Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
On Tuesday April 21st, the middle school track and field team travelled to Custer for a meet. For a number of 8th graders, this was their first meet of the season after a Math and Science Club trip to Florida and numerous inclement weather cancellations. Top finishers for the boys were as follows with only […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The Tri-State Performers took the audience on an eventful trip through history to a time when settlers were swarming to South Dakota for the gold rush. The influx of people created boomtowns like Deadwood. A mining camp near there called Diamond City was the setting for Dancin’ Daughters of Diamond City on April 24 […]
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NEWELL—The Whatever It Takes Coalition (WIT) convened its monthly meeting on April 27, at Newell Christian Fellowship Community Hall. The coalition is a group of Butte County citizens united to do “whatever it takes” to help form cohesive partnerships within the community. A free lunch offering of walking tacos with all the fixings was served. […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—A strong belief that God provides, paired with the new year, brought a fresh direction for the Homestead Store. The store opened almost a year ago when friends Bridget Johnson and Michelle Hafer were both ready for a change, and a plan for the store came together so easily that they only had one […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—After running their business, AmericInn, for the past 20 years, business partners, spouses and best friends are now joining together in the next stage of life as partners in retirement. A retirement party was held April 18 at the Branding Iron Steakhouse. After selling their hotel on March 31, the couple is ready to […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—An opportunity for the community to not only learn about wellness, but visit with providers and check vitals and labs was offered at the 12th Annual Wellness Fair and Marketplace at the Belle Fourche Rec Center on April 18. A few changes were made this year to diversify the offerings a little bit and […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—On Tuesday, April 14th, the high school track and field team Bronc throwers competed in Spearfish’s JV invite against Douglas, Hill City, Hot Springs, Oelrichs, Lead-Deadwood, Rapid City Central, Rapid City Stevens, Sturgis Brown and Spearfish. On the boy’s side, 85 competitors competed in shot put with the Broncs results as follows: Junior Charlie […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—On Thursday, April 16th, the Broncs high school track and field team travelled to Rapid City to the South Dakota School of Mines O’Hara Stadium for the Track-O-Rama meet with 24 schools competing . Coach Wattier comments that with many double A schools in attendance at such a large meet, just placing top 8 […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—An action-packed, fun-filled Family Fun Day discovering “The Science and Beauty of Crystals” was held at the Tri-State Museum on the afternoon of April 19. The turnout was robust, with 34 people showing up to learn about crystals. The afternoon began with a video explaining just what a crystal is—solid material where the atoms […]
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BELLE FOURCHE, S.D.— April 21, 2026—Jeff Morford has joined First Interstate Bank as a Community Branch Manager. In this role, Morford is responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships utilizing the full spectrum of banking services. Morford has 37 years of experience in the financial industry, previously serving in various community banking and loan servicing […]
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