Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
Josh Abraham loves libraries. Josh and his young family moved to Belle Fourche from Minnesota a few years ago. They like living here. He had a good job working as the operations manager at the Belle Fourche Rec Center. He liked the job. However, when Wanda Nelson, the director at the Belle Fourche Library announced […]
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by Belle LaVenue, Where were this past weekend?! TO MINNESELA! Were you ready for the biggest theater entertainment of the summer at the Belle Fourche Area Community Theater’s production of MINNESELA, a COMEDY OF WESTERN PROPORTIONS. MINNESELA had FOUR PERFORMANCES – JULY 23-26! THURSDAY-SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ WHERE ? With your boots on at the […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—A fun twist on a home-cooked meal was the draw to the annual Pitchfork Fondue. Steak cooked in the old western cowboy tradition of putting steaks on pitchforks and dropping them down into a barrel of boiling oil to create mouth-watering meat, crispy on the outside, soft and tender on the inside. A nice […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Baseball players, coaches, friends and family from communities all across South Dakota converged on Belle Fourche for the 2026 VFW Varsity State Baseball Tournament. The three-day tournament for the Alpha Division took place July 17-19 at the Belle Fourche Baseball Complex. Six teams from across the state battled for the championship title. The tournament […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The July Chamber Mixer was hosted by E & M Steel Products on Monday, July 13, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The temperature outside was high, but that didn’t stop other Chamber members from making the trip out to the company to enjoy some networking and visiting with other business members from the area. E […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The Wednesday evening Belle Fourche Arts Council 2026 Concert in the Park was moved out of the heat and into the cool and comfortable Episcopal Church Hall on July 15. The move was made for the comfort and safety of the musicians and the crowd due to the ongoing heat advisory. The planned move […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The summer is slipping away almost as quickly as it arrived. This past week already brought the seventh week in the ten-week series of the 2026 Hometown Thursdays Summer Concerts. Mother Nature has made her presence known this summer as rain has forced the event to move indoors twice and a record heat wave […]
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Andy Anderson, BFVFD Special to the Beacon, BELLE FOURCHE—After two years in the making. On Tuesday July 14, 2026, the Belle Fourche Volunteer Fire Department welcomed the arrival of its new Engine 2. A Kenworth T880 cab & Chassis built by Toyne. It is powered by a 400hp Paccar PX-9 engine w/Allison transmission. We increased […]
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NISLAND—Firefighters from several area departments responded Monday afternoon, July 13, to a grass and hayfield fire northeast of Nisland that burned approximately 20 acres. According to Butte County Sheriff Fred Lamphere, the fire was reported around 4 p.m. and is believed to have been sparked by a piece of farm equipment. The fire ignited dry […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—A group of runners carrying a message of peace and goodwill made a stop in Belle Fourche on the morning of July 10. Participants in the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run were welcomed by community members during their visit. The group stopped at the Belle Fourche City Hall and were greeted by Mayor Randy […]
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