Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
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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Do you want to represent the 6x PRCA Medium Rodeo of the Year and 2024 Remuda Award winning rodeo? The Black Hills Roundup wants you! The 8th Annual Miss Black Hills Roundup Queen Pageant will be held on June 30 at the Christian Life Center and the Black Hills Roundup Grounds with the coronation to […]
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Margaret Bolte Special to the Beacon “We had over 100 people and raised $3,500 from our SpaghettiFundraiser! A wonderful community event!” St. James Lutheran Church representative Vicar Ronda Mehrer shared, “The funds will go directly to the communities and people who continue to deal with the devastating effects of the North Carolina storms.” St. James […]
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Early in February, three Belle Fourche High School students experienced a memorable, life enhancing experience. Courtesy of the ABC Coalition of Butte County, the three students Danielle Vetter, Lydia Main, and Lexi Pickett attended the annual CADCA conference. The girls were accompanied on the trip by Holly Main, the drug and alcohol prevention teacher at […]
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By Kandi Tonsager, On Saturday March 8th, 50 youth wrestlers took to the mats in Buffalo at the District 1 tournament. The top 8 placers in Districts move onto Regionals. Saturday March 15th, in Sturgis, 48 of those 50 wrestlers moved on to fight their way to the top 3 spots in their weight classes, […]
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The AmericInn by Wyndham Belle Fourche has eight “Great Faces” as well as being designated as a “Great Place” for South Dakota. “From the iconic Black Hills to the open plains, South Dakota is known as a land of welcoming wonders. These businesses and people are part of that and deserve to be recognized,” said […]
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By Kandi Tonsager On Friday, March, 21st, the Bronc wrestlers celebrated a great year with an awards banquet. The mens and womens teams had many individual and team accomplishments over the season. The men’s team took 1st place at this year’s Black Hills Conference competition, the last championship was earned in 2008. The women’s team […]
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On Wednesday, February 26, 2025 the Newell Juniors and Seniors got on the bus and left for Pierre, SD at 5:00 am. John Heisler drove. They got to Pierre on time to meet with Monae Johnson, the secretary of state, in her office. She explained a little about what the SOS does and gave each […]
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