Rodeo contract signed for Great Northern Fair

The community group that took over the rodeo at the Great Northern Fair will run the event again this summer.

Clint Solomon and Chad Murnin of the grassroots committee putting on the rodeo signed the contract at a meeting of the fair board's rodeo committee before the meeting of the full Hill County Fair Board Tuesday.

The group will put on a National Rodeo Association and Indian Rodeo Association rodeo on Thursday and Friday during the fair, July 21-22.

That event will be preceded by a junior rodeo Wednesday, July 20, put on by the high school rodeo club.

Clint Solomon asked the board abou...