Reminder: Highway 71 closed near Crow River Lutheran church

Spring flooding has claimed a southbound route from Belgrade via Highway 71.

For the time being, motorists are being re-routed south of Belgrade with Highway 71 being closed near Crow River Lutheran church. The detour takes people west from the Menards campus on County Road 13 over to County Road 18 (Stearns County) which becomes County Road 1 in Kandiyohi County. Then the detour shifts onto County Road 5 to State Highway 9, and then motorists can travel east back to Highway 71 to the Pete's Surplus corner.

Reminder: when a road is closed it is illegal to travel in that area. Motorists can be fined up to $1,000 and/or 90 days in jail. In addition, if travelers need to be rescued from a closed road, other expenses and penalties will apply.

In other news...
Click over to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website to read about upcoming entertainment coming to Central Square and Civic Center in Glenwood (short link): https://bit.ly/3MGiRz7.

Glenwood Police Department

Posted today at the Glenwood (Minnesota) Police Department's Facebook page:

We've recently received several calls regarding suspicious persons and neighborhood disturbances involving people acting suspiciously by walking through citizens yards and standing on their properties during the late night and early morning hours. We've been able to associate this activity with the new Pokémon Go cell phone game.
We'd like to remind citizens that the above described suspicious activity is not normal. We're encouraged to see neighbors and citizens staying vigilant and reporting this activity.

We would also like to remind those partaking in this new game to be respectful and courteous and respect people's property rights. Walking through people's yards and standing on their property without permission is not acceptable.
We again are reminding citizens to report any and all suspicious activity by calling 911. The nice weather is bringing more people out and keeping them out later.

...my two cents: if your kid needs a cell phone app. to become physically active, you're doing it wrong.

Been busy

Had a crazy busy Tuesday...packing in a ton of content in what will be a wildly interesting Sept. 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice...here's one of the many advertisements that are in the paper this week from Glenwood State Bank Real Estate, the newest account added to the growing list of businesses supporting our hometown newspaper in Brooten!!

Central Square concert is Friday!

Click on the poster for best viewing.

Call in advance (320-634-0400) to save on your ticket price!!!