Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE—An evening dedicated to learning more about the candidates running for Legislative District 28—South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B and Senate District 28—was held at Venue 519 on May 21. The primary is June 2. The event focused on community interactions with the candidates as everyone in attendance was invited to ask a […]
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NEWELL—Whatever It Takes Coalition (WIT) invited area candidates on the June 2 primary ballot to Newell on May 12 to introduce themselves and explain why they should receive voters’ support. State, county, and local school board candidates traveled to Newell to meet with voters at the Newell City Hall. Sabrina Harmon, WIT director, welcomed everyone […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Questions from the public took center stage May 7 as Butte County candidates gathered at Grap’s Burgers and Brews to face voters directly. The room was filled with eager constituents ready to ask a variety of questions. The moderator for the evening was Tom Brunner. He took questions, passed the microphone and kept the […]
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BUTTE COUNTY—The Butte County Lincoln Day dinner was held Saturday April 25th at the Silver Spur Ranch off SD Highway 34 adjacent Robinson Road on western edge of the county. The over 220 attendees gathered at the politically adorned venue for a social hour of meet and greet. The party faithful then enjoyed a delicious […]
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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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