Fish Fry fundraiser tonight (VIDEO)

The B-B-E Knights of Columbus will hold the first of three Lenten season fish fry fundraisers tonight at the KaDe Shack in Brooten. They will be serving all-you-can-eat fish from 5 to 8 p.m. Ticket sales for their cash raffle is also underway. The Knights of Columbus organization is one of numerous local civic groups who support multiple events and activities - and families in need - across our Bonanza Valley area.

It is time to support them in return!!!

Here's a video recorded about a year ago (February 23) from the first Knights of Columbus fish fry of the 2024 Lenten season:


More to come. It is too nice outside to be on a computer! We have 71 degrees as of about 4 p.m. in Brooten.

In high school basketball news...
At the Class 1A state girls' basketball tournament today, both lower-seeded teams in the semifinals earned huge upset wins. In the first semifinal, No. 5-seeded West Central Area took out top-seeded Goodhue 58-50. In the other semifinal, No. 7-seeded MACCRAY stunned No. 3-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary's with a hard-fought 60-56 win. The Knights held a 36-28 lead with 15 minutes to go in the game. MACCRAY later tied it at 46-46 and then took over the game across the last 5 minutes.

Stunning, near crazy facts: for MACCRAY, they have just 2 seniors on the roster. For the SESM Knights, they have just one senior.

In college basketball news...
In the consolation bracket of the NJCAA Division III women's basketball national tournament, the Northland Community and Technical College Pioneers won 76-70 today against Joliet Community College of Illinois to keep their season alive. B-B-E Class of 2023 graduate Tiyana Schwinghammer from Brooten scored 15 points with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals. In the second half, while Joliet whittled what was a 13-point deficit down to 5 points on two separate possessions. During that stretch, Schwinghammer went 9-of-10 at the foul line to help keep the Wolves at bay. Next: the Pioneers (23-6) will fight for 5th place in the consolation championship on Saturday, March 15 at 10 a.m. at the Rochester Regional Sports Center. Their opponent will be Onondaga Community College of New York.

In other community news...
The community is invited to enjoy the Belgrade Lions chili cook-off at the Belgrade VFW on Saturday, March 15 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's website community calendar has been updated. You can find that by clicking on the following link...it is a link you should bookmark! And refer to regularly: https://shorturl.at/KEBvf.