Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
The days this time of year are noticeable short and many of us northern plains residents crave a little extra light. A good place to find a “light” break from the darkness (no pun intended) is the annual Belle Fourche Festival of Lights. Traditionally this event takes place the day after Thanksgiving Day. The population […]
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The Festival of Trees was a holiday marvel of the Belle Fourche community Tuesday, November 28 evening where the community poured into the Belle Fourche Community Hall to kick off the holiday season with the fundraising celebration. In total, 14 trees, 14 wreaths, and approximately 50 smaller holiday displays were auctioned to benefit local nonprofit […]
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BFHS senior thespians and their directors are all smiles after their final fall production. Many have been in theater together since 6th grade! L to R: Assistant Director, Nathan Schreier, Teddy Long, Nyomi Woltkamp, Rose Sprigler, Ethan Staley, Brodie McNeese, Director ToiLyn Flick, Sophia Thompson, Carston Sechser, Ariana Richter, Clyde, and Tavey Biehl. The full […]
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NEWELL—On Thursday evening, November 30, the Newell School District held its annual winter concert at the Austin Auditorium. The theme for the night was “Christmas is in Our Hearts: A time to celebrate the beauty of diversity and embrace the unity that binds us all as human beings.” This year’s event featured a special presentation […]
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NEWELL- “We are not talking consolidation. We are not ready to shut her down,” emphasized Newell School Interim Superintendent Don Kirkegaard at a recent Special School Board meeting. However, the school will be looking at some changes in the next couple of years. Student numbers are down from last year, from 269 to 224 and […]
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NEWELL—The Newell Festival of Trees held its annual event on Saturday, December 2 at the Newell City Hall. This highly anticipated day serves as the largest and most important fundraiser of the year for the local emergency services, including the Newell Ambulance Service and the Nisland-Arpan, Vale, and Newell Fire Departments. The festival saw an […]
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3-Peat! SDDOT Unit 471 – made up of crews in Belle Fourche, Newell, and Buffalo – has won the award for Safest Maintenance Unit Statewide. This is the third year in a row that they have won the award. They also won Safest Unit Rapid City Region, and combined with Unit 472 – Bison, Lemmon, […]
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Two Belle Fourche businesses began off-sale sales of Liquor on December 1st. Action the past couple months by the Belle Fourche City Council resulted in the privatization of Liquor Sales in the City of Belle Fourche. The Municipal owned and operated City off-sale liquor store was established back when licensing was first initiated in the […]
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Admission: $5 or 3 cans of non-perishable food items per person for the Newell Food Bank. 9:00am – Doors open and Silent Auction open for viewing and bidding all day 10:00am-11:00am – Senior Citizen Christmas Tea with music provided by Vonda Mahaffy 10:30am – Chili Cook-off Judging commences 11:30am – Community lunch 11:30am-1:30pm – Flute […]
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BFHS Band under the Direction of Mr. Micah Pennel plays The Honored Dead by John Philip Sousa at Veterans Day program. Veterans Day Program photos from left: Wyatt Lesmeister gives the Opening Remarks; Mayor Schmidt gives Mataya Ward the Veterans Day Proclamation; & Student Council Members Lily Nore and Reagan Hatling recite a Patriotic Poem. […]
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