 to a little after 8 p.m., and the...
The Belgrade Fire Department and Rescue Squad hosted a chicken barbeque supper on Friday, August 13 at the Belgrade V.F.W. Post No. 1825. The turnout was remarkable with over 600 meals served. Below is a video recorded later in the supper, which concluded at about 7:30 p.m. just as the street dance was about to get underway....
Based on what I've heard from subscribers in Paynesville and Elrosa, the St. Cloud bundle of the August 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice has gone missing. I don't know where it's been lost in the Post Office system, but I have a hunch something went wrong in the St. Cloud Post Office plant. It's very upsetting considering that it was full of timely Belgrade August Fest news. *Update on Monday: it appears that the bundle was located! Those missing issues should be delivered today....
Below is the full video of the Belgrade Royal Ambassador coronation program, which was held on Saturday night in downtown Belgrade on August 14....
