Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
Butte County voters weigh in on state and local races, approve data center measure Polls closed at 7 p.m. June 2, setting the stage for a long night of vote counting across South Dakota. By 12:30 a.m. June 3, 89.9 percent of the vote had been counted statewide as several highly contested races began to […]
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Publisher’s Opinion This opinion column was written with some reluctance to break a journalistic practice of staying neutral/silent in political campaigns and races. I recently had a conversation with a friend, an Aberdeen lawyer who had lobbied for Homestake Mining Company during my time active in politics. We talked of those days we worked together […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—An evening dedicated to learning more about the candidates running for Legislative District 28—South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B and Senate District 28—was held at Venue 519 on May 21. The primary is June 2. The event focused on community interactions with the candidates as everyone in attendance was invited to ask a […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—One always hears how every vote counts, and in the Belle Fourche City Council Special Election, that proved true in the most literal way possible when the outcome for Ward 2 was decided by just two votes. Voters went to the polls on April 7 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Community […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Voters went to the polls to elect new city council members on April 8. Voters from Ward 1 and Ward 2 were able to choose from five total candidates and cast a vote to help elect their favorite. Voting was open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. but the electorate barely trickled in throughout […]
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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. […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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NEWELL-The citizens of Newell have elected a new mayor to guide the town into a future she has made plans for. Tara Tennis will take the mayor’s seat at the next Newell town meeting May 13 at 5 p.m. as the first elected Mayor of Newell. Rita Weigand served as Mayor in Newell for a […]
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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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