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On Monday, December 7, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school bands and choirs held their annual Christmas/Holiday concert. Performing were the Percussion Ensemble, the Junior High choir, the Junior High band, the Senior High choir and the Senior High band. The final song was a joint performance between all 7-12 grade band and choir students of the song "Believe" by G. Ballard and A. Silvestri. The event was live streamed at the school's website for those who couldn't attend in person, and a...
For the past month, the full weight of the Bonanza Valley Voice has been investigating an air purifying and vacuum-selling company based in the St. Cloud area. Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, the name of the company is being withheld. Two local families have reported extremely difficult issues with the basic ethics of this business’s employees and owner. In one case, a local resident was pressured to buy a vacuum cleaner and two air purifiers for the total price of $3,600. Before three business days passed, at the urging of o...
USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer recently announced that USDA is investing nearly $1.1 million to help nine businesses in rural Minnesota. The funding comes from USDA Rural Development's Value-Added Producer Grant program. "These grants help create expansion and job opportunities for local producers and rural small businesses," Landkamer said. "USDA's support is especially important for beginning farmers and smaller farm operations by providing capital to expand marketing...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars girls' basketball team has started the season 4-0 for the first time since the 1996-1997 season. After picking up two wins in Benson to claim the championship of the Case IH tournament last weekend, the Jaguars pummelled visiting Upsala on Tuesday this week 71-37 for their fourth win. Making the initial undefeated streak even more impressive is the fact that all 14 players on the varsity roster saw action in all four blowout wins. In Benson, the Jaguars...
After winning just three games all season in the Central Minnesota Conference last year, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa boys' basketball team is off to a 3-0 start in the league after winning a thriller by a 61-59 score over visiting Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted on December 11. The 3-0 mark in the CMC has B-B-E sitting in a first-place tie with Eden Valley-Watkins. In second place in a tie are Pierz and Maple Lake. The Jaguars (5-1 overall) had an early 10-7 lead with 15:20 left in the first half...
This year’s Christmas program will be held on Wednesday, December 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary gym. This year’s program is called “Arf! On the Housetop” - a puppy musical about a very important element of the holidays for everyone…home. This program features students in 4th grade and also has students in grades K-3 participating. If you can’t make it in person, the Bonanza Valley Voice broadcasting team will stream this event live on the Internet. Visit this web story to see details on how to watch it from your c...
