Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
NEWELL-School Board candidates met before a large crowd at a candidate forum sponsored by WIT Coalition held in the Newell Community Hall April 2. John Heisler introduced the candidates to the community and followed up with questions sent in by concerned citizens. Karl Hoyal was not present as he had realized that because of his […]
Continue ReadingNEWELL-There are two candidates for Mayor of Newell, Tara Tennis and Mayor Ken Wetz. They spoke before a large crowd April 2 to highlight their desires to become Newell’s mayor. Tara Tennis is concerned about the school and the prospect of what it could do to the community. Tennis grew up in Newell, moved away […]
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NEWELL—The Newell, Vale, and Nisland area community came together at the Newell City Hall on Holy Thursday to celebrate Easter with a potluck dinner, fellowship, communion, and song. The evening began with a meal that was prepared by Connie Donahey, Judee Willson, and Dixie Seaman. People brought side dishes, salads, and desserts to share. As […]
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NEWELL—The Newell high school volleyball team has begun off-season training in a multifaceted program that aims to keep players in shape and improve their skills. Off-season activities include open nets and newly created weightlifting and plyometric training programs. Open nets, where players can practice the sport in an informal setting, started on March 26. Plyometric […]
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Newell Second Grade had a brief introduction to the world of potatoes recently. The kitchen team of Betty Bruner and Marlee Sais demonstrated sprouted potatoes and how to prepare slices to make chips. The class was then served baked potato chips prepared by the kitchen crew. Photo by Betty Bruner
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Clint Haffner has been the Code Enforcement/Animal Control Officer for Belle Fourche since 2016. He says this was a new work experience for him and the job took a lot of learning. Haffner works out of the Police Department, and receives approximately 1,200 to 1,500 calls per year from dispatch, related to his duties. There’s […]
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Kandi Tonsager Special to the Beacon Friday March 28th and Saturday March 29th, an AAU Folkstyle Nationals Wrestling Tournament was held at Black Hills State University. Male and Female divisions from Tot to Grand Masters competed to become All American Wrestlers and take a spot on the podium. Belle Fourche had 30 wrestlers compete with […]
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Shaine Allivia Weishaar is honored as the area winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Scholarship. The area consists of Belle Fourche High School, Bison High School, Faith High School, Harding County High School, Lead-Deadwood High School, Lemmon High School, Newell High School, Red Cloud High School, Spearfish High School, Sturgis Brown […]
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For the 2nd year in a row, the Belle Fourche Middle School chess club won the 1st place team trophy at the State Scholastic Chess Championship. Thanks to Purple Pride, Mr. Esmay was able to take eight kids to the tournament held in Sioux Falls this year. The tournament drew around 125 players from around […]
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Wrestling Moms Nikki Fox (Tom McCoy), Denise Horman & Jen Long (Toarin & Teedin Humble) & Kandi Tonsager (Luke, Lizzy, Joey) prepare to watch their wrestlers. Aleyah Carbajal Joey Tonsager Lizzy Tonsager
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