Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
NEWELL—Newell Middle School’s eighth-grade class set up booths for their Business Fair on February 13 at the Middle School gym. The Business Fair ran alongside the Science Fair from 8:15 to 11 a.m., with the public and other students showing up to support the eighth graders. The business fair provided the class with an opportunity […]
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NEWELL—The Newell Middle and High School Choir ventured to the NVN Senior Center on Tuesday, February 11, where they were met with an audience of senior citizens, peers, and locals as they sang a variety of Valentine’s Day themed songs. Kim Bachman, music teacher, played guitar as the students sang classics like “Dream Lover,” “Put […]
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By Doug Cole Not having a Beacon February 5th because of a printer foul up was not anything planned for. When the Beacon was first started in 2018 it was printed every other week, and the same pattern was repeated some in 2023 and again first half of 2024. To continue successful operations, at the […]
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Come to a special literary event entitled “Raber, reading and writing,” which will feature writers, readings and conversation about the importance of writing. It will take place Saturday, March 15 from noon to 2 p.m. David Raber will lead-off with readings from his new book “Life and Laughter in Belle Fourche.” He will also sign […]
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Jack Caudill Special to the Beacon BELLE FOURCHE—Belle Fourche High School senior Wyatt Lesmeister will be featured as part of KOTA Territory News’ Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Wednesday February 19th on KOTA Territory News at 6:00 and 9:00. Lesmeister qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of himself to KOTA […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—Valentine’s Day is one day out of the year where we can celebrate our love for our significant other and family members, but more recently the day before—Valentine’s Day Eve—has become widely known as Galentine’s Day, a day for celebrating our best gal pals! This year Belle Flower and Co. and […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—There is this cute little shop on State Street that recently opened and when you walk through the door of the shop you are met with the most delightful smell. It is a sweet flowery fragrance that fills the air and it is heavenly. One could say it is because it […]
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By Robbi Longbrake BELLE FOURCHE—1903 Reader’s Theater took the audience on a journey back in time to the happenings in 1930s at Belle Fourche’s own three-story luxury hotel called the Don Pratt Hotel on February 14 and 15. Poker, Paisley and the Don Pratt Hotel was presented in five acts that spanned a weekend in […]
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October 29, 1914 Mr. & Mrs. George E. Brandner of Winner have been visiting town for nearly a week. Mrs. Brandner has the distinction of being the first lady resident of Newell when Montgomery Lumber Yard burned out last winter. Mr. Brandner was transferred to Winner. Mr. Brandner always had great faith in this […]
Continue ReadingWe are off to another week of calm chaos! Is that a conundrum or a riddle? Or is it an enigma? Or maybe a secret puzzlement? Whatever it is, that’s what the future looks like from this desk. I am puzzled when I first began to put the Irrigator pages together. The past week […]
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