Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
The days this time of year are noticeable short and many of us northern plains residents crave a little extra light. A good place to find a “light” break from the darkness (no pun intended) is the annual Belle Fourche Festival of Lights. Traditionally this event takes place the day after Thanksgiving Day. The population […]
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The Festival of Trees was a holiday marvel of the Belle Fourche community Tuesday, November 28 evening where the community poured into the Belle Fourche Community Hall to kick off the holiday season with the fundraising celebration. In total, 14 trees, 14 wreaths, and approximately 50 smaller holiday displays were auctioned to benefit local nonprofit […]
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BFHS senior thespians and their directors are all smiles after their final fall production. Many have been in theater together since 6th grade! L to R: Assistant Director, Nathan Schreier, Teddy Long, Nyomi Woltkamp, Rose Sprigler, Ethan Staley, Brodie McNeese, Director ToiLyn Flick, Sophia Thompson, Carston Sechser, Ariana Richter, Clyde, and Tavey Biehl. The full […]
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3-Peat! SDDOT Unit 471 – made up of crews in Belle Fourche, Newell, and Buffalo – has won the award for Safest Maintenance Unit Statewide. This is the third year in a row that they have won the award. They also won Safest Unit Rapid City Region, and combined with Unit 472 – Bison, Lemmon, […]
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Two Belle Fourche businesses began off-sale sales of Liquor on December 1st. Action the past couple months by the Belle Fourche City Council resulted in the privatization of Liquor Sales in the City of Belle Fourche. The Municipal owned and operated City off-sale liquor store was established back when licensing was first initiated in the […]
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BFHS Band under the Direction of Mr. Micah Pennel plays The Honored Dead by John Philip Sousa at Veterans Day program. Veterans Day Program photos from left: Wyatt Lesmeister gives the Opening Remarks; Mayor Schmidt gives Mataya Ward the Veterans Day Proclamation; & Student Council Members Lily Nore and Reagan Hatling recite a Patriotic Poem. […]
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Members of the 842nd Engineer Company received the Outstanding Veterans Day Program Supporter Award for the BFMS this year. The award was presented to 842nd representatives Specialist Cash Johnson, Readiness NCO Sergeant First Class Katherina Dufek, and Specialist Bailey Lawrence by the BFMS principal, Kevin Smidt and student council representatives Emma Nehl and Jeffery Lafontaine. […]
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The patriotic enthusiasm of the Belle Fourche kindergarten class was a great opener for the BF Middle School Veterans Day program on November 10th. The BFMS 7th & 8th grade choir under the direction of Karlee Gusso shared “How Do You Tell A Veteran ‘Thank You’?” in front of the backdrop which was full […]
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The route to the achievements as told by an older sister. Mataya Ward reached her 1000th career kill the second game into her senior season and just recently surpassed her 1000th career dig. Though many have seen her play, few have actually seen what it took for her to get here. When the Beacon asked […]
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BF Rec Center 2023 Coed B Fall Volleyball Champions: Set to Kill: Sarah Chapman, Derek Olson, Brittany Stevens, Justin Olson, Rachelle Girtz, Adam Girtzr BF Rec Center 2023 Coed A Fall Volleyball Champions: No Show Back: Turner Johnson, Troy Jensen, Jon Henderson, Craig Nelson; Front: Kayla Nelson, Courtney Nelson, Cheyenne McTaggart.
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