Belle Fourche Beacon

The Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Chamber Mixer on Thursday, April 17. This month’s mixer was hosted by Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Museum, a new Black Hills tourist attraction that is preparing to officially open its doors on May 23. Chamber members got to see a sneak peek of the museum […]

Toi Lyn Flick, Special to the Beacon, It’s 1959 and the Burger Palace Boys and the Pink Ladies rule Rydell High School; at least they think they do! Grease-School Version is a rollicking look at high school life in 1950s middle class, midwestern America. And who better to bring this show to life than the […]

A prehistoric adventure is coming to Belle Fourche with the upcoming grand opening of the Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Museum. Located at 11324 US-212, the museum opens its doors to the public on May 23 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. The grand opening will launch a new tourist destination for the region […]

NEWELL—The quaint little town of Newell, SD with its population of a little under 600 was picked to be part of the South Dakota Public Broadcasting program called Dakota Life. The program highlights individual towns in each episode. The PBS team came to the Newell City Hall on April 16 to host a Community Conversation […]

The Belle Fourche School Board held its monthly meeting on Monday, April 14. The meeting began with open forum, during which one audience member stood and talked about the need for clarification regarding policy on volunteers within the athletic department. The board then recognized Athletic Director Adam Nowowiejski for achieving the SDIAAA Region 8 Athletic […]

By Kandi Tonsanger, On Tuesday April 15th the middle school track and field team hosted their home invite. Highlights in the top 10 for the middle school runners, in the 7th grade boys division, Bradly Dreiske in 5th & Blaine Moke in 9th earned top places in the 100 meter dash. In the 200 meter […]

By Kandi Tonssager, On Wednesday April 16th the Broncs squeezed in their track meet before the weather turned. Bronc Results: 100 meter dash: Kash Le Lacheur 11.65 finish for 7th, Gavin Pearson 11.73 finish for 8th, Slater Humbracht 12.4 finish for 18th, Caeyn Howard 12.41 finish for 19th, Raif Parmeter 12.63 finish for 25th, Michael […]

NEWELL-Pastor Lance Putnam of the Newell Christian Fellowship Church delivered an inspiring message following a dinner of chicken, lamb, and sundry side-dishes and desserts. A crowd of approximately 80 area folks were in attendance to the Third Annual Holy Thursday Community potluck. Pastor Putnam shared a bit about that night 2000 years ago when Jesus […]

NEWELL-The Newell football field was alive with youngsters ready to fill bags and buckets with the plaatic eggs scattered throughout the field. Every year the Newell Community Club works diligently to fill the eggs with goodies for the children of the area. But who has more fun-parents and grandparents or the kiddos themselves? It was […]