Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
On June 23, 2025 crews from Central Specialties, Inc., contracted under the South Dakota DOT, began to make sidewalk and ADA improvements on Dartmouth Ave in Newell. The work began with tree removal and trimming along the route. Once the tree removal is completed, crews will tackle the process of replacing the sidewalk and constructing […]
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Busters Special to the Beacon The Bronc Bird Busters have wrapped up a very successful Spring Season with two team and two individual State Championships, as well as several team and individual Conference titles. The Bird Busters 5-Stand team took top honors at Willow Creek Wildlife in Ft. Pierre on May 31st with a team […]
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The Rapid City Journal (Lee Enterprises) gave notice it was closing their Belle Fourche newspaper in 2017. It was my feeling that a thriving community needed it’s local newspaper. Knowledge of events in the community; its business & citizens. My first job in life was that of a “printer’s devil” as a 5th grader in […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Beginning in 2013, every Thursday evening during the months of June and July friends and family gather at the Tri-State Museum and Visitor Center to enjoy live music, socialize, shop, do crafts, games and eat! The second week, June 12, the two man band Williams and Wright Experience took to the stage to entertain […]
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Charlie was the featured guest at the June Family Fun Day at the Tri-State Museum last Sunday. The theme of the event was turtles and tortoises. Charlie is a turtle who spends most of his time in or near water, although he also seemed to enjoy crawling on the carpet at the museum and as […]
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NEWELL-The June 9, 2025 Newell City Commissioners discussed several items ranging from building permits to new hires and community spirit. Two part-time people have been hired to take care of city maintenance with the loss of City Foreman Verl Tifft. Commissioner Josh Mackaben said that the men were going “above and beyond” their duties. As […]
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Guest Correspondent High Plains Restaurant and Nisland Farm Fresh Market teamed up in May to support Newell School District families by collecting donations to cover unpaid school lunch balances. Together, they raised over $385, a meaningful step toward easing the burden for local students and parents. “This isn’t about handouts— it’s about giving a hand […]
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During this time of teacher shortages throughout the nation, Newell is growing their own. Marlee Sais has qualified to be part of the SD TAP Cohort 3 Group. Sais moved to Newell barely three years ago with a dream to become a teacher. She took a slight detour as an assistant cook in the Newell […]
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Editor’s note: This article was not run completely. On, April 25, 2005, at the Vallery lodge the first meeting of the Nisland-Arpan Fire Auxiliary. Those in attendance were Karrol Herman, Sandy Heidrich, Rhonda Vallery, and Codi Vallery. Not a single member knew of the impact they were going to have on the community. “It started […]
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NEWELL, SD – Earlier this month local students from Newell Elementary School toured Orsted’s Willow Creek facility in Newell, South Dakota. Ms. Stockert, 4th grade teacher at Newell Elementary stopped by the company’s operations building to inquire about tours for students. Sean Salisbury, Plant Manager at Orsted, a native of Sturgis and current resident, worked […]
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