Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE – The shape of a football may lend itself well to throwing a bullet pass but it also creates unpredictability in the way it bounces. The Belle Fourche Broncs saw that early on in their game with St. Thomas More last Friday night as they came up short on Lou Grasslie Field and […]
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These articles come from newspaper microfilm from the Belle Fourche Public library, using a new microfilm reader and printer. The photographs in most cases are from the Tri-State Museum. 125 years ago – BELLE TIMES August 25, 1898 Rough Riders Dissatisfied Camp Thomas, Aug. 23 – There is a great deal of dissatisfaction among the […]
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The Beacon was provided with information on what the Belle Fourche school district has in place for the “Beef in Our School” program. The school lunch program uses about 14,000# of burger each year. That equates to around 4,600 pounds of beef each school quarter. To generate this much burger it would require roughly the […]
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NEWELL— Friday evening, August 25, marked the beginning of the Newell High School Football season. Before the game, West River Co-Op hosted a tailgate party. Then, fans filled the grandstands and observed Parents’ Night before the game commenced at 7 pm. The Irrigators received the opening kickoff. After an exciting game with great efforts by […]
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NEWELL—Three new rodeo queens were crowned at the Newell Labor Day Rodeo Queen Coronation at 12:30 pm on September 4, prior to the Labor Day Rodeo. Winning the grand title of 2023 Newell Labor Day Rodeo Queen was Avery Geffre of Spearfish, SD. This year’s Junior Miss Labor Day Rodeo Queen was Remi Crago, from […]
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NEWELL-Rep. Dusty Johnson made appearance in Newell in late August to present local Vietnam Vets with honors that included a Challenge Coin with the seal of South Dakota on one side and the seal of the US House on the other. He also presented the vets with a lapel pin with an eagle to show […]
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Belle Fourche couple recognized for founding work PIERRE – The office of Gov. Kristi Noem recognized a Belle Fourche couple last week for the work they did in helping organize and lead the success of the first year of the state’s Stronger Families Together (SFT) program. At a one-year celebration event held at the Ramkota […]
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BELLE FOURCHE – Despite a late second half surge Belle Fourche fell one touchdown short of matching rival Spearfish in the Broncs’ final game of the season, falling 28-21. Belle Fourche finished the season 3-6 as they said farewell to 11 varsity players on senior night. “From top to bottom, I appreciate all these seniors. […]
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NEWELL – The Newell school district is once again looking for a new business manager. Sofie Burditt has been in that position for the past four years, but is now moving on to a different area in her life. Burditt will be employed by the Spearfish school district, starting December 1. “I will be able […]
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BELLE FOURCHE – The Belle Fourche School District will now have a full-time police officer on campus beginning after the first of the year. The city council unanimously approved the creation of the position within the Belle Fourche Police Department, known as a School Resource Officer (SRO), which will operate under a contractual agreement between […]
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