Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
By Robbi Longbrake NISLAND—This year’s Nisland Fair Rodeo brought out a record number of contestants. They had over 72 kids sign up to compete on August 3, 2024, that’s up from a past average of 40-50 contestants. High temperatures didn’t stop the kids. A variety of events were offered to boys and girls from […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-Public comments were pointed to the spending of the Butte County Commission during the July 116, 2024 commission meeting. Dale Simanton spoke first and asked to see billing from attorney Sarah Frankenstein, who spoke at a previous commission meeting about legalities surrounding voting. He said the commissioners needed a scale to weigh what they […]
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BELLE FOURCHE- There were two Primary Races recounted in Butte County, District 4 County Commissioner and Precinct 13 Committeewoman. In the District 4 race Terry Batterman kept his one vote lead over Sue Broadhurst, while Kathryn Rhoden won by two votes over her opponent Lori Deighton. The Recount Board was appointed by Judge Day who […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-The newest member of the Butte County Commission will take his seat Tuesday, July 2. Terry Batterman was elected by one vote in his run against Sue Broadhurst. Who is Batterman? He is a husband, father, and grandfather with a background working with Northwestern Bell (now known as Lumen), where he still […]
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The groundbreaking ceremony for American Estates was held June 20, 2024. American Contracting and Consulting will be building for a new housing development in Belle Fourche at 10899 Sourdough Road. Left to right: Forest Sainsbury, owner; Jason Lafayette, City Administrator; Randy Schmidt, Mayor; Kole Schell, Engineering Associates; Hollie Stalder, Belle Fourche Development Corp.; Kayde Welfl, […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-Commissioner Stan Harms has handed in his resignation from the Butte County Commission and plans to retire out of the state. Tuesday, June 18 was his last commission meeting. Harms has been on the county commission for nearly 20 years. Harms noted that he couldn’t remember when he had first been elected to […]
Continue ReadingBy Betty Bruner BELLE FOURCHE-The recent Butte County Commission meeting involved an extended discussion surrounding the petition to adopt an ordinance to regulate the hand-counting of election ballots, and a full story will follow in the upcoming weeks to clarify the reasoning behind the vote of the commissioners. The commissioners voted to reject the petition […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-Highway Superintendent Duane Heidrich put it simply when he said that the damage done to the county’s road signage has emptied the sign budget during his report to the Butte County Commissioners April 16. “It’s gone,” he said. And now all they can do is fix and not replace the signs. He went on […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-During business of the Butte County Commission meeting held April 2, the commissioners approved the purchase agreements for a 2023 Caterpillar Model 33D-07D TC, a 2023 Model D5-17 VPAT, and a 2024 Caterpillar Model 950GC all for five-year leases, for a total of approximately $964,000. With trade-in values of currently owned equipment, the excavator, […]
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