Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
We’re getting the band back together! If you play an instrument and want to be a part of the Community Band playing music with the students for the high school home games, please email Kimberly Bachman for your music packet and game schedule. [email protected].
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Trinity Lee Jaskela, on November 20, 1976, a sweet little baby boy was born to Dave and Shawn Langley. They later divorced and she married again in 1979 to Jerry Jaskela. Trin was 2 ½ and we became a family. Jerry adopted him as his own later on. We lived in Vale for 6 years and […]
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Ramona Marie Sebert, 83, of Rapid City and formerly of Aberdeen died July 13, 2024 at the Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City. Ramona was born November 11, 1940 in Minnesota to Clarence and Mary (Bitz) Anderson. She graduated from Selby High School in 1958. She married Leonard Sebert on October 15, 1958 and they […]
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Kendell Craig Stevens, 76, of Belle Fourche passed away Sunday, July 14, 2024, following a long cancer journey. Kendell was born in Huron, SD to Kenneth George “Mac” and Ramona Muriel (Reintsma) Stevens, the third of six. He married Janie Ann Gross on January 9, 1971, and to this union they had 2 sons, Jason […]
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Gladys McGarvin obit It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Gladys McGarvin (Kadrmas) who left us on June 15, 2024 at the age of 89 in Spearfish, South Dakota while surrounded by her loving family in her final moments. She was a woman of immense humor and […]
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George Edward Dick (Jack) was born March 27th, 1929 in Belle Fourche, SD 6 weeks after parents Edward and Marie (Fitzler) Dick had moved from Colorado with their 2 daughters joining an exodus from there to live in Vale, SD to work as sugar beet farmers, a recent established agricultural industry to the newly irrigated […]
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Fern Louise (Millsap) Johnson was born in Clarkston WA on January 4, 1925 to Charlotte and Leslie Millsap. She lived to be 99 years old and died peacefully in her sleep on July 24th, 2024. Fern graduated from High School in Clarkston, WA and then completed a 1 year secretarial course. She worked for 2 […]
Continue ReadingThe school funding formula substantially impacts small school districts like Newell School District. Student enrollment count is taken on the last Friday of September. This count includes students that have out-of-district placement funded by the district and enrolled part-time. After the count is taken, the number is put into the formula to find our allocation. […]
Continue ReadingThree Newell School Board members took their oaths of office to begin the 2024-2025 school year. The oath was administered by Superintendent Dr. Pandi Pittman to Amber Erk, Kristin Bonefield, and Tyrel Bonnet. NEWELL-The new school year has begun for the Newell School District with the installation of three board members, incumbent Tyrel Bonnet, […]
Continue ReadingJuly 16, 1914 The latest industry in Newell is a cement block factory which the Anderson Brothers have established. It didn’t come because a large bonus had been given, but because a pressing need made it practical. It is reported that 4 head of cattle belonging to Louis Karnen were shot sometime last week […]
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