Category: Elections

Venue 519 hosted a City Council candidate forum on Thursday, March 27. In anticipation of election day on April 8, six hopeful City Council candidates sat in front of Belle Fourche residents and answered questions submitted by locals. Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce live-streamed the event on Facebook. The forum was facilitated by Deb Elliott. […]

BELLE FOURCHE—It is time to elect new members to the Belle Fourche City Council. Election will be held April 8, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Belle Fourche Community Hall, 512 6th Ave Belle Fourche, SD 57717. There are three candidates running for Ward 1 and two candidates running for Ward 2. […]

On Tuesday, April 9 an election took place at the Belle Fourche Community Hall. The election was held to let the community decide who should be the mayor, who should serve on the city council and who should be on the school board.  After the polls closed the ballots were counted by hand. Ballot counting […]

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 […]

I’m Travis W. Martin and I am announcing my candidacy for the District 28B House of Representatives seat.      My wife and I have been residents of Belle Fourche for over twenty years and will see our only daughter graduate from Belle Fourche High School in May.     Our work at Black Hills Title, over […]

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 […]

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 […]

 Voters in Belle Fourche will choose a mayor on April 9th when incumbent Belle Fourche mayor Randy Schmidt faces Ward 3 councilman Randy Sowers.     Both men are both highly qualified candidates. Both have demonstrated professionalism in government, and both Randy Schmidt and Randy Sowers are committed to serving the Belle Fourche community.     Randy […]