Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE-Butte County Highway Department has expounded on a highway employee Remote Contact Policy to ensure a safe working environment for Butte County Highway Employees. It includes directions for employees to follow when approached by any individual while in county equipment. The County will provide dash cams in the six county graders and two county […]
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West River Telephone representative Josh Macaben, center, presented Newell School custodians Sandy Miller, left, and Crystal Pickles, right, with a special broom to clean the floor in Austin Auditorium. Standing with them is AD and Principal Steve Schoenfish.
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NEWELL-This Saturday this Newell Multi-Purpose Room was filled with music, pretty girls, handsome boys, dads, grandpas and grandmas, moms, and friends and family. They were enjoying the evening sponsored by Newell PTO. It was exciting to see fancy dresses and high heels, along with boots and hats. What an opportunity to dress up and practice […]
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The Newell Fourth Grade joined kitchen staff members Betty Bruner and Marlee Sais to prepare their own Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program snack. They learned the steps to prepare the tasty veggies and fresh dressing dips under the watchful eyes of Bruner and Sais. FFVP is a program that gives K-5 students access to a […]
Continue ReadingBy Betty Olson This week started off pretty warm, but it sure cooled off on Friday with a low temperature of 1 degree that morning and a high temperature of 16 degrees that afternoon. Thankfully we got snow Monday night and Tuesday night and it snowed all day on Wednesday that gave us some much […]
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125 years ago – Belle TIMES, February 23, 1899 Quail for Butte County TIMES, February 23, 1899 Quail for Butte County Through the efforts of Attorney LaFleiche the sum of about $50.00 was subscribed by our local nimrods for the purpose of buying quail to plant in this vicinity. Deadwood sportsmen have experimented […]
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124 years ago THE TIMES March 2, 1899 GOOD FOR THE SOUL According to the Yankton Herald ExTreasurer Phillips has made an “open Confession” to having taken interest on the state funds, and furthermore he defies the state to recover it. The Herald says: In conversation with a prominent Huron attorney last week […]
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We have a bit more moisture in and on the ground this week than we did last week. The snow on Thursday kept folks home from plans they had that included traveling the roads. There was also a late start for Meade Schools on Friday morning due to the snow. It was quite cold on […]
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By KAREN ODELL February 26, 2024 Ronda Cordell’s trip to the Little Missouri Soup Supper, last Sunday, turned out to be quite interesting. A half mile west of Chancey and Megan’s, she ruined a tire. It was dark by the time the doughnut was mounted, but she managed to get there in time to enjoy […]
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NEWELL-A combined City and School election will determine a new mayor and three positions on the Newell School Board. Candidates for Mayor are incumbant Ken Wetz and Tara Tennis. Newell School Board candidates are Tyrel Bonnet, currently Board President, Randy Oliver who was appointed recently to fill a vacancy, Kristen Bonefield, Amber Erk, and Karl […]
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