Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
By Sandy Rhoden After a lovely, mild day on Saturday the wind was strong as the sun shined on Sunday. It looks to be warming up just a bit, but rain and wind are in the forecast for this week. The Meade County Republican Women held a Legislative Candidate Forum in Piedmont last […]
Continue ReadingBetty Olson [email protected] It was another nice warm, windy week and the rain we got on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday added up to 3/4th of an inch! B.C. Struble and Jacob Smith brought propane Monday morning and tried to fix a leak on the old propane tank at Taz and Amanda’s house but couldn’t […]
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Taffy Howard Dakota Scout Guest Columnist On Feb. 27, Americans across the nation celebrated National Term Limits Day. National Term Limits Day celebrates the ratification of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, setting a limit of two four-year terms for American presidents. Until Franklin Roosevelt, no president had served more than […]
Continue ReadingBetty Olson [email protected] This week was a lot cooler than last week and the wind blew every day. We did get some rain on Tuesday and Wednesday that left us a half inch of much needed moisture, thank God! Karli and Cody Holmes had another baby daughter on Monday. Little Drew Lee Holmes was […]
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SPEARFISH – Black Hills State University President Steve Elliott removed the interim tag to name Mark Nore Director of Athletics, effective immediately. Nore stepped in as the Interim Athletic Director in December 2023 following the resignation of Scott Larson. Nore continued his duties as head women’s basketball coach throughout the 2023-24 season. “Mark has […]
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April 7, 2024 After a bit of a early spring drought we received some good moisture in the form of a rain, snow mix this past weekend. While we had pure rain on Saturday we woke up on Sunday to a white skiff of snow. But it was gone by noon. We are expecting to […]
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By KAREN ODELL The Capitol and Tie Creek weather has been warming up all week; until by Saturday and Sunday, it was a wonderful warm day to be outdoors in the beautiful calm sunshine. Dick and Erma Albert got some extra shopping done in the Hills, on Tuesday. Erma got a massage in Buffalo, on […]
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By Sandy Rhoden While Sunday appeared to be a lovely spring day, it carried with it a fairly strong breeze with temperatures in the 30s. The air was quite sharp and brisk so it cut through unexpectedly when you stepped out in it. The great thing is that our roads are dry and clear, however […]
Continue ReadingBetty Olson We had another warm week around here with a high temperature of 61 degrees on Tuesday, but no rain. The prairies are getting pretty dry and the fire danger is high. There was a fire south of Dillion Lermeny’s along Highway 20 and a combine caught fire near Bison this week, so be […]
Continue ReadingNearly 90% of county officials who administer elections in the state don’t find hand counts effective or efficient. Activists counter that they don’t trust the machines. Most of the county officials who administer elections in South Dakota don’t consider hand counting to be an effective or efficient method of tabulating votes. That’s the result of […]
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