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Youth at Big Grove/Crow River/Grace Lutheran Parish churches of Brooten/Belgrade held their Vacation Bible School program on Wednesday, June 15 at Grace Lutheran in Belgrade. Video of the program is posted here....
A three-generation photo was published on page one of the June 16 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper that featured retired Brooten fire fighter Loren Solbreken. He was holding his retirement plaque at a party held in the KaDe Shack on June 4 in honor of his 50-plus year fire department career that concluded in 2021. Also with him in the photo were grandson Jacob Solbreken and Loren's sons, Daran and Donovan. Loren Solbreken served the community of Brooten with a deep, tireless level of...
An unforseen mechanical problem during routine water tower maintenance (cleaning) in Brooten has led to an hours-long water outage across town on Tuesday, June 21. The issue arose around 10 a.m. today, and it appears that it will take at least a "couple more hours" until it's resolved, according to city staff. At B-B-E, all activities have been canceled for today at the elementary school, and the day care is closing as of 1 p.m. Families have been notified. Update: city staff is optimistic that the water issue should be resolved by 4 p.m....
Bonanza Valley Days in Brooten is charging hard at us and will be here before we know it! The big summer celebration will be held on Thursday through Sunday, July 7-10. The fun begins with Worship in the Park on Thursday night and concludes with the grand parade and Bonanza Valley State Bank ice cream social on Sunday afternoon. A long, long list of activities are planned just as we are accustomed to in recent years, and the BVD Committee is excited to have added food offerings, all the entertai...
The Belgrade Memorial Day parade was held on Monday, May 30 just as the sun broke free on what was a cool, cloudy morning. Below is video from different vantage points throughout the parade route. Additional coverage appeared and will appear in the June 2 and June 9 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
It was bound to happen with spotty Internet service and pushing things to the last minute at The Voice. On the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, a network error caused the June 9 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper to lose its classified and back pages. Initial publishing directions were sent, delivered and received to and by the printing press for a 12-page issue, but while publishing took place, two extra pages were added. This was the first major printing error under the current ownership of the newspaper. It was an error caused on...
The Brooten American Legion Ranten-Sunflot Post No. 288 hosted a Memorial Day program on May 30 at the Brooten Pavilion. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall had passed over the area before sunrise that day, so the event was moved indoors from its usual location of Memorial Park. This also happened in 2019. A great crowd of visitors were on hand for the program, which included the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school band performing music. Below is video from the program....
In the May 26 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period for the fourth straight week. These figures of three each week represent M.D.H. lab-confirmed cases reported to the state, most usually from health care centers and clinics. They do not represent test results from at-home tests. The May 26 report shows all three new cases in the...
The Elrosa Seniors hosted their first Bologna Daze fundraiser night of the season on Tuesday, May 24 at Bucky's Bar. Below is video from live entertainment provided for the event, with Donny Brang singing "The Wanderer". Additional coverage of Bologna Daze was published on page 12 of the May 26 Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Brooten American Legion Ranten-Sundflot Post No. 288 will host a Memorial Day program on Monday, May 30 at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park on Highway 55 by RJ’s Mini Mart. The event will feature Trinity/West Lake Johanna Lutheran interim pastor Gary Mills as keynote speaker. The B-B-E high school band will also perform. After the program, American Legion members will march to Legion Hall, where everyone is invited for cake, coffee and socializing. Please come and honor our veterans who have given so m...
In the May 19 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period for the fourth straight week. These figures of three each week represent M.D.H. lab-confirmed cases reported to the state, most usually from health care centers and clinics. They do not represent test results from at-home tests. The May 19 report shows two new cases in the Belgrade zip...
In the May 12 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period for the third straight week. These figures of three each week represent M.D.H. lab-confirmed cases reported to the state, most usually from health care centers and clinics. They do not represent test results from at-home tests. The May 12 report has all three new cases originating in the...
On the evening of Thursday, May 12, a significant thunderstorm, wind storm and rain storm passed over the Bonanza Valley area with brute force. In some areas, tornado-like activity was reported near Lake Johanna, Padua and other areas. Just shy of 7 p.m., the warning sirens began blaring in Brooten, and they worked exactly as intended. For a period of 10 minutes after the sirens began, the wind blew at around 10 to 15 miles an hour as a dark, ominous cloud developed to the southwest. In a...
Below is video from the Trinity / West Lake Johanna Lutheran Parish God Squad children singing at Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday, May 1. Additional coverage was published in the May 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
In the May 5 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period. This number compares to three reported in the April 28 and a two for new cases reported by the M.D.H. in the April 21 zip code report for this area. The May 5 report mirrored exactly what the April 28 report showed: two new cases reported by the Brooten zip code, one in the Belgrade zip...
Everyone is invited to the friendly town of Sunburg on Sunday, May 15 for the annual Syttende Mai celebration. The full schedule of events has been published in the April 28 and May 5 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. It will also appear in the May 12 issue. You can see over 190 photos from the Syttende Mai grand parade on May 16, 2021 by clicking over to the newspaper's Smugmug photo gallery (short link): https://bit.ly/3sr4fbX. A video is also in this web article with footage from...
Come and kick off Mother's Day Weekend at Purse Bingo!!! Join the Belgrade Commercial Club on Friday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Belgrade VFW! Doors open at 6 p.m. The cost to play is $40.00. Please sign-up and pay in advance by stopping by Kensington Bank or Magnifi Financial. You can also send a Venmo payment to our Venmo account: @belcommclub. Please put your full name as the subject. Lastly, you can contact a Commercial Club member or private message us on Facebook! You must be signed-up to...
Below is a video clip from the Easter egg hunt in Brooten on Saturday, April 16, 2022. You can see the full Bonanza Valley Voice photo gallery from the event by clicking here (short link): https://bit.ly/3ONB3Wk....
In the April 28 zip code report released by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas (56312, 56316 and 56325) posted a three for new COVID-19 cases over a one-week period. This number compares to a two for new cases reported by the M.D.H. in the April 21 zip code report for this area. While the April 21 report had two new cases reported in the Belgrade zip code but none in Brooten or Elrosa, the April 28 report showed two new cases reported by the...
Here is video featuring the East Norway Lake Lutheran Church choir singing George Frideric Handel's Hallelujah Chorus last Sunday morning to conclude worship....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area food shelf wishes to thank area congregations, businesses, organizations, and individuals for $20,368 plus 370 pounds of food donated during the 2022 March Campaign. This campaign concluded on April 10, and because of it, our local food shelf will be able to leverage extra dollars from Minnesota Foodshare over the coming months on totals collected during the March Campaign. The full story appeared in print in the April 21 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice...
The Belgrade city council learned at Monday's (April 18) meeting that the city recently won a judgement in conciliation court against former apartment tenants. This puts the tenants on the hook for over $11,000 of unpaid rent plus extensive damages to the dwelling, all of which took place during the pandemic when the city was unable to legally evict them. The legal process is far from over, as the city now must file district court documents and a writ of execution on filing liens against wages...
Over 100 area youth enjoyed the Easter egg hunt held at the Brooten city park on Saturday, April 16. Below is a video featuring the excitement the Easter bunny brought to town after children grabbed their own share of candy. The event was sponsored by the generous support of the Brooten Fire Relief Association and RJ's Mini Mart....
The Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas posted a two for new COVID-19 cases in the April 21 report by the Minnesota Department of Health. The two new cases were from the Belgrade zip code area. This ends a streak of three weeks in which the MDH reported no new COVID-19 cases for these zip code areas. The last COVID-19 case was posted in the March 24 report. At this point, an educated guess says that any MDH case reported is due to mandatory testing taking place at health care facilities...
Below are the county-level COVID-19 jab rates across west central Minnesota and surrounding counties. Source: https://bit.ly/3JHmRKq. The Bonanza Valley Voice will add in more counties as time allows on this list. County-level jab rates will also be posted for Metro-Area counties that include a larger share of Minnesota's population. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district counties are listed in bold print, while the first three counties listed are the lowest-jabbed counties in this area....
