Day: 10:29 pm | 09/18/2013

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Rodeo queen contest starts today, runs through Friday

For the first time since the 1970s, Chadron State will host a rodeo queen contest.

Applicants for the contest were not required to be a part of rodeo.

The first day of competing will be today at 2 p.m. in the Sandoz Center Atrium.

At 5 p.m. today, the speech competition and style will take place, also hosted in the Sandoz Center. Finally, tomorrow, the chosen queen will be crowned at the Dawes County Fairgrounds at noon.

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Fire department alerted after steam valve pops

Fire officials arrived at Armstrong at around 5:30 p.m., Friday after the fire alarms sounded.

A pressure release valve on a steam line popped, filling the basement of Armstrong with steam, Pat Gould, fire chief said Monday—no actual fire occurred.

Gould said there was no one in the building at the time except campus security, who unlocked the building so firefighters could access the basement.

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