Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
By Ryder Heitz BELLE FOURCHE—The Belle Fourche School Board held a meeting on Monday, February 10. Associated School Boards of South Dakota honored the Belle Fourche School District for South Dakota School Board Recognition Week, February 17-21, “in recognition of dedicated leadership in public education and for improving achievement for all public school students.” The […]
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By Ryder Heitz BELLE FOURCHE—The Tri-State Museum and Visitor Center held its monthly Family Fun Day on Sunday, February 16. This month’s topic was “A Day for Wolves.” The turnout was impressive, with 53 attendees gathering at the museum to enjoy a film about wolves, learn about Three Toes, the museum wolf, and making wolf-related […]
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By Ryder Heitz BELLE FOURCHE—The Belle Fourche City Council met on Tuesday, February 18. During the Mayor’s Report, Randy Schmidt read the FFA Week Proclamation. Toi Lyn Flick and Nathan Schreier gave a presentation regarding the Belle Fourche Community Theatre, and provided a survey aimed at gathering feedback to support the ongoing improvement of the […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—After being a nurse for 23 years, an injury changed the trajectory of Marybeth Runnels’s life. “I had a back injury that prevented me from working full time as a nurse anymore, I can’t be on my feet all day, I can’t lift patients and I can’t do that stuff anymore,” […]
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FFA; Had the honor of surprising Mr. Austin Bishop as he was recognized as the District 5 winner of the Golden Owl Ag Educator of the Year Award for South Dakota!!! He was a finalist last year as well, and is now the only teacher to ever be a finalist for this award TWICE! He […]
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Add it to your calendar and join us at the NVN Center in Newell Saturday, March 1 at 5 p.m. Bring your favorite chili or just come to have a taste of the best chili in the area!
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Jack Caudill Special to the Beacon BELLE FOURCHE—Belle Fourche High School senior Wyatt Lesmeister will be featured as part of KOTA Territory News’ Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Wednesday February 19th on KOTA Territory News at 6:00 and 9:00. Lesmeister qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of himself to KOTA […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—Valentine’s Day is one day out of the year where we can celebrate our love for our significant other and family members, but more recently the day before—Valentine’s Day Eve—has become widely known as Galentine’s Day, a day for celebrating our best gal pals! This year Belle Flower and Co. and […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—There is this cute little shop on State Street that recently opened and when you walk through the door of the shop you are met with the most delightful smell. It is a sweet flowery fragrance that fills the air and it is heavenly. One could say it is because it […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—1903 Reader’s Theater took the audience on a journey back in time to the happenings in 1930s at Belle Fourche’s own three-story luxury hotel called the Don Pratt Hotel on February 14 and 15. Poker, Paisley and the Don Pratt Hotel was presented in five acts that spanned a weekend in […]
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