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This article is fully updated as of 5 p.m. on April 14. Earlier versions were incomplete in the afternoon due to technical problems with web article updates. That is resolved. On the heels of a March where the communities of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa traveled more extensively than they perhaps ever have in the history of our towns, the local zip code areas have reported zero new COVID-19 cases for three straight weeks, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The weekly zip code...
The community of Brooten invites area children to the city park for an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 16. The event is made possible by the generous support of the Brooten Fire Relief Association, RJ's Mini Mart and many volunteers in town who are excited to make it a fun event for everyone. This year's hunt will likely take place on snow! Something kids will talk about for years. The Easter Egg hunt will have different locations for different ages of kids. This will start at 1 p.m. sharp...
If you click on the following short link, you can watch Maundy Thursday worship held this past week at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church: https://bit.ly/3KRNbTP. If you click on the following short link, you can watch the Good Friday worship service held at the Brooten Community Church this weekend: https://bit.ly/3Eoo88b. Pastor Rick Krasky's sermon begins at about the 34-minute mark. Video from Easter Sunday worship at East Norway Lake Lutheran church is posted in the video player below...
The April 7 report by the Minnesota Department of Health continued the trend of no new COVID-19 cases being reported in the zip code areas of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa. A zero was reported for this zip code area in the March 31 MDH report. The March 24 and March 17 MDH reports each posted just one new case each time. This means that since approximately March 10, the B-B-E zip code population of about 4,300 men, women and children have seen just two COVID-19 cases reported by public health...
The chili feed hosted by the Belgrade Lions and held on Saturday, March 26 brought a turnout of close to 80 at the Belgrade V.F.W. Six teams brought a variety of unique and delicious chili pots. Below is a video recorded during the cook-off, and additional coverage was published on page one of the March 31 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Below is video from the worship service at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township on Sunday, March 27. The reading of the lessons begin just shy of the seven-minute mark in the video. Interim Pastor Gary Mills begins reading the Holy Gospel from the book of Luke, Chapter 15 right around the 10:30 mark. His sermon begins at the 14:45 mark....
Below is a video clip recorded at the Belgrade Library on Monday, March 21 while mystery book author Frank Weber gave a presentation on his books and also provided a demonstration on a lie detector machine....
After posting a one each of the past two weeks, the Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa zip code areas posted a zero for new COVID-19 cases in the Minnesota Department of Health's March 31 report. You can look at the March 24 data by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3tXyXuq. Also noteworthy: the Glenwood 56334 zip code posted a zero one week after posting a one. Also noteworthy (data based on April 1): in Germany, where they are 76 percent fully jabbed, their per-capita COVID counts today is equivalent to the...
For the second week in a row, just one new COVID-19 case was reported in the zip code areas of Brooten 56316, Belgrade 56312 and Elrosa 56325. This information was released in the March 24 Minnesota Department of Health report. This time the lone case was from the Brooten 56316 zip code, while last week's lone case was from the Belgrade 56312 zip code. Cumulatively, the Brooten 56316 zip code area has had 386 total COVID-19 cases since January 2020. The Belgrade 56312 zip code area has had 688...
Just one new COVID-19 case was reported in the zip code areas of Brooten 56316, Belgrade 56312 and Elrosa 56325 in the March 17 Minnesota Department of Health report. The lone case was from the Belgrade 56312 zip code. Below is video featuring information on how you can improve your blood sugar levels, which leads to a healthier life. According to national health statistics, 83 percent of American adults have blood sugar (metabolic) health problems....
As of Monday, March 21, a bag that included 163 newspapers published for March 17 to subscribers in the St. Cloud, Paynesville, Osakis, Alexandria, Sauk Centre, Melrose and Long Prairie areas are missing. The Voice is working with the post office to determine where they went. It's a headache, but at the end of the day it's not the end of the world. "No one died," so we will be fine. In other news...the Belgrade city council agenda for their March 21 meeting has been posted to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper editor's blog. You can find that...
Over a one-week period in the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas between March 3 and March 9, the number of new COVID-19 cases is a five. This data was released on March 10 by the Minnesota Department of Health in its weekly zip code report. This comes a week after the weekly new case count total was one for the 4,300-plus men, women and children living in the zip code areas of 56312, 56316 and 56325. Belgrade 56312 - 3 new cases (1 last week) Brooten 56316 - 2 new cases (none last week...
While the Padua Pub has already started its Lenten season fish fry nights, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Knights of Columbus chapter will begin their fish fry fundraiser season on Friday, March 11 at the KaDe Shack in Brooten. Everyone is invited! Young, old, Catholic, Lutheran, Christian Reformed, non-denominational, agnostic, you name it...everyone can come over for a great meal with great fun being around great people! The fish fry in Brooten runs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. in the KaDe Shack banquet...
The Belgrade Lions Family Fun Day is happening THIS Sunday, March 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the high school in Belgrade. Kids games are FREE this year! A cash raffle will be held plus a silent auction and family bingo.All ages are welcome including those who do not have children or children at home. Events are lined up for kids through adults including bingo with cash prizes plus a silent auction, with items donated by local businesses or individuals. And remember: all kids games are FREE! Come...
This article has been updated with area zip codes and new B-B-E school COVID-19 figures. Over a one-week period in the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas between February 24 and March 2, the number of new COVID-19 cases is a one. This data was released on March 3 by the Minnesota Department of Health in its weekly zip code report. The one new case was reported in the Belgrade 56312 zip code area. The areas of Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 both showed no new COVID-19 cases. The...
On Thursday, February 24, 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic will officially end in England. Learn more about this revelation from Dr. John Campbell in the video embedded here. The video lasts 16 minutes. Also, on February 23, it was announced that Nova Scotia will be deleting its vaccine passport system for travelers....
Note: the area zip code list has been fully updated for this web article. A near 88-percent decline in new COVID-19 cases was reported for the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code areas by the Minnesota Department of Health. The new case count over the past week's reporting period ending Wednesday, February 23 is a total of two. The two local cases are broken down as follows: Brooten 56316 - one new case (7 new last week) Belgrade 56312 - one new case (8 new last week) Elrosa 56325 - no new...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Area Food shelf, a (501)(c )(3) organization, is joining forces with Minnesota Foodshare (mnfoodshare.org) in announcing the 2022 March Campaign. Dollars and pounds of food or personal care items collected between February 28 and April 10 will be tabulated and totals reported to Minnesota Foodshare which will leverage extra dollars from them to be used to purchase food in the coming year. Cash donations are preferred but other needs include tissues, shampoo, body...
Below is a video featuring worship service at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township of Pope County, Minnesota on Sunday, February 13, 2022. At the nine-minute mark, Barry Bouwman reads the lessons. Soon after the 12-minute mark, Interim Pastor Gary Mills begins reading the Holy Gospel, and his sermon follows that....
As of Thursday, February 17, 2022, all eyes across the globe are on Ottawa, Ontario, which is the capital of Canada. Listen to what truckers are saying on the ground in Ottawa in the embedded video. Canadian Liberal Party members have began questioning their leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over why he continues to push COVID-19 restrictions while countless first-world countries are ditching most or all of their restrictions. For some countries, restrictions fell during the first 10 days...
Embedded here is a video from Ottawa Canada, where a large boat was spotted behind a Ford Expedition SUV as part of the Freedom Convoy. Written on the side of the boat is a quote from Thomas Jefferson that was included in the February 17 Bonanza Valley Voice publisher's column. It's located just above the trailer tires on the boat. The quote of Thomas Jefferson reads: "When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." What a small world we live in, and it seems to get smaller every day. Click...
The newest COVID-19 weekly new case count figure has fallen to a 16 in the February 17 report, representing a 27-percent decline in new cases on a week-over-week basis compared to the figure of 22 posted in the February 10 zip code report. In the February 17 COVID-19 zip code report, the Minnesota Department of Health posted a 16 for new case counts in the Belgrade 56312, Brooten 56316 and Elrosa 56325 zip codes. The break down is as follows: Belgrade 56312 - 8 new cases (11 new last week)...
Learn more in the video below, with the portion on child immunity to COVID-19 beginning at the 16:40 mark of the video. In the United States, main stream media has yet to pick up on this information....
A whopping 54-percent decline in new COVID-19 cases was reported by the Minnesota Department of Health in the February 10 Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip code report. The decline, on a week-over-week basis, shows fast-spreading omicron firmly in retreat in the Bonanza Valley area. The new local number is a 22 for new cases, which compares to 48 new cases reported on February 3 and 54 cases reported on January 27. Huge declines also were reported in the zip code areas of Glenwood, Melrose,...
Below is video for worship service held on Sunday, February 6 at West Lake Johanna Lutheran church in Gilchrist Township, eastern Pope County. The reading of the Holy Gospel and the sermon by Interim Pastor Gary Mills begins at the nine-minute mark of the 43-minute long video....
