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Election officials in Belle Fourche began hand counting the ballots in Belle Fourche shortly after 7 PM when the polls official closed. Voter turnout in the city-wide election was low. Here are the results. Immediate Unofficial Returns for Municipal Election April 9, 2024 Mayor: Randy Sowers – 272 Randy Schmidt – 709 ⇐ Ward 1 Council […]
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Mayor Randy Schmidt, and Randy Sowers, contender for the mayoral position in the April 9th election appeared side by side in a public forum in Belle Fourche Thursday evening. Also present were the candidates for what will be the new Belle Fourche City Council team. Karen Davis, Rhonda Schild, both candidates for Ward 1, Pam […]
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The Belle Fourche Broncs Baseball Team, now in their third season as a member of the South Dakota High School Baseball Association (SDHSBA), are set to open their season down in Hot Springs, weather pending, on Friday March 29th in a varsity doubleheader against Bennett County and Hot Springs. The Broncs will field a varsity […]
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Edna May Seieroe, 91, of Spearfish, South Dakota went home to Jesus on Sunday March 10, 2024. Born September 15, 1932 in Nisland, South Dakota Edna was the third of six children of Dave and Katie Weimer, German Russian immigrants, who moved around the Nisland and Vale as sharecroppers. She went to Nisland School enjoyed […]
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Marlene Albertson, 77 passed away March 9th, 2024 at the Hospice House in Rapid City, surrounded by her family. Marlene was born to Bob and Mavis Symonds in Sturgis on October 22nd of 1946. She earned her G.E.D. in Sturgis in 1965. Marlene retired from Fort Meade in Sturgis as a ward clerk. She loved […]
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Muriel Jeffery, age 96 of Spearfish and formerly Fruitdale, went home to heaven on Leap Day, February 29, 2024. A Memorial Service will be held 10:30 am Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at the First Baptist Church in Belle Fourche. There will be no visitation. Inurnment will take place in Pine Slope Cemetery, in Belle […]
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Elwood Edward Geiger was born August 10, 1925 to Edward and Mary Geiger, and grew up on a farm north of Jacksonville, Florida. At the age of 18 he was drafted into Civilian Public Service and sent to Gatlinburg, Tennessee where he spent eleven months building trails and driving supply and dump trucks. He was […]
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The Belle Fourche City Council will soon have a new team in place. Winners of the race for Wards 1 and 2 will be decided on April 9th. A vacancy in Ward 4 has been filled by Trisha Fowler and the uncontested race for Ward 3 belongs to Don Elliott. Contenders for the Ward 1 […]
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Belle Fourche High School Senior Maddy Howard is featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest. She appeared on the Six, Tuesday March 12th and on the Black Hills FOX News at 9:00. Howard qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of herself to KEVN Black […]
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Ferne Elaine Wallace, loving wife, mother and grandmother, age 92 of Belle Fourche, died Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Heartland Assisted Living. She was born June 18,1931 in Brookings, South Dakota to Arthur and Etola Justice. Ferne lived on her family farm and excelled in school. While in school, Ferne participated in the high school […]
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