Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
By Kandi Tonsager, On Friday May 2 and Saturday May 3rd a select group of qualifiers from the Bronc track and field team competed in events at the prestigious Howard Wood Invite in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Qualifiers included; boys 4×100 team of Slater Humbracht, Tegan Fredrickson, Gavin Pearson and Kashton Le LaCheur, boys 4×200 […]
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By R. Orion Thompson, Superintendent, Belle Fourche School District Special to the Beacon As we approach the final stretch of the school year and begin to welcome the warmer days of summer, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what education truly means for our students—both in the present and for the future. Education is […]
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By Melanie Aker, The new manager’s name is Ember Kleinhans, and she has been a Belle Fourche resident for most of her life. She has worked at the diner for three years and recently started managing in January of 2025. Before becoming the general manager at Crossroads, Ember worked there as a waitress, cook, and […]
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By Kandi Tonsager, Today is a day we celebrate inclusion. Inclusion is not just a word – it is a promise. It’s a promise that every person, regardless of ability, has the right to dream, to strive and to belong. Today, we celebrate every athlete for their abilities, determination and their courage. Today, we cheer […]
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By Kandi Tonsager, Tuesday April 29th the Belle Fourche High School Track and Field team hosted the Northern Hills Invite at home. Highlights on the day were: Three of our Broncs improved their state rankings with season bests in individual events on Tuesday. Senior runner, Kashton Le LaCheur earned a season best in the 100 […]
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By Kandi Tonsager, The Bronc High School track teams participated in a couple of meets this week with many athletes improving their times and standings with new personal records and state rankings. The teams took to the track in Custer on Wednesday April 23rd with a limited number of participants and in Pierre on Friday […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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By Kandi Tonsager, The Belle Fourche High School opened their season on Tuesday April 8th at the Douglas Early Bird Invite, followed by the Queen City Invite in Spearfish on Friday April 11th. Highlights for the week in Bronc Track & Field: In Douglas, for the Ladies- Lia Mundt placed 3rd in the 3200 meter […]
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