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First of all, NO, part of the roof of the B-B-E elementary school is not missing! That is a wildly untrue rumor, probably among many other untrue rumors flying around. Here's the real story...a severe thunderstorm packed a huge punch and knocked out power across the Bonanza Valley area. The eye of the storm hit Brooten at about 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 with sustained, 80-mph straight line winds. Around that time, a power line arced near the Bonanza Valley State Bank property along...
With a lack of electricity closing school at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on Wednesday, September 20, labor was plentiful throughout the Bonanza Valley and B-B-E areas to assist with the cleanup in the aftermath of a severe wind/rain storm. The powerful system that brought straight-line winds in some areas surpassing 80 miles an hour tore through the Brooten, Belgrade and Elrosa communities shortly before 1 a.m. Roughly a half- to three-quarters of an inch of rain was reported with the storm....
