Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
Forty children participated in the second annual” Fishing at the Fair” on Wednesday, August 2nd, during the Butte Lawrence County Fair in Nisland. Open to children ages 5-18. Mark Bachman spearheads this event, providing poles, bait, and refreshments. “There is no entry fee; just show up and fish. Bring your own fishing gear or use […]
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Edward Jones, a leading financial services firm has opened an office in Belle Fourche. Shannon L. Rolando, is at the helm. Shannon comes to Belle Fourche as an experienced financial advisor with strong ties to the community. Edward Jones is a leading financial services firm in the U.S. The firm’s nearly 19,000 financial advisors serve […]
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BELLE FOURCHE — The question of what constitutes residency in the county was brought up at the regular September County Commission meeting held on Tuesday. During Public Comment, Sue Broadhurst brought some research she had done on the board members’ residence of GLP LLC manufacturing and cultivation facilities. According to Butte County Ordinance #2021-02, Section […]
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The Beacon was provided with information on what the Belle Fourche school district has in place for the “Beef in Our School” program. The school lunch program uses about 14,000# of burger each year. That equates to around 4,600 pounds of beef each school quarter. To generate this much burger it would require roughly the […]
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NEWELL—Three new rodeo queens were crowned at the Newell Labor Day Rodeo Queen Coronation at 12:30 pm on September 4, prior to the Labor Day Rodeo. Winning the grand title of 2023 Newell Labor Day Rodeo Queen was Avery Geffre of Spearfish, SD. This year’s Junior Miss Labor Day Rodeo Queen was Remi Crago, from […]
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NEWELL-Rep. Dusty Johnson made appearance in Newell in late August to present local Vietnam Vets with honors that included a Challenge Coin with the seal of South Dakota on one side and the seal of the US House on the other. He also presented the vets with a lapel pin with an eagle to show […]
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Belle Fourche couple recognized for founding work PIERRE – The office of Gov. Kristi Noem recognized a Belle Fourche couple last week for the work they did in helping organize and lead the success of the first year of the state’s Stronger Families Together (SFT) program. At a one-year celebration event held at the Ramkota […]
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NEWELL – The Newell school district is once again looking for a new business manager. Sofie Burditt has been in that position for the past four years, but is now moving on to a different area in her life. Burditt will be employed by the Spearfish school district, starting December 1. “I will be able […]
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BELLE FOURCHE – The Belle Fourche School District will now have a full-time police officer on campus beginning after the first of the year. The city council unanimously approved the creation of the position within the Belle Fourche Police Department, known as a School Resource Officer (SRO), which will operate under a contractual agreement between […]
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BELLE FOURCHE-The Butte County Commissioners were faced with discontented residents of the county as concerns for road noise and unnavigable gravel roads were brought to their attention during the regular monthly meeting. Belle Fourche residents Lon Dale and Dennis Mullins explained to the commissioners that the road noise from Croell Redimix was disrupting their area. […]
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