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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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Hooking the history of a South Dakota lake

David Nesheim, assistant professor of Social and Communication Arts, delivered a presentation Tuesday evening as part of the Dorset Grave’s Lecture Series at the Rita E. King Library.
The half hour-long session, titled “Bass Fishing and Tribal Dispossession at Bde Ihanke (Lake Andes, S.D.): A CSC Research Project,” stems from Nesheim’s dissertation work and focused on the history of the land surrounding Lake Andes, S.D., from 1906 to 1931.

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