Sondra (Giacometto Courtney) 84

Sondra Lee Floyd (Giacometto Courtney) 84, of Belle Fourche passed into God’s hands on May 29th, 2024. She was born on November 16, 1939, in Spearfish, South Dakota, to Gifford and Leone Floyd. Her Dad passed when she was just four years old, and her mom leased out the ranch, packed-up, and moved them to […]

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Rafael Mendez Ruiz de Velasco 74

Rafael Mendez Ruiz de Velasco, age 74 of Spearfish, died Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will took place Tuesday June 11, 2024 at St. Paul Catholic Church in Belle Fourche.  Interment at Pine Slope Cemetery.  Funeral arrangements are with Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern […]

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Christopher Fox 61

Christopher Jon Fox, 61, of Fruitdale, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, April 29th, 2024. He was born May 3rd, 1962, in Belle Fourche to Robert “Bob” and Helen (Davis) Fox. As a young man he lived with his family in Fruitdale helping with the family bee business. Chris attended primary school in […]

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Kenneth Teller 82

Kenneth Teller, age 82 of Belle Fourche, and formerly of the Dupree and Faith area, died Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at the Rolling Hills Healthcare Center in Belle Fourche. The funeral service was held 11 am Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at the Faith Community Center, with Pastor Chuck Aurand officiating.  Two evening visitations were held. Monday, […]

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Timothy Boren 81

Timothy Boren, age 81 of Belle Fourche, went home to heaven on Saturday April 27, 2024 at his home. A Memorial Service was held Friday, May 3, 2024 at the Global Methodist Church in Belle Fourche. There was no visitation. Inurnment will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery, with military honors provided by the […]

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Percy Hansen 92

Percy Leroy Hansen 92 of Piedmont, SD, passed peacefully on May 2, 2024, at Aspen Grove Assisted Living in Sturgis, SD. Percy was born September 10,1931 in De Smet, SD, to Bert and Rita (McRoberts) Hansen. He was the 5th of 6 children. When he was 9 months old his family moved to Newell, SD, […]

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Destruction Empties Sign Budget

BELLE FOURCHE-Highway Superintendent Duane Heidrich put it simply when he said that the damage done to the county’s road signage has emptied the sign budget during his report to the Butte County Commissioners April 16. “It’s gone,” he said. And now all they can do is fix and not replace the signs. He went on […]

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Pastor’s Perspective

This Another Perspective is from the archives of Foursquare Pastor,  the late Dr. Jack Hayford “ I don’t know anything about watches or clocks.”     I don’t know anything about watches or clocks.      I’m even mystified by the mechanics I have to go through on a thirty-day month to get my stem-wound […]

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Where the Eclipse was Total

 In 2015 I had read an article about the Total Eclipse of the moon happening in the United States on April 8, 2024.   In looking at parts of the country it would be total I had seen on the map that it went through Columbus, Indiana.   Our friends, Mike and Judy Manna who were […]

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