Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
By Ryder Heitz BELLE FOURCHE—The Tri-State Museum and Visitor Center held its monthly Family Fun Day on Sunday, February 16. This month’s topic was “A Day for Wolves.” The turnout was impressive, with 53 attendees gathering at the museum to enjoy a film about wolves, learn about Three Toes, the museum wolf, and making wolf-related […]
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By Ryder Heitz BELLE FOURCHE—The Belle Fourche City Council met on Tuesday, February 18. During the Mayor’s Report, Randy Schmidt read the FFA Week Proclamation. Toi Lyn Flick and Nathan Schreier gave a presentation regarding the Belle Fourche Community Theatre, and provided a survey aimed at gathering feedback to support the ongoing improvement of the […]
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FFA; Had the honor of surprising Mr. Austin Bishop as he was recognized as the District 5 winner of the Golden Owl Ag Educator of the Year Award for South Dakota!!! He was a finalist last year as well, and is now the only teacher to ever be a finalist for this award TWICE! He […]
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It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day on Sunday afternoon for any outdoor event. A baby shower for both guys and gals took place on Sunday at noon in Sturgis. It was held at the Brewery and was an indoor/outdoor event. The theme was to show up in costume for those who chose to […]
Continue ReadingBy 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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