Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
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 […]
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On Tuesday, April 9 an election took place at the Belle Fourche Community Hall. The election was held to let the community decide who should be the mayor, who should serve on the city council and who should be on the school board. After the polls closed the ballots were counted by hand. Ballot counting […]
Continue ReadingBronc Men’s Results 100 Meters: 3rd-Kash Le LaCheur-11.40a-11; 16 Kyren Nulle 12.04a- Yr: 12 200 Meters: 5th Kash Le LaCheur 23.87; 12. Slater Humbracht 25.75; 22. Payton Jackson 27.09. 400 Meters: 15. Carsyn Hahne 101.42; 22.Matthew Murraine 1:05.76 800 meters: 8th Justus Funk 2:15.67, 13. Nathan Hudson 2:27.77, 21. Kale Williams […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingNEWELL—The Newell School District held its spring concert with ADYM on Thursday, April 25. The theme for the night was “Yesterday’s Dream: Encourages Unity Between Nations and Building a Better Future Together.” Alongside the concert was an art show and a book fair. The evening began with the awarding of certificates for students’ work in […]
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NEWELL-The citizens of Newell have elected a new mayor to guide the town into a future she has made plans for. Tara Tennis will take the mayor’s seat at the next Newell town meeting May 13 at 5 p.m. as the first elected Mayor of Newell. Rita Weigand served as Mayor in Newell for a […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The Belle Fourche City Council held a meeting on April 15. Mayor Randy Schmidt reported that the Belle Fourche Banner Settlement Fund, which provides financial support to the provision of elderly and health care in Belle Fourche, was able to donate a total of $7,000 this year. The recipients were Action for the Betterment […]
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Election officials in Belle Fourche began hand counting the ballots in Belle Fourche shortly after 7 PM when the polls official closed. Voter turnout in the city-wide election was low. Here are the results. Immediate Unofficial Returns for Municipal Election April 9, 2024 Mayor: Randy Sowers – 272 Randy Schmidt – 709 ⇐ Ward 1 Council […]
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