Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
If a newspaper could ever be accused of trying the patience of its readership the Beacon would have to plead guilty. Our “stop and go” printing schedule has been necessary to build the components that will insure the Beacon’s publication far into the future. The community nonprofit has been established; an online version that is […]
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Even though several Butte County citizens had strong opinions against the renewal of GLP Custer Manufacturing and Cultivation, the Butte County Commissioners approved operations for another year at the October 3 meeting. During the September 19 meeting, Sue Broadhurst had found that Rod Woodruff, a principle member of GLP Custer and listed on the Board, […]
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If you would have asked Cowboys Too!’ owner, George Wilson if his small western clothing store would be a part of Hollywood he would have said you were crazy. But this is exactly what happened! Right after Christmas in 2020 Jacqui West with Apple Studios LLC was in Belle Fourche and walked into Cowboys Too! […]
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NEWELL-Several resolutions and ordinances were discussed and passed at the regular Newell Town meeting held September 11. The first ordinance discussed and passed was Ordinance 02-2023 which establishes a change in the month schedule for the introduction and adoption of the annual municipal budget. The annual budget will now be submitted to the city council […]
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The High School Knowledge Bowl team has been taking 1st place at meets this year. The teams compete in five rounds, one written round and four buzzer rounds. There are sixty questions in each round. The written round is scored with each question equaling a tenth of a point. The buzzer rounds are awarded points […]
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National 4-H Week is technically Oct. 1-7, But October is also considered 4-H Month. It is the time that kids and parents are STRONGLY Encouraged to sign-up so they don’t miss out on any of the year’s events! In honor of 4H promotion week, I would like to promote 4H by talking about all the […]
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You asked for it and now we’ve got it! High school sports schedules for Belle Fourche, Newell and Spearfish are now available here on our website. We’ve assembled a real-time feed from each school’s website that contains all the high school sports events. Easy-to-find links are on each page of the Beacon website under “High […]
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This week’s photo was submitted by Kayla Wetz of Belle Fourche.
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Grossenburg Implement is hard at work building a new, 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art building west of Belle Fourche. With nine locations – Phillip, Belle Fourche, Pierre, Winner, Beresford, Sundance, Wyo., Bloomfield, Neb., Hartington, Neb., and Wayne, Neb. – the reinvestment made in the Belle Fourche community by Grossenburg is substantial. Patrick Olson, store manager for the Belle […]
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Local authors Jean Helmer, Dawn Newland, and Kathy Bjornestad will visit the Belle Fourche Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 16, from noon – 1:30 p.m. for a reading and book signing of a second collection of work from the Bearlodge Writers, Spirit of the Bear Lodge. Spirit of the Bear Lodge is a celebration of […]
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