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The Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes posted the number 14 for new COVID-19 cases in the past week as reported by the Minnesota Department of Health in their October 28 zip code report. This represents a 30 percent decline in new cases compared to the previous week, when the local zip codes posted a 20. For the local zip codes, the breakdown is: Belgrade 56312 - 7 new cases (cumulative since January 2020 is 444) Brooten 56316 - 7 new cases (cumulative since January 2020 is 225) Elrosa...
A three-alarm chicken manure fire took place in western Bangor Township on Tuesday, October 26. The Brooten Fire Department responded to the call shortly after 3 p.m., and they called on assistance from Belgrade and Glenwood fire departments. Video from the scene is shown here approximately an hour after the 911 call was made....
Late in the afternoon of Monday, November 1, law enforcement personnel were able to take into custody an individual who allegedly had stabbed another person this morning. Law enforcement had been in negotiations with the individual throughout the afternoon in an attempt to prevent further injuries or any loss of life, and they were successful. A video is below featuring a glimpse of Main Street in Belgrade on Monday night after the situation had been resolved. Law enforcement has reported to...
The Belgrade Lions invites everyone to their fall Fish Fry and meat/cash raffle night on Friday, October 29 at the Brother's Bar in downtown Belgrade. The fish fry starts at 5 p.m. and runs through about 8 p.m. (or until gone), and you can call ahead for a takeout order at 320-254-8299. The fish fry is just $10 for all-you-can-eat fish! Meat raffles run all night. The cash raffle drawings start at 9 p.m. with a grand prize of $10,000. Tickets are $100 each, and you need not be present to win....
It was church auction time at Crow River Lutheran Church on Saturday, October 9. The church WELCA organization hosted a soup and sandwich supper that evening before Mark and Brian Ziemer held a church auction in the basement. Video is shown below. More photos appeared in the October 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
From the Minnesota Department of Health, the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes have posted the number 14 for the second straight week. This number of 14 represents new COVID-19 cases reported in the zip code areas of 56312, 56316 and 56325 between September 23 and September 29 in a population of about 4,300 people. Just as crazy: the numbers were identical across the three zip codes from the September 16 report and September 23 report, which were reported last week on this website and also...
In this 21-minute video, Dr. John Campbell outlines extensive data showing that natural immunity provides stronger and more long-lasting immunity to COVID-19 than the vaccines do. This even held up during a July 2021 study in Israel when the delta variant was the dominant strain in circulation. The data suggests that the CDC and FDA in the U.S. lack data and science to back up their assertions about natural immunity. Scientists in the United Kingdom as well as Israel are coming to different...
A 40 percent reduction in new cases was what was reported in the September 23 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 zip code report for the zip codes of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa. Two of the three B-B-E zip codes showed significant declines, while one remained the same, compared to the prior week. For the September 23 report, the B-B-E zip codes of about 4,300 people posted the number of 14 new cases in the period of September 16 to September 22. Belgrade 56312 - 8 new cases (12 last week)...
An ebb and flow pattern is in play for the current COVID-19 wave across the Bonanza Valley area. This is the third wave of spread since it all began either in early 2020 or late in 2019. The first one measurable wave hit the local zip codes of Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa around mid to late October and into November last fall. The second came in March and April of this spring. Now we're in the third one, and fortunately it's not causing a great deal of local collateral damage. That statement does not mean that the wave is to be ignored. The...
The new number posted for the B-B-E zip codes of 56312, 56316 and 56325 is a 19 for the September 9 Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 zip code report. The new number of 19 represents the number of new COVID-19 cases reported by the MDH for the 4,300 or so people living in the Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa zip codes. For Belgrade 56312, the number is 10, which is a huge decline from 26 a week ago. For Brooten 56316, we had a slight increase from six a week ago to nine reported this week....
The Belgrade Commercial Club is excited to announce their upcoming Designer Bag Purse Bingo night on Friday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Belgrade V.F.W. The cost is $15 in advance to reserve your seat and then $15 at the door for your bingo packet. Everyone is encouraged to sign up in advance at Kensington Bank in Belgrade, Central Minnesota Credit Union in Belgrade or by contacting a Commercial Club member. Below in this web article is a video from the purse bingo night in Belgrade "way...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa zip code areas of rural and town-dwelling residents saw a new COVID-19 case number of 32 added to the database in the latest reporting period. This was released today in the Minnesota Department of Health September 2 COVID-19 zip code report. For the second straight week, the big number in the group was posted by the Belgrade zip code, which includes over 60 percent of the total population of men, women and children in this local area (about 4,300 people). The new num...
Below is a video recorded at the Belgrade August Fest pie eating contest, which was held outside the Belgrade Bakery on Saturday, August 14, 2021....
The Belgrade zip code has posted the number "22" for the latest weekly reporting period from the Department of Health COVID-19 case count increase. The new number of confirmed, new COVID-19 cases in the Belgrade zip code of about 2,600 rural and town-dwelling people is 340 dating back to January 2020. New case count activity in the Brooten zip code of 56316 backed off from last week's figure. Last week's new case count figure was "7" compared to "4" this week. And another zero was posted for...
Below is a high definition video recorded at the Belgrade August Fest grand parade on Saturday, August 14. The video was mostly recorded along Bell Street west of the high school. Additional coverage of August Fest was published in the August 26 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A summary of various August Fest facts and figures was unfortunately missed in the issue. For example: the number of meals served at the Friday night chicken feed was around 680. There are other items still...
The long wait for when the latest COVID-19 surge will arrive locally is over. After posting just four new COVID-19 cases between the period of June 17 and August 11 this summer, the rural and city zip code areas of Brooten (56316), Belgrade (56312) and Elrosa (56325) have posted the number of 12 new cases between the seven-day period of August 12 (last Thursday) and yesterday, August 18. The number 12 in one week is the highest number since April of this year. These figures are from the...
Below is video from the Belgrade August Fest quilt show on Saturday, August 14 at the municipal hall. The quilt show had over 300 visitors throughout the day....
Posted on Friday afternoon, August 20. An item has been missing in Brooten for a local gentleman since Wednesday of this week. Here's the description: a red oval ruby-colored stone, not an actual ruby, that fits in a men's ring. It has great sentimental value, and a reward is being offered for help finding it. Please call 320-346-2275 if you can help. It could have been lost at or near The Local Pantry, the Brooten Post Office or at the Bonanza Valley State Bank....
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....