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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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BELLE FOURCHE-Butte County Highway Department has expounded on a highway employee Remote Contact Policy to ensure a safe working environment for Butte County Highway Employees. It includes directions for employees to follow when approached by any individual while in county equipment. The County will provide dash cams in the six county graders and two county […]
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NEWELL-During the Legislative Cracker Barrel, Representative Neal Pinnow and Senator Ryan Maher spoke to audience members and cautioned them to read any petition offered to before signing it. Many times, a petition is circulated by a group from out of the state of South Dakota that have no interest in the subject they are seeking […]
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Butte County Commissioners decided to compose a Letter of Commitment to the Belle Fourche Police Department to enter an agreement to move forward with a plan for office space. Belle Fourche Police Chief Ryan Cherveny was present to add his comments to the discussion of having the Butte County Sheriff’s Department as part of the […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-A few changes were made for the 2024 Butte County Commission year. After the commission closed out business for 2023, business for the new year took place. Commissioner James Ager was voted in as Chair with Commissioner Karrol Herman as Vice Chair. Meeting times were set for the first and third Tuesdays of each […]
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BELLE FOURCHE –– More than $18,775 worth of First Interstate Greater Belle Fourche Funds were awarded to 19 local organizations. The First Interstate Greater Belle Fourche Fund partnered with the South Dakota Community Foundation in 1989 as a way of supporting nonprofit and charitable projects and organizations in and around the community. The fund is […]
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The following is an explanation from John Tracy, owner operator of 3J Medics & Towing explaining the course of events he has experienced with Butte County. Letter to the Editor-Opinion On September 18th we were dispatched by BFPD to tow and impound a car involved in an arrest. The driver was arrested for a myriad […]
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