Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
It is our pleasure to announce that we have two Butte Lawrence County 4-H Volunteers who will be inducted into the South Dakota 4-H Volunteer Hall of Fame on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron for a Reception at 3:30 pm in the North Classroom in Nordby Exhibit Hall, […]
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Forty children participated in the second annual” Fishing at the Fair” on Wednesday, August 2nd, during the Butte Lawrence County Fair in Nisland. Open to children ages 5-18. Mark Bachman spearheads this event, providing poles, bait, and refreshments. “There is no entry fee; just show up and fish. Bring your own fishing gear or use […]
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Edward Jones, a leading financial services firm has opened an office in Belle Fourche. Shannon L. Rolando, is at the helm. Shannon comes to Belle Fourche as an experienced financial advisor with strong ties to the community. Edward Jones is a leading financial services firm in the U.S. The firm’s nearly 19,000 financial advisors serve […]
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BELLE FOURCHE — The question of what constitutes residency in the county was brought up at the regular September County Commission meeting held on Tuesday. During Public Comment, Sue Broadhurst brought some research she had done on the board members’ residence of GLP LLC manufacturing and cultivation facilities. According to Butte County Ordinance #2021-02, Section […]
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The Beacon was provided with information on what the Belle Fourche school district has in place for the “Beef in Our School” program. The school lunch program uses about 14,000# of burger each year. That equates to around 4,600 pounds of beef each school quarter. To generate this much burger it would require roughly the […]
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Belle Fourche couple recognized for founding work PIERRE – The office of Gov. Kristi Noem recognized a Belle Fourche couple last week for the work they did in helping organize and lead the success of the first year of the state’s Stronger Families Together (SFT) program. At a one-year celebration event held at the Ramkota […]
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BELLE FOURCHE – The Belle Fourche School District will now have a full-time police officer on campus beginning after the first of the year. The city council unanimously approved the creation of the position within the Belle Fourche Police Department, known as a School Resource Officer (SRO), which will operate under a contractual agreement between […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-The Butte County Commissioners were faced with discontented residents of the county as concerns for road noise and unnavigable gravel roads were brought to their attention during the regular monthly meeting. Belle Fourche residents Lon Dale and Dennis Mullins explained to the commissioners that the road noise from Croell Redimix was disrupting their area. […]
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BELLE FOURCHE – City sales tax figures continue to reflect strong economic activity in the community for 2021, but some say the numbers may not last past this year. According to city finance office figures a September monthly record $423,633.95 was collected. That was the best September on record by far and follows a record […]
Continue ReadingMove will eventually mean hundreds of jobs coming to the area By Beacon Staff Oct. 26, 2021 BELLE FOURCHE – Albany Farms has chosen to move the headquarters of its food manufacturing operations from Los Angeles to Belle Fourche, S.D., with the goal of beginning production of their signature line of ramen noodle product later […]
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