Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE—Eight weeks of Trivia League has come to an end at the Hitching Post Tap House. Finals were held on the evening of March 20. Each week trivia teams answered three rounds of questions worth 10 points each for a total of 30 possible points. During the final round each team was able to […]
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The City Council held a meeting on March 17. The Mayor’s Report included a presentation of a Certificate of Achievement from DANR to the City of Belle Fourche Public Water System. Ryan Stedillie, Aaron Fowler, and Steve Nafus accepted the award. No community input or committee reports were given. Attendees were reminded that Board of […]
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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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BELLE FOURCHE—An afternoon of local authors sharing their work that reflects the Belle Fourche spirit was delivered to a full house at the Tri-State Museum on March 15. The literary event, Raber, Reading and Writing opened with author David Raber reading three of the 33 stories from his latest book, Life and Laughter in Belle […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—“You are here with the first woman to ever love you,” said D.J. Bull of Colt 45 to all of the boys as he welcomed them to the 1st Annual Mother Son Dance sponsored by the Belle Silver Lining on the evening of March 15. And while the boys could be accompanied by their […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—15 gals with hopes of being future rodeo royalty gathered to learn the ins and outs of the rodeo pageant world at a free Queen Clinic on the morning of March 15. Traveling from Wyoming and all parts of South Dakota the participants got to learn from top notch professionals in the field. Lillie […]
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Mary Buchholz Special to the Beacon BELLE FOURCHE – The Global Methodist Church in Belle Fourche welcomed community members for the annual World Day of Prayer, a cherished tradition that has been observed for 25 years. Originally reorganized in 2000 by a dedicated group of 11 women, the event continues to bring people together in […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The new addition at the Tri-State Museum & Center of the Nation Visitor Center hosted the 3rd Annual Belle Fourche Arts Council Rural Life Expressions Photography Contest Reception and Awards Presentation on the evening of February 22. 77 photography entries were on display along the outside of the room. This year’s theme was Rural […]
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20 years ago in March, Walt & Heather of PaleoAdventures set off on a wild and crazy, but oh so much fun adventure. “ March 16, twenty years ago we established our independent commercial paleontology opera- tion and went solo. Both of us left great jobs that we loved. Both of us knew it was […]
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The Belle Fourche School Board held its monthly meeting on Monday, March 10. During Open Forum, a concerned parent spoke to the Board about the lack of utilization of schoolbooks and teachers speaking negatively to students. Mike Walker of NeighborWorks gave a presentation about housing in Butte County. Student Council senior representative Harvey Walden reported […]
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