Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
Property Taxes are Immoral for one simple reason, if you don’t pay your taxes, the government can take your property. To take it another step further, the crime (not paying property taxes) doesn’t fit the punishment (having your property taken away) as they are greatly unequal in value. As such, the government uses this threat […]
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Last Thursday at the Holiday Inn Civic center was a meeting sponsored by Americans for Prosperity. Spearfish State Senator Randy Deibert presented an explanation of current Lawrence County tax levies; how they are applied and by whom in the County. State House of Representatives Majority Leader Scott Odenbach explained the work of this year’s Legislative […]
Continue Readingby Mary Buchholz These articles come from newspaper microfilm from the Belle Fourche Public library, using a new microfilm reader and printer. The photographs are from the Tri-State Museum. 122 years ago — History of the Building of Belle Fourche Irrigation Dam and Project After a few years’ work on the projects, Widdle and Finley […]
Continue Readingby Mary Buchholz These articles come from newspaper microfilm from the Belle Fourche Public library, using a new microfilm reader and printer. The photographs are from the Tri-State Museum. 89 years ago Belle Fourche Bee September 18, 1936 PERSONALS –Donald Smith, Lon Brown, Lewis and Lowell Sisson left Tuesday morning by auto for Brookings, where […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The Butte County Commissioners held their first meeting of the month at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 7. Pastor Tom Smith led in a moment of prayer. Judge Day then swore in appointed Commissioner for Butte County District #5, Jason Kari. Committee appointments were discussed; Frank Walton committees will be assigned to Jason Kari. […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The Butte County Commission held a Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, September 2. Chairman Ager thanked Commissioner Erk for running the last meeting, mentioned the upcoming meeting with Ainsworth Benning on September 3 at 4 p.m., and asked that attendees keep sidebar conversations and small talk to a minimum. Pastor Sheri Fadley led in a […]
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Orman Dam, also referred to as Belle Fourche Dam, is a historic earthen dam located in Butte County, South Dakota, about 8 miles east of the city of Belle Fourche. Completed in 1911, it created the Belle Fourche Reservoir to provide water for irrigation and is now a popular spot for fishing, boating, and camping. […]
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NISLAND—Greeted by rows of brightly colored flowers on a warm Sunday afternoon, Joyful Bloom Flower Farm invited the public to enjoy their place and flowers on August 24. This day was special because it was a day for the owners of the Flower Farm to let the public know how much they appreciated the support […]
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NISLAND—For the second summer in a row Owl Creek Organics and Natural Products hosted a Jam and Honey Festival at their country store on August 10. The Jam and Honey Festival started last year when the idea was suggested to Bernadette Jensen, owner, by South Dakota Specialty Producers Association. She thought that sounded fun and […]
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Beacon Readers: We our still working out details on a collaboration effort for long term continuation of the paper. All is going in a positive direction, but like when the Beacon started, it takes more time than you anticipate. Recent news of papers being closed across South Dakota are certainly a setback to those who […]
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