Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE—After a three and a half year renovation project, the historic house, Bluebelle Vacation Home, officially opened with a ribbon cutting on August 15. Being joined by both Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce and Spearfish Chamber of Commerce made the ceremony extra special—as did fresh baked goods from Red Onion Marketplace! Bluebelle was first […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Highmark Credit Union partnered with the Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce to host the August Chamber Mixer on August 14. In addition to it being the monthly Chamber gathering of businesses, it was a celebration for Highmark Credit Union. They created a festive atmosphere to recognize their 85th year in business! Of course cake […]
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The 2025 Newell Labor Day Celebration will soon be upon us! Begin making your plans to attend the annual event with exciting activities planned from August 23 through September 1. One of the highlights this year will be the opportunity to see the new arena grandstands that were just installed in June of this year! […]
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NEWELL—The hallways were filled with excited children exploring new classrooms and meeting new teachers at the Newell School Open House on the evening of August 14. All kinds of activities were planned for the students to participate in and get comfortable with the new year ahead, including a Title 1 scavenger hunt that sent kids […]
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NEWELL–During the recent Newell School Board meeting held August 11, the first reading of several policies was discussed. Essentially, the policies gained more clarification and came in line with state codified laws. Policy BDDH involves the public participation in school board meetings. There must be a sign-up sheet for participants to be able to speak […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—For the third year in a row, State Street was home to the Save the Vets Charity Smoke Off competition on Saturday, August 9. Armed Forces of America Motorcycle Club is the driving force behind the event and has been doing some sort of charity event every year for the past 12 years. Senior […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—After a summer filled with music, friends, family and food trucks, the last Hometown Thursdays is upon us! For ten weeks in a row the Belle Fourche community was given a gift of ten different musical acts. The week of August 7th has brought about the final musical performance for the summer. Dakota Country […]
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NISLAND—For the second summer in a row Owl Creek Organics and Natural Products hosted a Jam and Honey Festival at their country store on August 10. The Jam and Honey Festival started last year when the idea was suggested to Bernadette Jensen, owner, by South Dakota Specialty Producers Association. She thought that sounded fun and […]
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Beacon Readers: We our still working out details on a collaboration effort for long term continuation of the paper. All is going in a positive direction, but like when the Beacon started, it takes more time than you anticipate. Recent news of papers being closed across South Dakota are certainly a setback to those who […]
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SD Sports Hall of Fame Special to the Beacon 1979 Belle Fourche/1983 Northern State graduate. Cathy (Coyle) Grubb said, “My earliest sports memories include trying to keep up with my five brothers and sister in all the neighborhood sports we played from football in the street, softball, basketball and any other game we could invent. […]
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