Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
The Belle Fourche High School Boys’ soccer team held their annual awards banquet Nov 11, 2023 with all team members receiving recognition for their accomplishments this season. Ethan Staley was awarded “All Conference”, “Most Valuable Player Defense” and “Honorable Mention All State”. Isaac Voyles & Josh Brill each received “Honorable Mention All Conference” recognition with […]
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NEWELL-The school calendar for 2024-2025 was brought to the attention of Newell School Board members at the most recent meeting held December 11, 2023. Tentatively, school will begin August 19, 2024 and end with graduation May 24, 2025. Because Christmas falls on a Wednesday in 2024, the Christmas holiday vacation will possibly be two weeks, […]
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Pictured: Ruth Moore (5th grade), Sawyer Stone (5th grade), Hayden Kidd (6th grade), Jacob Nash (6th grade), Delilah Daniels (7th grade), Jordan Hoskins (7th grade), Peyton Manke (8th grade), and Jack Johnson (8th grade).
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Belle Fourche started their 2023-24 season for both the boys and girls teams on December 8th at Spearfish. Each team came away with the loss to tough Spartan teams, but show promise for a competitive season. The Broncs competed a week later in the State Line Classic tournament, which was hosted in Belle Fourche this […]
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The Belle Fourche Chess Club put in a rated US Chess (USCF) blitz tournament on December 14th. Club advisor and South Dakota Chess Association president, Jordan Esmay ran the tournament. 33 students and adults from Belle Fourche, Sturgis, Spearfish, and Rapid City participated. In the K-5 division the winners were: 1st Liam Stahl (Spearfish), 2nd […]
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On December 7th , Ed Moses, a retired narcotics officer spoke to a group that had gathered at Grap’s Burgers. Ed was with the St. Louis City Police Department for four years, two years in the United States Army Military Police, and 35 years with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He is now retired and […]
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Rapid City, SD — December 3-4 the Belle Fourche FFA attended the South Dakota State Leadership Development Events in Rapid City. For two days the FFA members work hard in competing in Agriculture Communications, Agricultural Sales, Conduct of Chapter Meetings, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Parliamentary Procedure. The overall goal of these events is to allow members […]
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The Newell Ambulance Service is offering HEARTSAVER First Aid/CPR/AED to students in grades 6th-12th and to the public. The cost of the classes is covered through a grant the ambulance service received from the Department of Health. There will be a number of dates and times offered to the public. Please contact Sherry Hocking either […]
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Friday December 8th and Saturday December 9th, the Bronc wrestlers took to the mat for their first competitions of the season. The two day Rapid City Invite hosts a large annual tournament every December with fierce competition, many seen only once per season from multiple bordering states, as well as from across South Dakota. On […]
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NEWELL-On the morning of December 5, the Newell Fire Department and Ambulance were called to a house fire on Sixth Street in answer to a 911 call. Devon Jones was asleep upstairs when he awoke to smoke filling his home. He managed to exit the home via the bedroom window and call his mother. After […]
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